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# Patricia Billings

Author & Wisdom worker

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://equallanguage.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Pages

- [Home](https://equallanguage.com/) - About me. My books. Milet books. Turkish books. Wisdom work. The mix. © 2019 Equallanguage.com
- [About me](https://equallanguage.com/about-me/) - Welcome. I'm Patricia Billings and I do a lot of things: publishing, writing, editing, wisdom working, advocating, meditating, guiding.
- [Author](https://equallanguage.com/books/) - I am the author of a series of lovely and lovable children’s books on social-emotional themes: Empathy, Love, Friends, Sharing, Emotions, Gratitude, Self-Compassion and Belonging. Each title is published in English and 17 to 18 bilingual editions, featuring English with languages like Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Farsi, French, Italian, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu. You
- [Contact](https://equallanguage.com/contact/) - You can contact me here.
- [Mindfulness guide](https://equallanguage.com/mindfulness-guide/) - I am a mindfulness and meditation guide for individuals and organizations. My offerings range from single sessions and workshops to courses and retreats. My teaching is anchored in Buddhist tradition and contemporary neuroscience evidence. I source from diverse wisdom and liberation traditions as well. I focus on how we can translate teachings that may seem
- [Wisdom worker](https://equallanguage.com/wisdom-worker/) - I am moving into more ‘wisdom work’ – consulting and advising nonprofits and advocacy organizations. Soon, I will begin guiding in the mindfulness meditation space too.
- [Publisher](https://equallanguage.com/publisher/) - I have co-created over a thousand amazing, trailblazing books as a publisher with Milet Publishing. I cofounded Milet with Sedat Turhan in 1995, and with our tiny but immensely talented team, we grew it into a leading small independent publishing company. I codirected Milet with Sedat for 15 years, in our offices in London, Izmir
- [Tickets Checkout](https://equallanguage.com/tickets-checkout/)
- [Order Completed](https://equallanguage.com/tickets-order/)

## Venues

- [University of Reading London Road Campus](https://equallanguage.com/venue/university-of-reading-london-road-campus/)
- [Instagram Live](https://equallanguage.com/venue/instagram-live/)
- [University of Reading Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing](https://equallanguage.com/venue/university-of-reading-centre-for-book-cultures-and-publishing/)
- [Alma Community Therapies](https://equallanguage.com/venue/alma-community-therapies/)
- [Online](https://equallanguage.com/venue/online/)
- [Karimalis Farmhouse Estate](https://equallanguage.com/venue/karimilas-farmhouse-windery/)
- [Zoom](https://equallanguage.com/venue/zoom/)

## Organizers

- [Patricia Billings](https://equallanguage.com/organizer/patricia-billings-mindful-wisdom/)

