by Amanda Muckalt | 1 Oct 2026 | Awareness, Change, Letting Go, Transitions
A few weeks ago I saw my first conker of the season. I wasn’t ready for it. But there it was. On the ground, at my feet, beside its former home, now cracked open. “NOoooo” Something inside me protested. I felt reluctant to let summer go. But let it...
by Amanda Muckalt | 1 Mar 2026 | Awareness, Change, Leadership, Transitions
Last month I wrote about the posture we bring to change, and the invitation to put our weapons down. This reflection continues that exploration by turning towards something deeper: if we soften our grip on control, what kind of relationship with change becomes...
by Amanda Muckalt | 1 Nov 2024 | Alignment, Change, decisions, Listening, Midlife Magic, Midlife Women In Leadership, The Stability Effect, Transitions
In my book, THE STABILITY EFFECT, I talk about Kairos time. For many Kairos time is unfamiliar so let me explain. Our society is mostly governed by a form of time we all know about: Chronos or chronological time. Chronos time is linear and sequential. Clock time is a...
by Amanda Muckalt | 1 Oct 2024 | Change, Letting Go, Midlife Magic, Midlife Women In Leadership, Transitions
🌟This leaf came to call. The year was 2016. I found it one Autumn morning on the doorstep of my then home in Wimbledon. I remember being awestruck by its simple beauty when I saw it laying on the ground. It seemed oddly out of place on the cement step at the end of...
by Amanda Muckalt | 18 Sep 2024 | Change, decisions, Midlife Magic, Midlife Women In Leadership, New Beginnings, Transitions
Busy professionals with a lot of responsibility can miss inner and outer cues for the big decisions, and unintentionally let circumstances dictate the trajectory of their life and business. Or they can make important decisions reactively, and then live the...
by Amanda Muckalt | 4 Sep 2024 | Change, Evolutionary Purpose, Midlife Magic, Midlife Women In Leadership, New Beginnings, Transitions
We all know that sinking feeling of ‘never done’. We might say to our friends “There’s just no end to it…” referring to the relentless change, escalating work projects, ongoing the family commitments, and never-ending to-do list of a modern woman in a world that is...
