Five Spiritual Teachings I’ll Never Forget - In Memory of Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek💫

This post is a tribute to someone whose life’s work deeply impacted me - and many others.

As many of you will know, there was a tragic Air India plane crash on Thursday 12^th June 2025 which is reported to have killed at least 270 people¹. I remember reading the headline last Thursday evening and my stomach turned as I thought of the terror those on board must have faced as they realized what lay ahead of them, and then of course for all of the families and loved ones who would most likely have a period of time between seeing the headline and receiving confirmation where they too are suspended in absolute anxiety/ hope/fear/denial. My heart really does break to think of all of those involved.

Amongst all of this I’ve found myself in quite a strange place in that I did know someone on board that flight. Almost 24 hours after reading the headlines, I was scrolling social media and saw an article showing the faces of Fiongal Greenlaw-Meek and his husband Jamie linking them to the crash (I can’t remember the exact headline) and my first thoughts were ‘this has to be some sick, fake, AI generated article’. I had a moment of anger as I thought my algorithm had mashed together breaking news with someone who I follow quite closely on social media and it was some sick, dystopian, AI driven mishap. But after some investigative work and perhaps as the initial shock and denial wore off, it started to dawn on me, Fiongal and Jamie really were on that flight.

Fiongal and his husband Jamie were the founders of a gorgeous, small, UK business named The Wellness Foundry where they created a space for practitioners to offer services and learnings all to do with the soul. They recognised that there are plenty of resources offered for the mind and the body but in this day and age there is very little emphasis on the soul and I guess their mission was to open this up and make it accessible.

I was first introduced to Fiongal when he appeared on Caggie Dunlop’s podcast Saturn Returns and I remember vividly from hearing Fiongal speak that he was someone with a lot to offer, so after letting the conversation marinate over the next few months, I took the plunge and booked a reading with Fiongal as, for me, he really struck me as someone who does have a strong connection to something that goes beyond the five senses.

I should mention that this was the first time I had done this, I’m not really one for going around and having tarot readings and things of that nature very often as I do believe that sometimes as a society we are way too quick to look externally for answers and so paradoxically, it’s sometimes actually at the times when you want to look outwardly the most where you should in fact be delving inwards and connecting more to the self for answers or peace. Perhaps it’s this disconnection that lands us in the problem that we find ourselves in in the first place and so the roundabout persists, you know?

Anyway all this to say that the draw to Fiongal’s work really was that strong for me. The reading I had from him was amazing and like all readings, sometimes in the moment it’s not possible to quantify everything, but I have the recording on my phone and I have gone back to the recording since, there were several times where Fiongal channelled things that he just could not have known and I remember almost falling off my chair at certain points. It had actually been on my wishlist for next time I am in London to be able to book another reading with Fiongal and so it’s such a sad, strange, surreal feeling to know that that’s just not going to possible anymore.

In the years since my initial reading with Fiongal, I followed his work very closely and joined several of his workshops, again not something I do a huge amount of, getting me to sit still when I am not working is always quite a challenge and so in my case, the very fact that I created time and space to learn from Fiongal I think speaks to how much his work resonated with me. I actually wrote about Fiongal briefly back in February this year and that is available here.

I know this might sound a bit bonkers on my behalf but I am so glad that I wrote this as it’s so nice to have something so clear I can literally point to and say I’m not going mad or being dramatic, this person really did mean something to me. Fiongal’s workshops on Raising your Vibration and the Energetics of Health have genuinely gotten me through some pretty tough, tumultuous times and honestly I used to play them in the background as I fell asleep quite often with the intention that his teachings would imprint on my subconscious as I drifted off. That’s how profound I found it.

And so, I hope from all of this it’s clear how highly I thought of Fiongal but also that although I am not part of his nearest and dearest, it wasn’t quite a parasocial relationship. I knew Fiongal, he has had a deep impact on my life and will continue to do so. I wonder if anyone else has had something similar happen to them? It’s such a stange by-product of the world we live in these days. In the past I feel like you either knew someone or you didn’t. Now it’s really not so cut and dry. At the moment, I can’t bring myself to revisit his work, it feels way to raw and tender, but I am sure I will at some point. So, at a loss for how else I can grieve the loss of such a special soul, I thought I’d share my Top 5 Teachings from his work:

5. Chase your dreams

Although this wasn’t one of Fiongals ‘official’ teachings that I can quote him on verbatum, it’s quite obvious that he embodied this in his own life, which for me is the true definition of wisdom and courage. He’d moved from working in fashion in London to working as a medium and founding a space for others working in the spiritual realm to showcase their work. This must have been terrifying.

