I’m Michelle - calm mentor for real life, founder of The Well-Formed Co., and the voice behind The Calm Inspirator.
For over 25 years, I worked as a People Partner across UK, international and multi-site organisations, supporting leaders, teams and cultures through growth, change and challenge (MCIPD qualified).
Then life slowed me down - abruptly and deeply.
A year shaped by illness, enforced stillness and overwhelm changed how I understood success, strength and self-leadership. I didn’t rebuild quickly.
I rebuilt gently - one pause, one truth, one well-formed moment at a time.
Now, I create calm you can hold.
Through books, journals, tools and short-form guidance, I help women who are carrying a lot to soften the noise, listen inward, and make life feel more liveable - without pressure to reinvent themselves.
If you’re tired of pushing…
If you’re craving clarity without force…
If you need permission to go gently…
You’re in the right place.
⭐ Featured Book
📗 Becoming Well-Formed
A memoir-meets-guide for anyone rebuilding after illness, exhaustion or a life shift they didn’t choose.
Part story, part grounding companion — this book offers gentle reflections, calming rituals and soft structure to help you pause, reset and begin again, even in hard seasons.
⭐ Second Book
📘 The Work-Life Tangle
A compassionate guide for navigating the messy middle of modern careers.
For anyone feeling stretched, unseen or quietly questioning what comes next — this book helps you untangle work, worth and direction without losing yourself in the process.
⭐ Signature Video Series
🫖 Tea & Truths | Calm • Work • Coach • Life
Daily calm in 90 seconds or less.
Gentle truths, grounding moments and quiet clarity — designed to feel like a steady voice beside you, not advice shouted at you.
⭐ Tools for Calm
🌿 Journals, Prompts & Gentle Printables
Calm tools you can return to again and again.
Micro-resets, guided reflection pages and soothing worksheets designed to help you slow down, self-soothe and rebuild in small, doable ways.
👉 Visit The Calm in your Palm Shop
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⭐ The Well-Formed Framework™
🌿 A philosophy for gentle self-leadership
My signature five-step approach to rebuilding without burnout:
Pause • Truth • Forming • Living • Leading
A softer, sustainable way to move through overwhelm, illness, transition or quiet change - led by awareness, not urgency.
👉 Learn More
⭐ Our C.A.L.M. Values
Compassionate - We meet ourselves softly
Authentic - We honour the truth of our season
Life-enhancing - We choose what nourishes us
Mindful - We live with awareness and intention
⭐ Free Resource
🌿 Start with a Gentle Reset
Download The Well-Formed Reset - a five-minute calming ritual to ground your day and reconnect with yourself.
👉 Get Your Free Reset
🌿 Finally
Wherever you are in your becoming -
you’re not behind.
You’re becoming well-formed. 🤎
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