Menka Sanghvi
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Hello, I'm Menka. 👋🏽

Hello, I'm Menka. 👋🏽

My job is learning what it takes not to be a bot. I am a mindfulness researcher, writer, social entrepreneur and mum asking the question, "How can we be more human in the digital age?" I am the founder of Just Looking, writer of the newsletter Noticing, and author of Your Best Digital Life, out April 2025.

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Just Looking - Home Section

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Read my book: Your Best Digital Life

Read my book: Your Best Digital Life

If you'd like to read the first chapter (for free) go to this site and download it.
Join my community: Just Looking

Join my community: Just Looking

Newsletter, books, cards and experiments. A community-led project celebrating the slow, mindful and creative observation of everday life.

Projects I work with

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Mind over Tech

Mind over Tech

Transforming digital habits in the workplace and beyond.
Stix Mindfulness

Stix Mindfulness

Making mindfulness fun for kids through interactive technology.
Breathworks

Breathworks

Mindfulness and compassion training for people living with pain, illness and stress.

Media & Talks

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Gymnastics of Attention (Awakin Reading)
Writing

Gymnastics of Attention (Awakin Reading)

This excerpt of my writing appeared as a weekly reading for the contemplative group Awakin. It is translated into four
ICM 2024 - Mindfulness in a Changing World
Events

ICM 2024 - Mindfulness in a Changing World

A 12-minute talk about mindfulness and the value of looking at things from many different perspectives. I had the opportunity
Untangling Ourselves From Technology
Interviews

Untangling Ourselves From Technology

Podcast interview talking to Karim Rushdy from Back into Being Method (May 2023) "In this episode I’m speaking
Inside Out: Public Art, Nature and Mental Wellbeing
Events

Inside Out: Public Art, Nature and Mental Wellbeing

Speaker on a panel discussion organised by CREATURE (Research Centre in Creative Arts, Cultures and Engagement) at London Metropolitan University. (October 2022).
Launch of The Mindful Photographer Book by Sophie Howarth
Events

Launch of The Mindful Photographer Book by Sophie Howarth

Host and speaker at the launch of Sophie Howarth’s The Mindful Photographer held at The Photographers’ Gallery, London. (April 2022)
Worthy Five: Recommendations by Menka Sanghvi
Interviews

Worthy Five: Recommendations by Menka Sanghvi

Guest contribution to Dense Discovery (Jan 2022)
Mindfulness-Based Programs: Why, When, and How to Adapt
Writing

Mindfulness-Based Programs: Why, When, and How to Adapt

I co-authored a scientific paper about the adaptation of mindfulness-based programmes which appeared in the Global Advances in Health and
UNDP: Conscious Food Systems Alliance – How to Prototype Ideas
Events

UNDP: Conscious Food Systems Alliance – How to Prototype Ideas

Guest speaker at their “Breathing Room” event to discuss how to test and iterate ideas without getting too attached to them. (Dec 2021)
How Imagination Helps Me See More Clearly
Writing

How Imagination Helps Me See More Clearly

Contribution to the launch of the inaugural Imagination Zine (Oct 2021)
Essay: Why am I seeing this?
Writing

Essay: Why am I seeing this?

This essay was published in June 2021 in a collection by The Mindfulness Initiative. The whole collection can be downloaded