Mark Joseph

This serves to confirm that Mark Joseph has worked with us as a Mindfulness Teacher and Speaker since 2018 when we ran the first intake of RMB Mindfulness Training program. We have since run further programmes in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, extending the offering to the FirstRand Group, as well as “Grow your Practice” monthly masterclasses to build confidence in the team to run their own guided mindfulness sessions. Mark is a very approachable and patient teacher and speaker, setting his students at ease with his openness and deep knowledge and experience. He helped us take the offering online during Covid, and also ran a 21-day Lockdown Mindfulness Journey to help support FirstRand staff from a mindfulness and mental wellbeing perspective. I can highly recommend Mark for this work – it is his passion and he has the ability to build deep, meaningful relationships.

I suffered severe burnout in 2019, which affected my physiology, lived with chronic back pain and as a result my mental health. I was introduced to Mark Joseph in my business unit and his talks became my life-line. I learnt so much from his repeated talks; the impact of prolonged stress, importance of what & how I eat, importance of sleep and of physical & mental exercise and how all these can have a positive or negative impact on my overall wellbeing. At the end of our journey with Mark I had experienced deep personal transformation and that was the start of a life long journey of discovery & growth. I went from the person who was visibly exhausted and skin looking very dull to a radiant and better version of myself. I still apply daily, the tools and techniques I learnt to cope with whatever situation life throws at me. I have built healthy boundaries, I'm able to identify good stress vs bad stress and manage it. Most importantly, I'm thriving! This was the best investment I made on myself. I committed to the journey, did all the activities and I reaped the fruits of the commitment I made to myself.

I was very excited when my organisation decided to invite keynote speaker Mark Joseph. At this time, I was an HR Business Partner at a Corporate Investment Bank, and I knew it was exactly what we needed considering all the buzz around the benefits of mindfulness in the media. Little did I know that the training was going to focus on me, focussing on myself and my healing. It was the beginning of my journey within that has been truly transformational. I began to start feeling calmer and respond rather than react. I became more aware of myself, what I was thinking, how I was behaving and what environmental cues triggered me. I became aware of what I was paying attention to and whether it served me. I started to shift my focus to what was in my control and power. I learnt how to breathe consciously, pause more, reflect and be more present. All simple right but learning the science behind it all was key. I noticed a difference in myself, and others noticed a difference in me too and they started to ask me about it. Soon I was sharing practices in townhalls across my business areas, and it became a regular practice to start our meetings with a mindful practice. The content and delivery is fun, interactive, and relaxing with a science based and secular approach. The speaker, Mark Joseph is amazing, his authentic and talks about his personal experiences and challenges, his warm and approachable and allowed space to dig deep within myself and be vulnerable. How refreshing in a Corporate environment. I highly recommend Mark if you are keen to explore a way to help you further on your path of healing. It is definitely worth your investment and can change the quality of your life.