Menka Sanghvi is a mindfulness and digital habits expert based in London.
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Menka Sanghvi is a mindfulness and digital habits expert based in London. Her writing and projects explore the relationship between attention, technology and culture. She is the founder of Just Looking and author of Your Best Digital Life (Macmillan, 2025). menkasanghvi.com
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Menka Sanghvi is a mindfulness and digital habits expert based in London. Her writing and projects explore the relationship between attention, technology and culture. With a background in physics from Cambridge University and systems thinking with Forum for the Future, Menka spent nearly two decades leading social innovation projects for organisations such as the United Nations, Médecins Sans Frontières, and Save the Children. Today she focuses on helping individuals to reclaim and rewild their attention in an increasingly digital world. Menka is the founder of the Just Looking community project, and the author of Your Best Digital Life (Macmillan, 2025). menkasanghvi.com
My Story
I am a London-based researcher, curator, writer and founder exploring the themes of attention, technology and society. I'm holding questions about how the bots we carry around with us influence what we notice and what we care about. And ultimately: how can we be more human in this digital age?
I was trained as a physicist at Cambridge University and a systems thinker at Forum for the Future during which time I had the opportunity to study under pioneers such as Stephen Hawkings, Satish Kumar and Anita Roddick.
After graduating I took on a role with the United Nations Development Programme in New York. For nearly 20 years I worked on social innovation with a wide range of global organisations. On the grassroots level, I also co-founded the Impact Hub and won several awards as a social entrepreneur.
During this time I came to the humbling realisation that our individual and collective capacity for positive action all comes down to our inner capacities for attending to what matters. Based on this insight, alongside the benefits I was experiencing from my own meditation practice, I decided to focus on how to make mindfulness more accessible in modern life.
I also started to use mindful photography to explore my own attention. I studied reportage photography at Central Saint Martins (2018) and found that holding a camera in my hands gives me a powerful nudge to slow down and see differently.
In 2019 I created the Fieldbook for Mindfulness Innovators which has since been used as a template for many programmes including by the United Nations. I also launched an Awards programme for innovators which has supported mindfulness projects for refugees, and young people involved in gang violence.
In parallel to this, I founded Just Looking, a community project that champions more curiosity and wonder in the everyday. I also play advisory and trustee roles with several other organisations, currently including Mind Over Tech, The Mindfulness Initiative, Breathworks Foundation and Stix.
I believe the two core skills we all need to cultivate in this digital age are curiosity and kindness. Digital tech can support or undermine that effort, which is why we need to become incredibly intentional with how we use it. I hosted a podcast series on this topic called the Digital Habit Lab, and explore it further in my new book Your Best Digital Life which offers research-backed, practical strategies.
Selected Interviews & Press
Untangling Ourselves From Technology
Karim Rushdy from Back into Being Method, May 2023
Worthy Five: Recommendations by Menka Sanghvi
Dense Discovery, Jan 2022
How Imagination Helps Me See More Clearly
Imagination Zine, Oct 2021
If you’d like to invite me on your podcast or want an excerpt from one of my books for your publication, please contact me.
Headshots and Photos
A photo for media or conference material can be downloaded here.
