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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 1d

Here is the link to the full meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=FLSpxxKSqoXYtBSZ&v=fKpJBnMJE9Y&feature=youtu.be

@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 1d

This guided meditation on intention setting is an invitation to listen inwardly. We don't have to chase clarity, but we can make space for it, to let our own life reveal what it longs for.

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 1d

To intend is not to demand an outcome, but to orient ourselves toward what matters. To stretch our hearts and minds in the direction of our deepest values, even when the path is uncertain.

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 1d

The Latin roots of the word "intend" mean to stretch out or to turn one’s attention toward. In early English, it carried the sense of heart, mind, and understanding. There’s something deeply human about that.

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 3d

I’m honored to keynote LA County Office of Education’s Equity & Wellbeing Conference this year and be among so many educators and leaders who are walking that edge: tending to what’s broken while cultivating what’s possible. 🙏🏽💖

https://www.lacoe.edu/about/events/equity-wellbeing-conference

@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 4d

What a joy to keynote the San Diego Children’s Discovery Museum’s Play Exchange with my Asian American sista, Dr. Christobelle Tan! 💛 Grateful to SDCDM for uplifting play, connection & whole child learning here in my new hometown of Escondido. 🌻 #PlayExchange #Gratitude

@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 5d

🔗 https://youtu.be/jqNlQBhrK-Y?si=xOgmB3YP0d07StgV

@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 5d

In a way, our survival as humans depends on tenderness. It’s what allows us to stay human with one another, to build the kind of relationships and communities where trust can take root. And in times of fear and fracture, that's more important than ever. 🙏🏽✨

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 5d

In this short clip from my TEDx talk, I share a passage from Parker Palmer that has always moved me deeply:

“There is no greater work for human hands than to hold a child with a fierce tenderness and say, in a way words never can, you are loved, you are safe, you can trust.”

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 8d

Honored to keynote the International School Counselor Association’s 2025 Virtual Conference: Building Bridges. I’ll explore how educators can help students connect, heal, and thrive. Grateful to join this global community doing such meaningful work. 🌍💛

https://isca18.wildapricot.org/event-6153192

@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 10d

I’m gently finding my way back after two and a half months of sabbatical. In this first newsletter since July, I share what I’ve learned about shallow vs. deep mindfulness—and how deep practice helps us hold paradox, live the full catastrophe, and stay tender in a complex world: bit.ly/42H8jXQ

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 11d

I’m presenting at Children's Museum of Discovery’s The Play Exchange: Supporting Mindfulness in Early Learners on October 20! Join us as we explore how hands-on experiences can promote emotional well-being, self-regulation, and focus in early learners. ✨🙏🏽

Register today: https://bit.ly/455vrRn

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 12d

Honored to deliver “Becoming a Bridge Builder for Beloved Community” at LA County Office of Education’s 2025 Equity & Wellbeing Conference, Oct 29–30. 💛 Excited to continue the conversation on connection and belonging.

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 15d

Happiness isn’t at the end of a goal—it’s in the quiet, ordinary moments: laughter at the table, a walk at dusk, being fully present. There’s still much to do, but joy lives in what’s here, now. ✨

@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 16d

As I wrote in my chapter of Redefining Spiritual Spaces in the Age of Technology: “Sacred space invites us to release the dominance of chronos and our cultural bias toward rushing in favor of moving ‘at the speed of love’ and trusting in divine synchronicity.” 🙏🏽💛

@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 17d

This past summer, my family and I spent a month in Greece. There, I encountered the notion of Kairos time... a kind of time that's measured by depth, presence, and the fullness of each moment. Since returning, I’ve been exploring what it means to bring Kairos into my everyday life.

@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 18d

I’m honored to keynote at the Connections in Prevention conference in Illinois next week, speaking on bridge building: how we meet one another across difference and how we cultivate connection in the spaces where it feels hardest. ✨🙏🏽

@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 19d

How can technology and wisdom traditions evolve together in ways that are generative, ethical, and deeply human? In this chapter, we explore what it means to create sacred space in digital and hybrid contexts. I'd love to know what you think of it. 💖

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 19d

At the same time, spirituality is moving into spaces we might not always expect like business, education, or tech design. This intersection creates both opportunity and responsibility.

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 19d

I’m honored to have contributed a chapter to Redefining Spiritual Spaces in the Age of Technology. Emerging technologies are shaping every aspect of our lives, including the spiritual. 🧵

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 22d

We spend so much of our lives tethered to screens. In this video, I share a practice that has transformed how my family and I show up in the world. A weekly Tech Sabbath. In pausing, it becomes easier to notice what truly nourishes us.

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 23d

We’ve been settling into a new rhythm with our son to help found the Thich Nhat Hanh School of Interbeing and finding our bearings at the foothills of Deer Park Monastery. Even in all this “newness,” there is a strange steadiness: An invitation to meet this chapter with curiosity and tenderness.

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 23d

And one of those choices was stepping away from Facebook and Instagram, and even setting an “away message” for texts to honor my effort to disconnect. These choices have made it easier for me to truly be here, in the body. In the family. In the unfolding of our lives.

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 23d

These last few months on sabbatical have been rich with small experiments in presence. I delved into 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 by Catherine Anne Price, and I made some decisions that felt necessary for my own grounding. 🧵

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@HeartOfMeena @heartofmeena.bsky.social · 25d

What are the hidden barriers to tenderness? In my conversation with @anitanowak.bsky.social on her Purposeful Empathy podcast, we explored this question in the context of leadership, community, and daily life. For me, two of the biggest barriers are judgment and busyness.

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