Last year, I transitioned from working in financial services to technology and even that has been daunting enough. It must have been a true challenge to step into a space that is so unknown, esoteric and also to be real, many people judge as ‘hocus pocus’. I know over the past couple of years Fiongal and his husband Jamie had moved and set up a small practice outside of London, again I’m sure that must have been a scary move when you have a business that quite obviously benefits from being able to be exposed to and meet with as many people as possible. I think it’s obvious from Fiongal’s actions that he was moving from a true place of authenticity, and I find that inspiring. It’s been a source of comfort for me as I have moved away from a more traditionally ‘successful’ version of life to see that it doesn’t always have to be ‘bigger, better, more’ in the material sense.

4. Spirituality can’t all just be about ascension

In terms of spirituality, I think so many people get kind of obsessed with this idea of up, up, up, it’s all ‘how do I get higher? How can I get closer to the divine?’ Something Fiongal really emphasised is that it can’t and shouldn’t be all about raising your vibration at all costs but encouraged a strong, rooted foundation. He used the metaphor that the way if you just keep building a tower up, up, up, you get a very wobbly tower, leaning tower of piza-esque.

This metaphor is so useful I feel in that as I mentioned, it’s very easy to get preoccupied with this idea of ascension to the point where we can become completely disconnected from the realm we live in and having a solid foundation. Would you want to get in the elevator up a tower that has been project managed by someone purely obsessed with how high it could go, with little regard or respect for laying the foundations safely and diligently? Me neither. The same applies here. Yes it might not be sexy to put in the groundwork, but if you’re doing something with long term, good intentions, it’s so necessary.

3. See every decision that you make from now on as an act of vibration

It’s a very interesting way to live your life when you start to recognise that everything you do is a choice and look at it through the lens of what the intention or frequency of your decisions is. Fiongal’s teaching was that when you approach life in this way, you essentially can’t go wrong. Now, of course there are times where we trip up, the inner saboteur comes into play etc and that happens to everyone. But it’s been so interesting for me to observe the vibrations of my choices since learning this from Fiongal. It can be something as simple as eating a food you know doesn’t align with the health goals you have set for yourself or something much more dangerous which leads me beautifully on to the next point…

2. Nothing good can be built on secrets and lies

Fiongal was a fierce proponent of truth of course with the caveat honesty without compassion is just brutality. But he really emphasised the point that everything comes down to alignment to the truth. Even on the innocuous ‘oh I’ll just have one more biscuit’ even though you know you’re going to finish the packet and I’m sure we all know that moment one way or another, where we have either lied to someone we love or to ourself and it feels icky, because it’s wrong. It goes back to the idea mentioned earlier where if we build on shaky foundations, like secrets and lies, it’s never going to end well. As the saying goes the truth will set you free,

1. Gratitude and stillness

I don’t know if everyone has this, but there are a few key phrases from different people at different times in my life that are so useful that they will live in my head rent-free forever. Fiongal’s voice repeating ‘gratitude and stillness, gratitude and stillness’ is one of them. I can’t emphasise enough how much gratitude can transform how you move through life and Fiongal’s teachings were completely routed in the practice of gratitude. Some things he said in a workshop that really stuck with me are:

‘Gratitude will steal your heart against any resentment, I promise you that’

‘There is no greater tonic to the hardships of life than gratitude’

‘You cannot be grateful and angry, you cannot be grateful and resentful’

‘Arguably you have chosen the life that you have both before you have come down and whilst you are living it’

On the last quote, Fiongal taught this as a lesson of encouragement that if we have put ourselves in situations, we always have the power to get ourselves out and it’s always about finding the lesson and being grateful to be shown it. For me, since I’ve been leaning into this, I’ve actually found it so hard to have a bad day or feel resentment and blame, it’s been so empowering and brought me a lot of peace and clarity.

And I guess my loves that leads me to a lovely place to end and I’m sure one Fiongal himself would be wholeheartedly behind. I am so grateful to have known and learned from him and also that I have a place where I can come to pay respects to a situation I really never envisioned finding myself in. My heart truly breaks for all of his and Jamie’s loved ones. If you’ve been moved by Fiongal’s work too, I’d love to hear how.

I wish you all a beautiful solstice weekend. Loadsa luv, G xxx

1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cglz239ydrjo