With her diagnosis she realised she had no time to waste in exploring many different avenues to healing, from Eastern and Western perspectives, which included nutrition, meditation, acupuncture and yoga amongst so many others.  She is still so grateful for the help she received from people who  seemed to appear like ‘signposts’ along the way.

Enthused by her experience Amanda trained as a Holistic Healing Practitioner, Spiritual Counsellor and Life Coach. Following her degree on Eastern and Western perspective to the Body, her MA thesis on the Psychological and Health benefits of Humour was published.

Amanda is particularly interested in neuroscience and keeps up to date with the latest research being done as scientific evidence for the tools she teaches. ‘His Holiness the Dalai Lama was instrumental in scientists researching what happens in the brain when we meditate. Since then the field has expanded to show all areas of behaviour to show how we can take charge of our health, happiness and wellbeing’. With her awareness of the vital importance of meditation in our busy lives Amanda has facilitated groups in London and France, where she used to live. She teaches methods from Mindfulness, Christian, Zen, Tibetan and Theravadan Buddhist traditions and explains their complementary benefits.

In 2008 Amanda trained with Pia Mellody of the Meadows, Arizona to identify and treat traumas which can often underlie addictive and dysfunctional behaviour. She facilitates Phyllis Krystal’s Cutting the Ties that Bind process which helps clients to separate from the negative impact of relationships – with new communication skills these can be greatly improved.

With her lifelong passion for gemstones Amanda is a gemmologist and continues to design jewellery www.amandagrayjewellery.com