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They started with a small group to work out any kinks and now they are opening up to more of us.

Deirdre Millman, CPS is a Meditation Teacher, Certified Peer Specialist, and Reiki Master whose work is rooted in lived experience and a deep commitment to accessible wellbeing. She began meditating in 2019 while supporting others in peer roles, exploring how mindfulness could steady her through her own mental health challenges. What started as an experiment slowly became a daily anchor, offering clarity, grounding, and a sense of inner spaciousness.
In 2020, she became a Reiki Master and wove meditative awareness into her self-Reiki practice, developing a morning routine supported by a meditation timer and a steady return to presence. Deirdre’s teaching style is gentle, practical, and stigma free, grounded in the belief that meditation is not about perfection but about returning to oneself with patience and compassion. She now shares her work through Insight Timer, ShareWell, and her writing on Substack.

Where to find her:

Substack: https://substack.com/@deirdremillman
ShareWell: https://sharewellnow.com/profile/Deirdre_CPS
Insight Timer: https://insighttimer.com/DeirdreMillmanCPS
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdre-millman
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deirdre.millman

Things to talk about:

1. How I used meditation and self-Reiki in my long and windy mental health journey to go from being hospitalized to helping others through their mental heal journey, healing others using Reiki, and then becoming a Meditation Teacher, focusing on mental health.
2. How I survived being misdiagnosed during my mental health journey, and again during my physical health journey.
3. Going from walking 15,000 - 20,000 steps/day to having to use a wheelchair for 13 months. I got out of the wheelchair in January and am slowly building back up to where I was, by walking every day, and doing the easier hikes. I hope to get back to zip lining later this year.
4. Getting healthy by quitting smoking (1993) and drinking (1997) and adding mediation and self-Reiki to my morning routine.