Welcome, from our Alabama front porch.

 

While the miracle of new grandchildren led us to Indiana from Birmingham in 2020, we learned a great deal about friendliness in our seven years of living in the Deep South. So while we can't ask you to pull up a seat and bring you a Sweet Tea, we do hope you will feel seen and valued here.   ​

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Mostly, Heart's Ease Love and Freedom Center is a reflection of the kind of life we are grateful to enjoy, after two hard- charging executive careers have wound themselves gently down. It is our hope to share this place with others who are looking to explore what else life offers beyond endless work, social media, bills, worry, stress and obligation.  

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So we are here for people who are looking for a different answer. 

 

Maybe you are seeking a chance to slow down from the rush, listen to the tree frogs and watch the rain rolling in. Maybe you need a place to sit with us and tell your story. Maybe you want to connect with others who are building an intentional life, rather than one that just ... happens. Maybe you need time and space and tools to care for deep wounds privately and gently.

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Why ever you are here is the right reason. 

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We are lucky to be joined by Winona Holmes-Robbins, who shares her yoga and personal training skills, as well as a deep care for other humans and an ability to see the beauty inside of them. We expect more of our family to join us at times, and we are proud to offer sessions by our friends and others whose work we admire. 

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You can find a bit more information about us, below. We hope to meet you soon in one of our free groups or one-on-one sessions.

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Love,

Michelle and Murdoch

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About Michelle: 

As a coach/facilitator/guide:  

As a coach certified by Duke University’s school of Integrative Medicine, and as an experienced executive mentor and guide, I help people tune into their own truth. I am honored to serve leaders and teachers who need a discreet space for their own ongoing inner work; I also welcome people exploring gender identity, sexual healing and limiting beliefs from childhood, as well as anyone who is feeling the call to serious transformation. 

 

As a writer, speaker: 

As a keynote speaker, panelist and  facilitator, I  help people connect to a sense of wonder and excitement for the future. I've presented in academic settings like Stanford University's Center for Liberation Technology, and from the stage at places like the New York Times Center and the Getty Museum of Art. As a poet and essayist, I've been published in a wide variety of literary journals and news publications, including: Yale Journal of Humanities in Medicine, Carcanet, and The Toronto Star. 

 

As a media executive:  

As the executive producer of Whitman, Alabama, a groundbreaking experiment uniting poetry and film, and vice president of a Pulitzer Prize winning news organization, I've worked to expand traditional storytelling boundaries and to find new ways to connect people across seemingly impossible divides. I’ve learned from the experience of hundreds of employees and understand the burnout and frustration of the modern workplace. I understand the challenges we have building equitable work lives for our families. 

 

As me:

As the mother of three beautiful daughters, a wife, a grandmother, a daughter, a friend and a companion to dogs, I recognize that the many of the most rewarding things in life are not on a resume. Beyond all the roles, there's the part of me that's the same inside of you. That's the place where the labels drop off, and the “being” begins — and the place where I hope we will meet one day.