Keren’s Story.

Keren Dahan brings a rare and powerful blend of mindfulness, systems thinking and deep compassion to her work as an educator and change-maker. With a background in organisational development, psychotherapy and social innovation, Keren now leads the TEVEL Fellowship at Israel’s Heschel Centre for Sustainability. The programme supports senior education leaders to reimagine the purpose of learning in response to climate collapse.

Her journey into education was shaped by frustration with the system she grew up in. It was a system that didn’t see her, didn’t engage her and left her feeling disconnected. That disconnection became the question that drives her work today: What if education could reconnect us? Reconnect us with ourselves, with each other and with the living world we are part of?

Through TEVEL, Keren supports and facilitates programmes for senior leaders from across Israel, many of whom shape national policy or oversee entire school systems. She guides them through a journey of reflection, courage and transformation. Her approach is slow, spacious and deeply relational; grounded in 25 years of mindfulness practice and inspired by her time at Schumacher College in Devon, UK. From bird-language walks in city gardens to emotion-mapping circles, her work creates the conditions for trust, belonging and meaningful change in a society under immense strain.

Despite the deep challenges facing Israel’s education system today, including conflict, polarisation and teacher shortages, Keren holds a vision for hope, responsibility and reconnection. For many educators in the TEVEL Fellowship, Triple WellBeing® has become a guiding light, helping shape a future of education rooted in relationship, resilience and radical care.

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