Subject: Power + Control in The Middle
Power + Control in The Middle
June 18th, 2019 at 11:47 am MST“Amanda, how are you?” he asked in his thick Colombian accent. “I’m well,” I responded and glanced up to smile at him before continuing my task of cleaning the café counter that had been destroyed by the dinner rush. “You look tired, ...
Launch from The Middle
May 27th, 2019 at 11:09 am MSTSo, I did something crazy today! I launched a program, and it's something that I never would have imagined offering -- and yet, it makes crazy perfect sense. Some of you have been telling me that you feel compelled to write, but you’re not sure wha ...
Meaning in The Middle
April 12th, 2019 at 1:45 pm MSTI was on the phone with an old friend who had known me for a long time and witnessed my passion and capacity for helping messengers. “How long do you think will you have to work there?” he asked after I told him I had a part-time job at Whole Fo ...
Stuck in The Middle
April 5th, 2019 at 11:57 am MSTWith True to Intention, I am blessed to work with messengers—visionaries who have developed solutions to massive problems in the world. These are not simple “how-to” folks. These are big picture, “we have to change this paradigm or there will ...
The First Step into The Middle
March 28th, 2019 at 6:25 am MSTIt was almost time to go home. My feet hurt. My back was ready for me to call it a day. Making change was becoming stupidly challenging. Come on, Amanda—just another twenty minutes. I glanced up at the last-minute-shopper line forming and forc ...
Are you in The Middle?
March 21st, 2019 at 6:25 am MSTIt was early July 2018 and time to write my book, Upside-Down Messenger. I’d told the world that it would be out in September, and my deadline for completing the manuscript was fast-approaching. But I was stuck. Sit down. Type a few words. Get ...
"I better not get arrested!"
March 1st, 2019 at 7:25 am MST“Do you have Prime?” I asked the smiling young woman on the other side of my register. “My husband does. His phone number is…” Her voice trailed off and I glanced up to see her eyes scanning her brain for the numbers. I smiled to myself a ...
Following Your Heart...
February 15th, 2019 at 8:31 am MSTIt was the beginning of 2007. I stood in front of the mirror, looking into tired, dark, sad eyes -- trying to gather enough energy and courage to pull some nice clothes onto my heavier-than-ever body, plaster on a smile, and go to a networking meetin ...
All Love Needs Is YOU
February 14th, 2019 at 2:21 pm MSTIt was the day after Thanksgiving when I first noticed the magnet on the register at Whole Foods. My heart resonated a loud YES, while my mind offered a quiet HMMMM. Noticing a customer coming toward me, I waved at my register to indicate it was open ...