Meena is a sought after speaker who incorporates inspirational story, research based content, contemplative practices, and interactive experiences into her engagements. A professionally certified speaker through the Big Talk Academy, she’s shared the same stage as luminaries like Brene Brown, Dan Goleman and many more. She’s spoken at several high profile conferences and events and speaks on a variety of topics in the fields of Mindfulness, Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Wellness and holds an equity lens throughout. She’s led workshops in intimate small group settings with leaders across industries and has done keynotes with an audience of over 2000.

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Popular Topics:

  • Five Self-Care Strategies to Promote Wellbeing

  • Caring for Ourselves So We Can Care for Others

  • Emotional Intelligence 2.0

  • Leading with Emotional Intelligence

  • Parenting with Emotional Intelligence

  • Mindfulness: What it is, Why it Matters and How to Practice It!

  • Mindful Parenting

  • Radical Mindfulness

  • The Art of Transformation

  • Understanding and Embracing Resistance

Meena introducing the powerful concept of Interbeing at the 2019 SEL Exchange

Meena speaking about the importance of integrating Leadership, Equity, SEL & Mindfulness

Meena answering a question on leveraging support for SEL and Equity when it isn’t seen as a priority from the top in a district

She also offers an evidence based series of 3-6 sessions for leaders in all sectors focused on Leading with Emotional Intelligence and the eight-week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program.

MEENA’S TEDx: UNLOCKING THE SECRET POWERS OF TENDERNESS

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Engage more deeply with Meena’s TEDx, Unlocking the Secret Powers of Tenderness, by checking out the accompanying Guide for Making Tenderness Come Alive in Your Life.

“It is rare that we meet someone that not only has a depth of knowledge and skill but also an embodiment of the content that is delivered in a manner that motivates us to pause, look within, and consider the need to shift. Meena is such a person. From the moment she begins to speak, she draws you in and holds you as a captive audience through a journey of self-discovery that is brought about through her own authenticity. Her care for humanity and passion to see us at our collective best is palpable and it is exactly what is needed to meet the demands of our current context.”

- Bloodline Barthelus, Ed.D., Sr. Director of Practice, Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

  • “Meena held space beautifully and inspired our educator community to explore with her what Mindfulness in Education and SEL have to mean now given the various challenges our world faces. Her sessions are always highly engaging and experiential.”

    - Tracy Heilers, Executive Director, Coalition of Schools Educating Mindfully

  • "Meena's session on Mindfulness and Self-Care for our leaders was practical, accessible and insightful. I'm so appreciative of her warm, inviting energy and the research based strategies she offered--they will be used in my own life!"

    - Jessican Gordon, M.Ed. Program Manager, Leadership Network, AASA, The School Superintendents Association

  • “Meena’s webinar was a warm, refreshing and nourishing offering for our very stressed out legal aid professionals. The evidence-based strategies she offered to support wellbeing were practical and insightful.”

    - Salena Copeland, Executive Director, Legal Aid Association of California

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Education-Specific Topics

  • Mindfulness & SEL In Service of Belonging - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

  • Social and Emotional Learning Foundations

  • Equity & Social and Emotional Learning

  • Cultivating Our Leadership in Service of SEL Implementation: Would You Follow You?

  • Learning IS Social and Emotional: Integrating SEL With Instruction

  • Integrating SEL with Instruction in Secondary Classrooms

  • SEL Every Day: Cultivating Adult SEL in Service of Learning Partnerships to Promote the Social, Emotional and Academic Success of Students

  • The Roadmap for SEL Implementation

  • Embodied Teaching and Learning

Customization

Meena can also work with you to craft action-oriented, customizable workshops, keynotes or profession learning experiences for your audience that meets their needs. She’s also designed and facilitated a very successful year long professional learning series for school leaders focused on the systemic implementation of SEL.

Coaching

Meena provides coaching tailored to her client needs and goals across sectors. She also provides intensive, individualized support to educators and new and experienced school and district leaders. Meena is a graduate of Cognitive Coaching and Coaching Leaders to Attain Student Success (CLASS) and certified in Emotional Intelligence Leadership Coaching.

Consulting

Work with Meena to grow, expand or develop Mindfulness and SEL programming, products and professional learning at your organization. Meena also provides SEL technical assistance, capacity building, and SEL strategic planning services to support the systemic implementation of SEL.

"Meena is a repository of resources coupled with perpetual passion. Working with Meena has been invaluable in successfully transitioning from my role as a school site leader to the SEL Lead for my school district. Through her coaching and technical assistance rooted in her practical on-the-ground experience, I've grown my systems thinking, boosted my confidence in this role, developed SEL field expertise, and deepened my capacity to trust in my own wisdom to lead the systemic implementation of SEL in my school district. Meena brings warm energy, authentic compassion, and holds an equity lens to what feels like limitless skill, knowledge, and ingenuity in the growing field of SEL.”

- Vickie Sargent, M.A., SEL District Lead, Hayward Unified School District

Meena’s worked with countless school districts and
organizations. Notable clients include:

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

  • “Meena is a strategic thinker, transformative leader and an excellent professional developer. Her professional learning engagements are always very well-received and she is highly respected in the field. Her compassionate, warm presence combined with her skill and expertise make her a joy to work with. She is an exemplary model of SEL in action.”

    Christine Hiroshima, Former Chief Academic Officer, San Francisco Unified School District & Senior District Advisor, CASEL

  • “Over my almost four decades of working in education, I have come to great clarity around the importance of a balance of head and heart in an educator’s practice. Meena Srinivasan is an outstanding example of someone whose daily work exemplifies the best of that balance. Her vision, leadership and unflagging work ethic has resulted in significant changes in the way educators view and do their work with students and one another.”

    Ann McKay Bryson, CASEL Professional Development Consultant

  • “Meena’s capacity to strategically support the instructional, organizational and financial dynamics of school change is impressive, but even more remarkable is her ability to stay student-focused and rooted in evidence-based practices. Her commitment to student success is actualized in her professional actions, which are consistently anchored in equity, access, and opportunity for all students. “

    Anya Gurholt, Assistant Principal, San Francisco Unified School District

  • “Meena is a consummate listener and, therefore, a super star relationship builder. Additionally, Meena is one of the most organized project managers I have ever encountered. Meena’s deep research base and experience with guiding a district-wide initiative, coupled with her experience of forging and supporting SEL on the ground make her an invaluable asset to any educational organization.”

    Gretchen Livesey, Vice President of Partner Impact, Turnaround for Children

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Meena is one of 2022’s Ten Powerful Women of Mindfulness Movement

10 powerful women leaders of the mindfulness movement share what they’ve learned about living a life of meaning and purpose and how cultivating happiness fits into the equation.

COURSES

Earn 3-6 Graduate Level Credits while you transform your life and gain practical guidance on implementing Social and Emotional Learning into your school community.

BOOKS

You can take a deep dive into the topics of Social and Emotional Learning or Mindfulness in the Classroom through Meena’s acclaimed books written for educators.

 

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