Here at Mindful Memorials we understand that we all have a story, and that each and every life has a unique essence. It is our mission to listen carefully and help you create a unique memorial that reflects the person whose life we are celebrating.More and more of us are searching for ways to express our individual spirit. This is starting to impact the way we live our lives, but also the way we bury our dead, with a growing interest in personalisation and an increase in the desire for experience and connection over consumption.Working with designers, artists and craftspeople to create a unique memorial can be an important part of the ritual of bereavement.It is our hope that we can provide inspiration, both online and in our showrooms, for you to be able to think deeply about the right type of memorial for your loved one. And for you to be able to consider the way in which you wish to honour the legacy and story of your beloved.

After a cancer diagnosis in 2011, I decided to take a back seat in the business to focus on spending as much quality time as possible with the people that matter the most to me in the world. After a year of treatment and healing, Adrian and I took the somewhat radical decision to home educate our 2 boys. Home educating may not be right for everyone, but it's been a wonderful experience for us. I'm so grateful for the time I've enjoyed, in wonderful company, raising my boys and watching them grow into young men and growing up a bit alongside them. We learnt a lot about the world, read a lot, watched infinite number of documentaries, played a lot of lego, minecraft, games, built dens, rockets, go karts, bows and arrows. Visited lots of parks, museums, castles, beaches, forests and mountains. Learnt how to cook healthy meals, became a qualified yoga teacher of adults and children. Set up a popular community group (https://www.facebook.com/theowlhouseandnest) for the purpose of organising fun and educational groups, including, biology, physics, chemistry, psychology, astronomy, ecology, english, history, martial arts, yoga, design technology, graphic design and product design. Set up and ran a weekly wellness day, for over 2 years, for people interested in improving their health and well-being, especially those suffering with cancer and other serious illness. Worked as a volunteer ambassador for Penny Brohn Cancer Care and contributed to their involvement as an expert patient in the 'Realising the value' programme to support the NHS's Five Year Forward plan. Drank a lot of coffee, put the world to rights, learnt a lot about children's educational needs and hopefully helped other parents whose children weren't thriving in conventional education and found out that there are a lot of successful alternative ways to raise and educate our children than the conventional model. Huge thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey. Big love to you all. xxx

Promotion of bespoke stone products, business to business and direct to the public. Including the promotion of granite and quartz worktops to multiple kitchen retailers.

J. Rotherham Ltd is a specialist craft based company, manufacturing and selling bespoke Memorials, including individually designed and carved stone and slate memorials, hand cut lettering, unique memorials in wood, ceramics, stained glass and other mediums. Memorial restoration, War memorials and public memorials. Pet memorials. Signage. We also collaborate with other specialists to provide a full service for the bereaved including funeral directors, bereavement counsellors, Soul midwives, probate lawyers and alternative funeral arrangers.

Promotion of our specialist stone work to architects, designers and direct to client. Work included marble bathrooms, stone and marble inlaid flooring, marble and stone stair cases, marble work on luxury yachts, sculptures in stone and marble, stone and marble fireplaces, corporate and house signage. Projects included Spencer House, Cantley Hall, Halifax Estates, Fairfax House and many others.