The Awesome Power of Tenderness Ft. Meena Srinivasan w/Anita Nowak - Purposeful Empathy
Description
In a special series devoted to empathy in education with leaders and fellows of Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL), watch this episode to learn more about the power of tenderness.
Meena Srinivasan, Director of TEL, explores how tenderness fosters prosocial behavior, psychological safety, mental health, and gratitude. She also reflects on many of the challenges that educators face today, and why true transformation happens within a beloved community.
00:00 Preview
00:41 Introduction
01:15 About Meena Srinivasan
03:45 Meena’s backstory
05:58 Meena’s mission
11:40 How did a meditation lead Meena to the science of tenderness?
15:23 About Meena’s TEDx talk: Unlocking the Secret Powers of Tenderness
20:24 What are the hidden barriers to tenderness?
27:52 The somatic nature of tenderness and how it deepens empathy & compassion
31:00 What is Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL)?
36:12 The role of empathy in education
41:05 How deep transformation always happens in beloved community
44:45 Meena Srinivasan’s Purposeful Empathy story
CONNECT WITH ANITA
✩ Email purposefulempathy@gmail.com
✩ Website https://www.anitanowak.com
✩ Buy a copy of Purposeful Empathy http://tiny.cc/PurposefulEmpathyCA
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitanowak/
✩ Instagram https://tinyurl.com/anitanowakinstagram
✩ Podcast Audio https://tinyurl.com/PurposefulEmpathyPodcast
✩ Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/anitanowak.bsky.social
CONNECT WITH MEENA
✩ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/meenasrinivasan/
✩ Website https://www.meenasrinivasan.com/
SHOW NOTES
✩ Transformative Educational Leadership
✩ TED Talk
Video edited by Green Horizon Studio
United States
