Presentations, Keynotes & Workshops
Sleep Health Educator, Author & Founder of SleepWiseHealth
What Irene Offers
Keynotes, workshops, and corporate/organizational training on sleep health — for corporate wellness programs, healthcare organizations, senior/adult day health settings, and parent/family-serving institutions, chronic disease management, stress reduction, and mental health support.
Formats range from single keynotes and ERG lunch-and-learns to multi-session program suites.
TALK TOPICS & TITLES
Healing the Healer
Restore and Rise
Rest to Health
Perinatal Sleep and Wellness
Senior Slumber
Sleep is Your SuperPower
Sister Slumber
Beautiful Beginnings
Who Irene Speaks For
• Employee Resource Groups
• Senior Wellness Organizations
• Healthcare Institutions
• Educational & Corporate Wellness Programs
• Community Organizations
• Workforce Development Programs
• Parenting Programs
Past institutional partners include:
Mastercard · Boston Public Health Commission · Head Start · Dorot USA · NYC DOE · Northern Manhattan Perinatal Partnership · Smart from the Start · Bedford Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter SchoolSpeaker Bio
Irene Smalls is a Harlem-born author, historian, filmmaker, and sleep health educator with an MBA in Behavioral Science from NYU and a BA from Cornell University. She holds a sleep consulting credential from the International Parenting and Health Institute / Institute of Pediatric Sleep and Parenting.
Irene is the founder of SleepWiseHealth and BlackGirlsSleeping.com, an award-winning author of 15 published children's books, a TEDx speaker, Screen Actors Guild member, and two-time White House invitee.
Featured Book
Nite Baby Nite, An Affirmation is Irene's award-winning bedtime picture book, illustrated by Ayan Saha, and winner of a 2025 Mom's Choice Award. Rooted in her sleep health and literacy work, it uses gentle, rhythmic affirmations to help babies and toddlers settle into a calm, loving nighttime routine.
Nite Baby Nite
Reading with a young reader