## Events

- [The Languages of Children’s Books: Celebrating Translation and Linguistic Diversity](https://equallanguage.com/event/the-languages-of-childrens-books-celebrating-translation-and-linguistic-diversity/) - As co-organiser, I am delighted to invite you to a mini-festival on the Languages of Children’s Books, celebrating translation and multilingualism in the UK’s National Year of Reading at the University of Reading. We have assembled an exciting array of speakers and exhibitors from across the children’s publishing and book world, from the Carnegies and
- [Mindfulness and Reconnecting: An Instagram Live discussion with me and host Özgün Tanglay](https://equallanguage.com/event/mindfulness-and-reconnecting-an-instagram-live-stream-discussion-with-me-and-host-ozgun-tanglay/) - We warmly invite you to an Instagram live discussion with me and host Özgün Tanglay, yoga teacher, mindfulness student and transcreator: ~ Mindfulness and Reconnecting ~ Sometimes we feel as though our branches have withered and we can’t replenish. Yet the new sprouts of spring emerge, bringing an invitation to refresh and reconnect. We are
- [Arabic Young Adult Literature in Translation: in conversation with Sawad Hussain, Susanne Abou Ghaida and Marcia Lynx Qualey](https://equallanguage.com/event/cbcp-x-oiw-webinar-arabic-young-adult-literature-in-translation/) - I am delighted to cohost this webinar, which is sure to be illuminating, so please join us! The webinar series Explorations in Translation for Children is co-organised by The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing in partnership with Outside in World, the organisation dedicated to exploring and promoting children’s books in translation. 23rd April 2026,
- [Mindfulness Meditation Session](https://equallanguage.com/event/2855/) - Athenians and visitors, I warmly invite you to a Mindfulness Meditation Session guided by me Wednesday, January 28 19:00-20:00 (Please arrive for an on-time start, thank you!) At Alma Community Therapies, Kallidromiou 79, Exarcheia Teachings and practices to arrive in the present moment, ease stress, find clarity, give self-compassion to heart~mind~body, and set wise intentions for work
- [Children’s Books in the Russia-Ukraine War: The Role of Translations](https://equallanguage.com/event/childrens-books-in-the-russia-ukraine-war-the-role-of-translations/) - I am pleased to cohost this free webinar on translated literature for children and young adults. Please join us! Explorations in Translation for Children is a webinar series co-organized by The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (University of Reading) in partnership with Outside in World, the organization dedicated to exploring and promoting children’s literature
- [Weekly Mindfulness Sessions](https://equallanguage.com/event/weekly-mindfulness-sessions/) - Athenians and visitors, I warmly invite you to Weekly Mindfulness Sessions guided by me Every Wednesday from October 1 to November 26 18:00-19:00 (Please note new earlier time for November!) At Alma Community Therapies, Kallidromiou 79, Exarcheia Practices to center ourselves in the present moment, ease stress, give self-compassion to heart~mind~body, and set wise intentions for
- [Building a Global Youth Literature Collection 101](https://equallanguage.com/event/building-a-global-youth-literature-collection-101/) - I am delighted to cohost this free webinar on translated literature for children and young adults. Please join us! Explorations in Translation for Children is a webinar series co-organized by The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (University of Reading) in partnership with Outside in World, the organization dedicated to exploring and promoting children’s literature
- [Equanimity](https://equallanguage.com/event/2714/) - I warmly invite you to a mindfulness series for June Last session: Equanimity Wednesday 25 June 18:00-19:00 Please kindly arrive at 17:45 for an on-time start Kallidromiou 79, Exarcheia Equanimity, upekkha, is a calm steadiness of heart~mind amid a life and a world that is constantly changing. Equanimity supports our compassion so we have the strength to be
- [Mudita ~ Joy](https://equallanguage.com/event/mudita-joy/) - I warmly invite you to a mindfulness series for June Next session: Mudita ~ Joy Wednesday 11 June 18:00-19:00 Please kindly arrive at 17:45 for an on-time start Kallidromiou 79, Exarcheia Mudita means joy and sympathetic joy: joy in the good fortune of others. It is an enriching heart~mind quality that can help us experience joy even when times are difficult. Mudita also
- [Metta practice](https://equallanguage.com/event/metta-practice/) - I warmly invite you to a mindfulness series in June Starting with: Metta practice Wednesday 04 June 18:00-19:00 Please kindly arrive at 17:45 for an on-time start Kallidromiou 79, Exarcheia, Athens Metta is a Pali word that means loving-kindness. It is a deeply enriching heart quality that we can practice with ourselves and with others: those who we love; those who we don't know; and
- [Refresh your Mindfulness](https://equallanguage.com/event/refresh-your-mindfulness/) - For the new year, I invite you to: Refresh your Mindfulness, an online session to explore how we can refresh our mindful awareness practices in daily life, at home, at work, in meditation, and in our interrelationships, including our relationship to our beautiful yet ailing earth. I'll share some practice enhancers, tips on moving through
- [21 Days of Meditation with Patricia Billings](https://equallanguage.com/event/21-days-of-meditation-with-patricia-billings/) - I warmly invite members of the Travelgems School of Well-Being to join me for 21 Days of Meditation, starting Monday, December 2. Each day, you will receive an audio guided meditation by me, along with the meditation text and supportive notes, in the community WhatsApp. And I will hold live sessions on the School of
- [Unruly Books: Translating hybrid picturebooks for teens and adults](https://equallanguage.com/event/unruly-books-translating-hybrid-picturebooks-for-teens-and-adults/) - I am delighted to cohost this free webinar on translated literature, which is sure to be amazing and unruly in the best way! Please join us! The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing in partnership with Outside in World, the organisation dedicated to promoting and exploring world literature and children’s books in translation, are delighted to
- [CBCP x OIW webinar: El Cuento Fantasma / The Invisible Story](https://equallanguage.com/event/cbcp-x-oiw-webinar-series-explorations-in-translation-for-children-el-cuento-fantasma-the-invisible-story/) - I warmly invite you to this webinar that I am cohosting! The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing in partnership with Outside In World, the organisation dedicated to exploring and promoting children’s books in translation, are delighted to announce the latest event in their seminar series Explorations in Translation for Children. This webinar will explore Jaime
- [1 Hour with 7 Publishing Pros!](https://equallanguage.com/event/1-hour-with-7-publishing-pros/) - I warmly invite you to join me and other Publishing Pros to learn about Conspire Creative's One Hour Call with a Publishing Pro service! The event is on Zoom and free! Rsvp via https://www.conspirecreative.com/events. I hope to see you there!
- [Love, Desire & Nonattachment](https://equallanguage.com/event/love-desire-nonattachment/) - Learn what nonattachment really means; it is often misunderstood as not caring, but it is not that at all: it is a loving, freeing practice. Understand what nonattachment means in relationships and how to practice it mindfully. Release from clinging that causes suffering. Let go of past loves and hurts and from fixating on the
- [May Mindfulness offering ~ You are enough, a deeper dive: Meeting the Inner Critic and the Comparing Mind](https://equallanguage.com/event/may-mindfulness-offering-you-are-enough-a-deeper-dive-meeting-the-inner-critic-and-the-comparing-mind/) - Refresh your relationship with yourself, cultivate self-kindness and gentleness, as you hold space for the inner critic and observe the comparing mind. What can blossom if you loosen around limiting self-beliefs, including the beliefs that you are separate, not enough, and less than others? Mindfulness offers deeply helpful teachings and practices, so I warmly invite
- [Travelgems School of Well-Being Talk ~ You are enough](https://equallanguage.com/event/travelgems-school-of-well-being-talk-you-are-enough/) - I am honored to be on the faculty of the brand new online School of Well-Being launched by Travelgems, Europe's leading well-being retreat company. As Mindfulness & Meditation Guide, I join other expert coaches in modalities like sound healing, counseling, yoga, nutrition, fitness and more, in this inclusive and affordable platform focused on weaving well-being
- [March mindfulness offering ~ Befriending the wild mind, and ourselves](https://equallanguage.com/event/march-mindfulness-offering-imperfect-impermanent-impersonal-let-g/) - For my March offering, I will invite us to explore how mindfulness teachings and practices can help us to befriend our often busy minds, which may be causing us as much suffering as illumination. I will share the basic neuroscience of mindfulness and practices for allowing and befriending. Are there ways in which you are

## Series

- [Weekly Mindfulness Sessions](https://equallanguage.com/series/weekly-mindfulness-sessions/)