Calvin Niles is a coach and consultant known as The Mindful Storyteller and is making a positive impact on the lives of leaders, entrepreneurs, coaches, and wider society through his services and products. Through his experience in mindfulness, storytelling, coaching, and business, he thrives when enabling impactful ways to relate and communicate with ourselves and each other. Calvin has published his own collection of biographical stories called An Unfinished Mosaic, is a co-author of Mindfulness for Challenging Times, author of the popular mindful poetry collection Breathe Between the Lines, and is the author of spiritual fiction best-seller, The Sun Rises in Eastmoor.
When not writing or speaking or teaching about the transformational power of mindfulness and storytelling, Calvin works as a writer, producer, and storyteller for the global technology arm of Siemens. He also counts some of the UK’s best-loved charity organisations and the UK’s Ministry of Defence among his past clients.
He is the co-host of the international hit podcast Mindful Conversations and host of the Stories of Awakening Podcast, where he uncovers the key moments of people’s spiritual awakening. In his capacity as Director of Community Engagement for San Francisco-based company Mindful Life, Mindful Work, Inc. Calvin supports personal growth with professionals who love to develop as part of a community and is the main voice behind the Mindful Work Podcast.
Featured on Brainz Magazine’s 500 Global awards list of 2021 and recognised by Greater London Enterprise Awards 2022 as Most Empowering Coach, Calvin is a dynamic public speaker and is celebrated as a leader in mindful storytelling, business communication and enterprise.
Calvin’s Story
Calvin was born on the beautiful island of Barbados into a globe-trotting West Indian family. The son of a nurse and spiritual teacher, and a public servant father; compassion and service are in his DNA. But he did not always know that.
“Growing up, I always thought I wanted to fly aeroplanes. I left my Film Studies degree in university to pursue that ambition. What I didn’t realise at the time was that it wasn’t flying that I truly desired. It was freedom, the freedom to learn and grow; to explore, to create, and to leave a lasting positive impact.”
One thing Calvin always enjoyed was stories. He thrived in his media studies in college, excelling in communication mediums that included journalism, film & video, and radio but it wasn’t until Calvin got married and started his family that the scene was set for the deeper questioning of his purpose in life.
Moving through many business adventures of failures and successes —a wide-ranging corporate career and then through the pain of family and marital breakdown — heralded his call to higher consciousness.
“Adversity gave me the chance to look deeper within myself and to live in closer alignment with my passions and values. I turned to meditation and found that many of the answers I sought lay within the silence.”
Mindfulness then became a core part of his life. It was here that the compassion and service qualities that lay dormant in him were awakened, and a fire was rekindled.
Today, a portfolio career that led to a powerful journey of personal development sees Calvin exploit his experience to help people reach their potential in life and work.
Calvin’s mission is to enable impactful ways to relate and communicate with ourselves and each other and unlock authentic engagement through self-discovery and expression.
Get in touch
To contact Calvin, please email his team directly at contact(at)calvinniles(dot)com.
Fun fact: Calvin doesn’t trust contact forms and much prefers to speak to humans, that’s why he no longer includes forms on his website.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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