Dallas Morning News

Dallas Morning News: Born amid 9/11 and graduating in a pandemic: Class of 2020, there will never be another one like you

“Even though COVID-19 has taken so much out of your control, you still have the power to move toward things that inspire you.”

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Michelle Kinder
The New Republic

The New Republic: The Mental Health Crisis That’s Causing Teachers to Quit

“You start to feel like what you’re experiencing day to day is normal. And for some people, the idea of shifting into a circumstance where they could better take care of their mental health is scarier because it’s unknown.”

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Michelle Kinder
Your Mindful Hour Podcast

Your Mindful Hour Podcast: Interview with Michelle Kinder

“Now I just spend a whole lot less time striving for things and a whole lot more time clearing the vessel moving toward a line relentlessly and unapologetically and just letting things flow through me.”

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Michelle Kinder
Colorful Conversations

Colorful Conversations: A Colorful Conversation with Michelle Kinder

“When we experience deep grief, we have to choose to stay open hearted. There is a direct connection between my grief and my capacity for joy.”

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Michelle Kinder
SVP Dallas

SVP Dallas: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, Mental Health Responds

“Be checking in with a posture of curiosity… set up a safety net so that every single person is being checked in with.”

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Michelle Kinder
Good God Podcast

Good God Podcast: Conversations with Michelle Kinder, Part Two

“Every table we're at, look at who's there, think about who's not there. Think about all the things that have come to pass in our history here in Dallas that have made it really easy for some of us to get to those tables and completely impossible for other people.”

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Michelle Kinder
Good God Podcast

Good God Podcast: Conversations with Michelle Kinder, Part One

“Can I live in a way that actively clears my vessel every day so that whatever needs to flow through me can, that feels doable.”

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Michelle Kinder
Rise Leaders

Rise Leaders: Doing Her Work: Michelle Kinder Leading From the Inside Out

“There are days when I think that the nonprofit world and the philanthropic world have accidentally created an exit ramp from collective responsibility.”

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Michelle Kinder
The Roi of Why

Roi of Why: Moments that Matter with Michelle Kinder

“Looking for ways to link arms with communities who have tons of wisdom rather than imparting and bestowing, to me, feels like the future of impact and philanthropy.”

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Michelle Kinder
Awakin

Awakin: Call with Michelle Kinder

“One thing that I've been working on a lot over this last year is this concept of clearing the vessel and letting something flow through me instead of relying on what I know or my grit and capacity to achieve.”

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Michelle Kinder
Dallas Morning News

Dallas Morning News: Here's what 5 true leaders want to see from Dallas' next mayor

“I’m worried that the clock is running out on Dallas in terms of trying to build a great future on sand.”

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Michelle Kinder
Dallas Morning News

Dallas Morning News: ‘Dallas is heading toward a reckoning’: Nonprofit boss wonders if we are doing it all wrong

“Our current model is established to keep us in business,” Kinder told me in an exit interview of sorts this week. “To allow us to do just enough good to feel better ... instead of just chipping away at the structural inequities from the lens of the wisdom of people impacted by it.”

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Michelle Kinder
Live Happy Now

Live Happy How: Helping Children Thrive with Michelle Kinder

“How do you encourage children to thrive when their lives are filled with stress and trauma?”

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Michelle Kinder
Leath Group

Leath Group: Fireside with Michelle Kinder: Social Emotional Health & EQ in Kids, Families, Managers, Leaders, and Organizations

“Socially emotionally intelligent leaders enter every conversation, scenario, relationship with genuine curiosity, trying to see situations with fresh eyes.”

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Michelle Kinder
Kera News

Kera News: This is Your Brain on Poverty: How Financial Insecurity Affects Young Brains

“It’s not enough to just teach the kids these skills, we also need teachers and daycare workers and parents to have a brain lens and a trauma lens on what they’re looking at in terms of behavior.”

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Michelle Kinder
The McCuistion Program

The McCuistion Program: Positive Psychology: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

“We’re big believers that you don’t solve problems - especially those that seem intractable - in one discipline.”

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Michelle Kinder