From One Star to Five: What 2025 Taught Me About Change
This year has challenged me more than any other in my life.
Amanda Goodfellow to Speak at the 2025 ALPMA Summit
Amanda Goodfellow, founder of Agile Mind and presenter at AmandaGoodfellow.com, has been announced as a speaker at the 2025 ALPMA Summit in Sydney.
Way before iPhones and Uber Eats, there was someone who understood the human condition.
Way before iPhones or Uber Eats, Philosopher Blaise Pascal understood the human condition and our desire to avoid being present with ourselves. In 1670 he famously said;
I’ve been on dozens retreats. Here’s what I have learnt.
In all the years I have been practising meditation, I’ve been on dozens of retreats. All of them different.
Somatic Mindfulness – What is your body trying to tell you?
Here are a few of my favourite strategies to make unpleasant feelings go away:
Getting off the clinical carousel
My body weight dropped dangerously low at the depths of my eating disorder. It actually didn’t feel that bad. In fact I didn’t really feel anything at all.
Is burnout just part of the new normal?
Here’s an interesting list…..
Where did my attention span go?
It’s no great surprise — our attention spans are narrowing. That desire for the next new thing compels us, scrolling and clicking our screens like maniacs.
The problem with blogs
I have been told by the experts that blogs are important. But does anybody actually read them? Hey, I’m no website expert, but my gut feeling is no. So the fact that I am now sitting dutifully at my laptop writing one is an act of pure obedience – and a bit of hope that […]