Jane was a GP partner at the Caversham Group Practice in north central London from 1997 to 2024, where she spent nearly three decades working at the heart of a diverse urban community. Inspired by the Transition Network, she helped bring into being The Listening Space - a therapeutic garden offering gardening, arts, cooking and walking to patients - and developed The CARDS as a tool for opening the kinds of conversations that matter.

Jane is a core group member of the Human Values and Healthcare Forum, co-leads the Sage Practice network with the British Holistic Healthcare Association and is a passionate advocate for community-based healing.

When she is not busy with any of the above, Jane likes to be with her family and friends, swim in cold water, tend her allotment and occasionally carve a spoon.

Simon is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist working at University College London Hospitals focussing on young people with complex presentations. He led an adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit for 21 years. Simon grew up around primary care, his father was a GP in North London for more than 40 years.

Simon is passionate about the unity of the bodymind in his work and teaching; and how this approach can lead to more collaborative and compassionate doctor/patient relationships. Simon is an honorary clinical lecturer - UCL Medical School, teaches and examines medical students and examined for the Royal College of Psychiatrists for many years.

Simon is the lead for the Bodymind Faculty - College of Medicine, a Trustee for Global Generation, a cyclist and photographer. Most important to Simon is his family.

Jim (James T. Jones) is a Narrative Ecologist and Principal Navigator at RootSense, where he supports visioning, sensemaking, and action planning within complex social–ecological systems With more than 15 years of experience in UK-based ecology and conservation, Jim’s recent work focuses on socio-ecology and narrative ecology

Having led community and ecological projects in both the UK and Canada—including hedgerow initiatives and rural skills networks—Jim’s practice fuses storytelling, systems thinking, and participatory workshops. At RootSense, he helps organisations and communities navigate complexity and co-create resilient futures.

The BHHA is a membership charity which aims to promote holistic practice. Our vision is for a more person-centred, sustainable and compassionate approach to healthcare and health creation. We have spent over 40 years promoting inspiring and powerful examples from the frontiers of holistic healthcare practice via journal articles, conferences, networking events and student essay competitions . With an unprecedented epidemic of chronic lifestyle diseases, and mental and environmental health challenges, holism is needed now more than ever as we strive to ensure modern healthcare works for People, Practitioners & Planet.