Meet the Founders
Nadege
Nadege is a Mindfulness facilitator, life coach and creative wellbeing practitioner with over 15 years’ experience supporting emotional resilience in young people and adults. She is the founder of Growingmindful.co.ukHer journey began while teaching French in a Sheffield based secondary school, where she noticed how many students struggled to stay calm, focused, or to navigate life’s changes. Drawn to support them beyond language learning, she introduced wellbeing workshops in 2010, inspired by her own Mindfulness practice.
Since then, Nadege has continued to deepen her training, working with individuals and groups to help them feel grounded, connected, and empowered. Creativity has always been central to her approach. Alongside her Mindfulness work, she has explored the therapeutic role of the arts, completing an Art Therapy foundation course with the NHS and a Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Art and Play in 2021.
Nadege offers creative wellbeing sessions, Mindfulness workshops, and group experiences that encourage curiosity, self-expression, and emotional growth. Her work helps people develop their self awareness, discover new perspectives and build resilience.
Originally from France and now based in the UK, Nadege continues to be guided by a deep love of creativity and nature. She is committed to supporting families, schools, and communities by cultivating wellbeing and fostering authentic connections – with themselves, one another and with the wider world
Viktoria
Viktoria Garbett is a qualified Culinary Medicine and Nutrition Coach, Menopause Coach and Mental Health FirstAider. Viki is a Sheffield-based food educator, nutrition coach, and founder of Twiddlefood. She offers fresh pasta-making workshops (including “colourful pasta” using nutritious ingredients), fermenting classes and cooking experiences for children, families as well as for companies. She inspires families, children, and communities to discover the joy of making and sharing real food. Originally from Hungary, Viktoria moved to the UK in 2007 and has since built a reputation for her creative, hands-on approach to healthy eating education.
Through her workshops, nutrition talks, and community events, she helps people reconnect with themselves using food as a source of nourishment, creativity, and connection. Her work with families and schools focuses on building lifelong healthy habits and showing that cooking together can be fun, empowering, and accessible for everyone.
Viki offers one-to-one coaching sessions, as well as group coaching. She also supports social care workers in care home settings as well as in the community
