Di Smith

Di Smith is an author, Mindfulness Meditation teacher and avid gardener. She lives in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, with her husband, Guy. They have three children, Candice, Paul and Matt.

After the success of her first book, You’re Awesome - Living a Fulfilled Life, her dedicated practice of meditation served as the perfect background to writing her second book, A Lighter Way of Being.

Following a spiritual path which led her to years of training in meditation, Di now shares her knowledge of Mindfulness in guiding others.

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Di grew up on a farm in East Griqualand, near Kokstad. It is here that she developed her love of South Africa and it’s people.

In 2007 Di co-founded the NPO Awesome SA. The purpose at that time was to encourage South Africans to make a positive contribution to South Africa and to inform people, through books, talks and social media, about the positive things that were happening in the country. This was done to counterbalance the one-sided, negative view depicted in the media.

During the twelve years of running Awesome SA, Di also founded an organisation called Together SA- Building Our Future to harness the positive energy of South Africans and to roll out campaigns to unite South Africans behind issues that will affect the future of our country.

In 2011, Di published her first book “You're Awesome”. The foreword was written by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and the book is considered a South African best-seller.

Di’s second book “A Lighter Way of Being” is a collaboration between fine art photographer Ker Stanley and Di. This book takes you on a contemplative and poetic journey through the trials and tribulations of living in South Africa. Di draws strength and finds balance in the practice of mindfulness meditation which she now teaches to guide others along an inward journey to a richer, more meaningful and creative life.