Hello!

My name is Adamandia (pronounced ah-them-and-ia) but if 5 syllables is too daunting, you can just call me Amanda 😉.  I'm a writer, ex-marketer, and someone who has spent many years navigating my own path through grief, loss, and personal change.  

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I’m currently throwing caution to the wind and going back to school to get a degree in psychology as I pursue more knowledge about how my brain works. 

 

By all accounts, I'd say I led a semi-charmed childhood. But in my early 30's I lost both my parents, which, as someone who grew up close with their parents, really destabilized me.

 

I never wanted to be the person who's whole life was about their parents dying, but it turns out that's my whole personality these days.

 

Seriously, though, the past 6 years have more than thrown things into perspective for me; these events turned my whole life and everything I thought I knew upside-down. It was, as many practitioners I visited over the years said, "a hard pill to swallow."

 

I went through a long stretch of grief and subsequent burnout that reshaped how I see everything, especially what it means to be a person healing and finding themselves again. Especially when sometimes you just want to sit in the sadness and remain with your head in your grief. 

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The Unbound Path is where I share what I’m learning in class and in life; about letting go of perfectionism, quieting self-doubt, and making space for joy, even when things are sad and messy. 

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When I’m not writing or working, I’m probably hanging out with my dog and spending time in nature with the people I love most.