Goodness Blog
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Silver Linings
Read more →That damn silver lining. You know it’s always there, in any situation. But it only seems to become apparent with distance, space, and time - months or years down the road. When you’re in the thick of anything, it’s difficult to see the light. In the year and a half since the split from my ex-husband, I’ve gained distance, space, and time. I’ve gained clarity about what happened, about who I am, and about what I need/want moving forward. But occasionally, tendrils of anger, bitterness, and resentment pop up. “Can you help me?” I ask my friend. “I’m struggling with...
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Own Your Sh*t
Read more →“You’re kinda being a dick,” my friend said to me last week. Well, she didn’t use those exact words. She was much kinder. But that was the theme: Amanda, stop being a dick. Huh. I didn’t even realize I was being a dick, to be honest. I mean, I could see her point. I have had my head up my butt over the last couple years, in that I’m so focused on the split from my ex and moving through that and then road trip and then book. Lots of Amanda-focus. Which is fine. I needed to do all of...
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Announcing: Grounded Goodness Sweaters!
Read more →Yeah we are. We're doing it. We're branching out into sweaters. Why? Because winter's coming, and there's nothing like a cozy sweater to make a woman look hot during cold weather! (Seriously, these sweaters look great on women across the board. It's like the 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Sweater'-type magic. Mind. Blowing.) We're keeping our same philosophy on these sweaters as we have for our t-shirts: Canadian-made, high quality, and fun & feisty. Loved the softness of our t-shirts? These are like t-shirts x a gazillion. (Just don't tell the t-shirts that...we don't want to make them sad.) These Limited...
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Who are you?
Read more →Who are you? Now, I’m not asking about your roles: mother, wife, employee, boss, daughter, cat lover/hater. I’m asking who you really are, underneath all of the roles and masks. If you had to describe yourself in 3 words, what words would you use? Yes, I know that you - you brilliant being - cannot be captured in 3 words. Forgive me for implying this. But for simplicity’s sake, what if we could choose our 3 words...and simply live by them? I’ll give you an example. My three words, that I know I embody, are these: Kind Fun No bullshit...
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Keep Going
Read more → How are you doing? Like, how are you really doing? Are you feeling a bit overwhelmed with the never-ending lists? Do you feel like you’re doing so many things at once that you’re not really doing anything well at all? And underneath it all, are you also kind of an asshole to yourself, in your head? I hear you sister. I too, am experiencing those things. This past month has been a doozy. Hell, this past week has been well, hell. From my physical health to trying to figure out staffing to my slow-down in book writing...it’s been one...
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Are you censoring yourself?
Read more →Here I am, sitting in my office in St. Brieux. I’m rocking out to ‘Dirrty’ by Christina Aguilera, circa 2002. Yes. ‘Dirrty.’ The same song that I shook my ass to at the bars I frequented while in university. This is mortifying to admit. Even more embarrassing? I’ve had it on repeat all week. “Why the hell am I so drawn to this song right now?” I ask myself. When I remove my judgment of myself for being a dork, I realize I’m loving ‘Dirrty’ for two main reasons: This song caused such a stir back then because of its...