TEACHER BIO
MeiMei Fox is the published author, co-author, ghostwriter, and freelance editor of hundreds of non-fiction health, wellness, spirituality, and psychology books, articles, and blogs, including the New York Times bestsellers Bend, Not Break with Ping Fu, and Fortytude with Sarah Brokaw.
Since July 2016, MeiMei has contributed five articles per month to Forbes as part of the Women@Forbes initiative. She writes about aligning your career with your life purpose, and profiles entrepreneurs and changemakers who can serve as role models to us all.
Her latest project is publishing her own blog, Adventures with Twins, whose posts include tips on raising twins, product reviews, and her own reflections on parenting. MeiMei has had two poems selected from among thousands of submissions for publication in the books Multiples Illuminated and Multiples Illuminated: Toddler to Tween Years.
Throughout her 15+ year writing career, MeiMei has edited books by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Columbia professor Robert Thurman, and was Expedition Writer for Jacques Cousteau’s granddaughter Alexandra Cousteau on Expedition: Blue Planet. Her articles have been published in the Huffington Post, Self, Stanford magazine, MindBodyGreen, and numerous other publications.
In addition to writing, MeiMei works as a life coach, assisting clients in realizing their most ambitious dreams. She believes in integrating mind, body, and spirit into a total wellness program based on positive self-esteem and goal setting.
MeiMei graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors and distinction from Stanford University, with a BA and MA in psychology. She also holds an MA in counseling psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and is an Ana Forrest-certified yoga instructor. Her loftiest goal is to be a Joy Champion. She sits on the board of HOPE Foundation USA, an NGO dedicated to providing shelter, education, health care, and job skills training to the street kids of Kolkata (Calcutta), India. She is blissfully married to the Love of Her Life, Kiran Ramchandran, and lives in Honolulu with him and their toddler twins, the Joy Boys.
Her mantra is: Fear Less, Love More!