Working Healthcare · 2026-07-28 · 1h 3m
When the healthcare system fails kids, classrooms quietly turn into the new emergency rooms. In this re-release of a foundational episode, of Working Healthcare, Meredith Hirsh sits down with Ali Kaufman, founder and CEO of Space of Mind, to explore how education, mental health and family systems collide and how a school can transform into a healing environment instead of another pressure cooker. Ali shares her journey from a Brandeis student who considers the rabbinate to a young woman who survives trauma, confronts undiagnosed ADHD and learns to treat her “busy brain” as a superpower rather than a flaw. She describes early work in cluttered kitchens, chaotic bedrooms and executive boardrooms, where she coaches families and CEOs through disorganization, anxiety and breakdown in communication. Meredith guides the conversation into the heart of Space of Mind, where Ali designs mental health-centered learning spaces that feel safe, flexible and creative instead of institutional. Ali explains how she trains educators to think like coaches, honors different processing styles and builds routines that support executive function without crushing individuality.
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