a Liberatory Love letter from Teena Lewis, Family Values @ Work

“a collage expressing the many ways that I have shifted because of my experience in the cohort” —Teena Lewis

Greetings FREEDOM LAND Cohort,

Thank you for a soft, embodied space to land

I’m celebrating expansion, wholeness, more steadiness

I’ve intentionally cultivated and practiced being in conversation with nature and my foremothers

I’ve shed the debris of grief and beliefs that I couldn’t interpret the whispers of my ancestors any more

I’ve grown because I see my unique path and I feel connected to sensorial knowledge again

What feels more possible now is guiding folks towards more liberatory work futures, interdependent ones centered around human dignity, not capitalism

I am more free because I feel more free, in my thoughts, in my viscera, in my connective tissue and my bones, FREE

With gratitude and tender care,

Teena Lewis

Teena Lewis

Instructional Designer and Documentarian, Family Values @ Work

Teena Lewis is a leader in the field of wellbeing in entrepreneurship and performance-based learning design. She has been speaking, training, and developing curricula that centers care and integrates wellbeing principles into business systems since 2015. 

Teena opened her first business, a fitness training company, at the age of 25. Before founding her online training company, she was principal of an integrative healing arts studio and a wellness educator. She has been coaching visionary entrepreneurs since 2006. In 2017, she spearheaded a multinational (US, EU, Australia, Canada) business summit with 8 speakers over 3 days, resulting in sales of her highest grossing program, Sacred Client Attraction. Her clients have transformed their relationship to money, work and their own well-being.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Health Science from California State University, with advanced studies in mindful leadership, feminist business principles, human-centered design, and the healing arts. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where she enjoys long walks in the forest with her husband and 90 year old mother, while dreaming of building equitable economic systems.

Family Values @ Work

is a movement network of grassroots organizers and coalitions in more than two dozen states working to win paid family and medical leave, earned sick and safe days, and affordable, high-quality childcare at the state and national levels. Our work is anchored in a need to win economic justice for all, especially at the intersections of race, gender, and class.