Amelia Ann

The number one thing most women ask me in session is — how do I start over. It is not about the CV or how to start dating again. This question comes heavy with fatigue. And when I sit with that question long enough, what I find is that she has timestamped her value. She has attached her sense of who she is and what she is worth to a period of her life that no longer exists. When a marriage or relationship ends — and particularly when it ends because someone chose to leave — everything that...

When I was married, the first question at any party was either whether I was a lawyer like my husband or a fashion designer because of the way I dressed. I would laugh and say nothing because I didn't want to explain that I ran a house, did countless amount of volunteer work or managed time for my husband. I already knew what that answer was worth in a room full of somebodies. We measure people by the income they generate and the title they carry. Lawyer. Doctor. Surgeon. Director. These are...

Don't you want to be like her? She is doing so well! We have all had this thought as we scroll through socials and we witness someone else's transition. We notice their newly established business thriving, their relocation with such ease and their reinvention that looks so impressive. Envy? Jealousy or wonder? These are the uncomfortable feelings that come up when we compare our own change and notice that it's moving so very slowly. And like it was meant to be, the advert appears for The...