by Amanda Muckalt | 1 Sep 2026 | Awareness, Change, Expression, Leadership
A seed doesn’t grow because it has a problem. Most of us have been taught to believe that change begins with a problem. We move because something is broken, uncomfortable or no longer working. But nature tells a different story. A seed grows because life is...
by Amanda Muckalt | 1 Apr 2025 | Business flourishing, Discovery, Expression, Flourishing, Joy, Midlife Magic, Midlife Women In Leadership, Play, Self Care, Thriving
My cat Lily knows how to play. 💖 A cardboard box and its moveable lid become a source of infinite joy; 💖 Netting over grass seeds in the garden clearly signalling no entry become a great game of ‘catch me if you can’; 💖 The gap between the sofa and the wall…a...
by Amanda Muckalt | 21 May 2015 | Expression, Identity
As part of the Writing With Inner Child day I attended last weekend we were asked to bring with us a personal childhood object. I couldn’t decide between three such objects. In the end I took all three. As it turned out the one that became a source of writing...
by Amanda Muckalt | 6 Apr 2015 | Authenticity, Expression, Flow, Joy, Presence
In the rain. It darts back and forth in glorious flight. Quicksilver motion. Seeing things I do not see. A vast joy bursting forth from its tiny body. Piercing my heart. Expanding my world. By its very presence. No concern for the weather as it jives and dives....
by Amanda Muckalt | 30 Jul 2012 | Alignment, Authenticity, Connection, Expression, Loving Change, New Beginnings, Wellbeing
Here I am in Starbucks in Lancaster where I spent the first 18 years of my life (to clarify those 18 years were in Lancaster…not in Starbucks…I don’t think Starbucks existed then). I am here for wifi access to start this blog which I set up back in March whilst...
