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We are Now.Here., a team of passionate entrepreneurs, practitioners and advocates who are on a mission to help you live better quality of life. Through mastering the important life skills of compassion, we help you to improve your mental well-being and become a positive change agent in both your personal and professional lives.

Randolph Oudemans
Founder & CEO

After 25+ years as an international business leader and humanitarian, Randolph founded Now.Here. to help people develop their innate capacities of mindfulness, compassion and happiness. Drawing upon his experiences in fostering civic engagement and social responsibility in families, schools and corporations (CSR), he continues to empower individuals to develop an authentic and truly human engagement with themselves and others.

Randolph is also both a board member of the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion (CMSC) and a certified teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC).

Evelyn ong
Director

Eve believes in the power of community: ‘Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much’.

If everyone can be kinder and more compassionate in our own small way, we can experience real change in our world. She exercises regularly and goes for walks appreciating Mother Nature in her free time.

Lorraine Hobbs
Youth, Family & Caregiver Programs

Lorraine is a certified MBSR teacher and mentor. She is also certified in Mindful Self-Compassion and Compassion Cultivation, Stanford University.

During her tenure as Director of the Youth and Family Programs at UCSD Center for Mindfulness, she created multiple programs for parents and teens such as Making Friends with Yourself as well as Mindful Self-Compassion for Parents.

Lorraine trains professionals in mindfulness-based interventions around the globe.