Lift your Spirit

26th July 2019

On productivity + going with your natural flow

My fella is a hardcore gamer and can spend 4 hours straight stuck to the screen. On his day off the other day, he asks what I think of him playing video games first thing in the morning. (I give it […]
22nd January 2018

WHEN PUBLIC SPEAKING MAKES YOU HYPERVENTILATE (Plus an audio meditation)

(Ask me anything…) “Hello Amanda!!!!! Happy New year! I wanted to get your advice, because I’ve a huge presentation. How do you seem to natural in front of an audience and not let the nerves creep in? -Natasha  …………………………………………………………………… Hello […]
27th November 2017

ON THE NATURE OF IDENTITY AND GETTING OLDER

I’ve been thinking a lot about getting older. And what it means to grow old gracefully. I discovered a streak of grey hair and other than triggering vanity and panic, it occurred to me that in the blink of an […]
27th November 2017

BUSINESS FOR BOHEMIANS + OTHER NON BUSINESSY FOLK

I never wanted to run a business. Even if I did, I didn’t think I was capable. As a beatnik hippie (seriously, I used to wear Jesus sandals made from rope) sales and marketing were as appetizing to me as […]
20th April 2017

TAMING THE BEAST OF DISSATISFACTION

  There’s this dis-ease that goes around by the name of dissatisfaction. Never enough. Always wanting more, needing more, waiting for the next big hit. We’re like addicts waiting for the next high. I suffer from it frequently. No matter […]
20th April 2017
How to create opportunities

HOW TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES (AND THE NERVE TO LET IT HAPPEN)

I really believe so much of how we experience life (and the opportunities we create for ourselves) is down to our attitude. Every one has a sob story. Everyone can give a list of reasons of why their life is […]
20th April 2017
What to do when you feel creatively stuck

THE WAITING ROOM OF CREATIVITY

People in entrepreneurship and creative circles worry about competition, people stealing their ideas, or creative blocks. That’s the ego’s way of looking at things: in fear and scarcity. There is always enough to go around. So long as we are […]
20th April 2017
freeing the mind

FREEING THE MIND

  I talk a lot about “Freeing the Mind” because I truly believe life is a mind game. We get conditioned by society. We develop fears that aren’t real. We have inner conflicts. Many people never fulfil their potential because they […]