Steven Webb - Meditation Teacher

10/09/2026

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day, and this week's episode is the hardest one I have ever recorded.

I was 12 when my granddad took his own life. At 18 I tried to end mine. Years later, at rock bottom, I wrote a note and went out with a plan. One thought kept me here. What will I miss?

I did not want to die. I just wanted the pain to stop. I think that is true of almost everyone who says they do not want to be here.

The episode is in the first comment. Listen when you have a quiet moment, and pass it on to anyone who might need it.

If you need help right now: Samaritans 116 123, UK and Ireland, free, any hour. Text SHOUT to 85258 in the UK. In the US call or text 988. In Australia, Lifeline 13 11 14.

Three in four are men. Talk to your kids. Talk to your mates. Start the conversation.

04/05/2026

Around 25,000 times I have said "I'm fine."

I was honest in about 1% of them.

New piece on Medium about why we say it, when it is the right answer, and the one quiet moment that almost always costs us.

I’ve Said “I’m Fine” 25,000 Times. About 1% Were True. Two of the most common words in the English language. I worked out roughly when they were a lie, when they were the right answer, and …

23/04/2026

Join me on my journey home through the Newham trail and see if you can spot where I dropped my hat.

19/04/2026

Five minutes. No cushion. No app. No special place. Just breath and noticing. This new meditation is for anyone who feels like they're doing meditation wrong, or who has been away from it for a while and wants a gentle way back in. The peace was already here. Link in comments.

16/04/2026

When did being tired become something to be ashamed of? We treat exhaustion like a personal flaw instead of listening to what our body is actually telling us. I recorded something about that. About giving yourself permission to stop before you have nothing left. Link in comments.

12/04/2026

Most of us spend our lives looking after everyone else. The kids, the partner, the boss, the friends who need us. But who's looking after you? Not the adult you who pushes through. The part of you that's tired and just needs someone to say "you're doing okay." I talked about this recently.

https://stillnessinthestorms.com/episode/how-to-be-your-own-loving-parent

Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you listen.

10/04/2026

These two images are absolutely mind-blowing. When you look at the original and then the zoomed version, it really hits home how thin the atmosphere actually is. It is just this tiny layer held in place by gravity.

The part that really gets me though is looking at the clouds. The weather systems are even thinner than the atmosphere itself. When we look up at the sky, the clouds feel so high and vast, but they don't even fill that small sliver of air. They are tucked right down against the mountains and the ground.

It reminds me of the idea that if the Earth were shrunk down to the size of a football, it would be the smoothest thing you have ever touched. Even with all the massive mountain ranges and the deep oceans, you could run your finger over it and you wouldn't feel a single bump or dip. Everything we experience is happening in that microscopic space. It is just incredible to see it from this perspective.

09/04/2026

I have a complicated relationship with gratitude advice. It usually feels like being told to smile more. Like the emotion is the homework and if you are not feeling it you are somehow failing.

This short episode from Steven Webb reframed it for me. He suggests skipping the forced gratitude entirely and just doing a stock-take. Once a year, maybe. Just look at what you actually have. Not to manufacture a feeling about it. Just to see it clearly.

Steven has been a quadriplegic since he was 19, after a diving accident. He hosts a mindfulness podcast and he is not preachy about any of this. He just thinks there might be a better way than what we keep telling people to do.

Ten minutes. Worth it.

A fresh take on gratitude, suggesting a yearly stock take of life’s blessings instead of forced thankfulness.