Introduction: Michelle Madrid-Branch is a passionate speaker, international adoptee, and global advocate for women and children. A former Emmy-nominated television news journalist, she now uses her skills as Host of The Greater Than Podcast which focuses on the strength and resilience of the human spirit.
Through her own personal journey of healing, Michelle has broken free of the emotional chains that once held her back from achieving a life of fulfillment, wellness, and wholeness. It is now her mission to share her story with others—to help them find a path to healing and wholeness.
Michelle is a certified Life Wellness Coach, trained through the Institute for Life Coach Training. As a Platinum Partner with the Tony Robbins Group, Michelle has learned from some of the very best life coaches in the field. She’s honored to advance this knowledge by speaking to audiences who yearn for more in their lives, careers, relationships, and health.
Michelle was inducted into the New Mexico Women’s Hall of Fame and honored with the Governor’s Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women by Governor Bill Richardson. She is the recipient of the Congressional Angels in Adoption Award for her work on behalf of orphans and vulnerable mothers.
Michelle never steps down when it’s time to speak up on behalf of others and does so with a natural poise, genuine curiosity, and deep respect. She is the mother of 3 children, two of whom were adopted internationally.
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Adoption: A Love that Knows No Borders: From the stories of her own journey as an international adoptee and mom-by-adoption, Michelle chronicles the resilience of the human spirit and the transformational power of borderless love. A love powerful enough to tear down the walls of race, judgement, and fear and bring the world’s foster children and orphans into the embrace of loving families.
Breaking Free from Negative Labels: Michelle's journey of overcoming the negative labels of foster care and international adoption. Michelle shares how individuals can step away from labels that diminish their self-worth and step into the power of their true identities.
From Pieces to Promise: This is Michelle’s testimony on her Christian faith. It’s her story of becoming whole after abandonment, letting God guide her to transform pain into promise, and discovering how everything we need to heal and come alive is within us right now.