Philip J Grant is a writer, speaker, and educator whose work explores the psychology of meaning, identity, and selfhood in a fractured world.

With over two decades of experience across the intersecting worlds of education, performance, policy, and psychological inquiry, Philip brings a uniquely interdisciplinary voice to questions that have shaped humanity for millennia — but feel more urgent than ever. His career spans frontline teaching, curriculum leadership, civil service reform, and strategic policy roles within the UK government’s education and justice systems.

He has worked in prisons, schools, colleges, and ministerial teams, leading programmes that support human development in some of the most pressurised and overlooked environments in society.

Alongside his institutional work, Philip has spent years studying and teaching contemplative traditions — including Buddhist psychology, Sanskrit thought, and embodied practices rooted in yoga and theatre. He’s led national reforms while remaining deeply invested in personal transformation, storytelling, and philosophical insight.

Philip is particularly interested in how ancient wisdom and modern science collide — and what happens in the chaos of that encounter. He believes that in an age of noise, simplicity and sincerity are radical. And that good questions are more valuable than easy answers.

His debut book Meaning and Mayhem: Getting to Know Yourself in a Chaotic World invites readers into an honest, provocative, and sometimes irreverent investigation of what it means to be human — flawed, fantastic, and full of contradictions..