Publications & Presentations

Publications

Featured Work

Ah! A Heartbook for Educators Teaching | Learning with Love

Ah! is a contemplative framework for equity-centered teaching and relational leadership. Rooted in mindfulness, justice, and embodied presence, this work invites educators to return to love as a pedagogical force.

It bridges scholarship and practice, offering reflective exercises, virtue-based inquiry, and pathways for integrating heart-centered leadership into daily educational life.

Available Through:
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | O’Mahony’s Booksellers, Limerick, Ireland - Pre-order)

Endorsements:

“An inspiring gift to educators and the communities they serve.”
— Christopher Willard, PsyD, Teaching Associate in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

“Ah! is a beautiful and timely offering that reminds us education is, at its heart, a relational and deeply human endeavor.”

— Meena Srinivasan, Founding Executive Director, Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL)

“A powerful antidote to the disconnection and weariness plaguing today’s educators… a refuge and roadmap for reclaiming joy and meaning.”
— Narelle Lemon, PhD, Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Research Fellow, Edith Cowan University, Australia

“Classrooms become sanctuaries of growth… a heart-centered approach that is invaluable.”
— Norman Eng, EdD, Professor of Secondary Education, CUNY Brooklyn College, New York, U.S.A.

Experience a Sample Practice

Experience a virtue-based reflection from Ah! through the Courage Virtue Pack.

Courage, in this framework, is not performance. It is presence in the face of vulnerability.

Receive the Courage Practice below.

Courage Virtue Pack

Explore the Full Virtue Series

The Courage Virtue Pack is part of a larger collection of reflective, classroom-ready practices aligned with Ah!.

Additional virtue-based resources including Awareness, Belonging and Compassion are available through my Classroom Resource Collection.

View the Virtue Collection

Featured Conversation

Live95 Limerick Today Podcasts

Limerick Women returns to Ireland with advice on Teacher Burnout

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Joe is joined by Dr Linda Noble, a New York teacher and Limerick native from Rosbrien, who has released her book,
"Ah! A Heartbook for Teaching | Learning with Love," that looks at how we can all play a part to improve the well-being of teachers.

Educating with Heart and Mind: A dialogue with Suchitra Sarda

In this filmed conversation, I explore how education can cultivate both compassion and systems-level awareness. Together with Suchitra Sarda, Education Consultant for SEE Learning India and a practitioner of the Compassionate Systems Framework, we reflect on the integration of social-emotional learning, systems thinking, and relational pedagogy.

This conversation offers a thoughtful look at how education can nurture both heart and mind in complex learning environments.

Featured Presentation:
Mindful Presence in an AI-Enhanced World: Humanizing Learning Through Care and Compassion

Presented at the Mindfulness and Mindful Movement Conversations Conference
Hosted by the Center for Mindful Practice, Niagara University

As artificial intelligence reshapes education, how do we keep the human heart of teaching at the center? This session explores the intersection of mindfulness, contemplative pedagogy, and digital learning, offering practical strategies for equity-centered and healing-informed AI integration.

I am grateful to Dr. Donna C. Kester Phillips and the Niagara University team for the invitation to contribute to this important gathering of educators and contemplative practitioners.

Access shared courtesy of Niagara University. Recording link and passcode available upon request.

Selected Scholarly Publications

My scholarship explores contemplative practice, educator wellbeing, and equity-centered transformation in higher education and K–12 contexts.

Powietrzynska, M., & Noble, L. (2024). Our journey to valuing computational thinking as a tool to address inequity and cultivate well-being in urban education. Brooklyn College.

Lemon, N., Higgins, J., Noble, L., & Powietrzynska, M. (2024). Prioritizing educator wellbeing in support of student flourishing. In M. Drinkwater (Ed.), The Bloomsbury handbook of ethics of care in transformative leadership in higher education (72-89). Bloomsbury.

Noble, L., & Powietrzynska, M. (n.d.). Awe: Finding wonder and awe together in higher education. In N. Lemon & K. K. Kumar (Eds.), Creativity in education: Critical perspectives and possibilities (pp. 82–92). Routledge.

Lemon, N., Higgins, J., Noble, L., & Powietrzynska, M. (2023). Gently riding waves in the ocean of our humanity: Embodying contemplative practices. Holistic Education Review, 3(2), 1–13.

Noble, L., & Powietrzynska, M. (2023). “It be’s that way sometime”: Mindfully recalling our time during COVID-19. In N. Lemon (Ed.), Creating a place for self-care and wellbeing in higher education (pp. 147–158). Routledge.

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