Author name: Amanda Johnson

“Oh man! How did I miss that?” I put the tv remote down a little too hard for dramatic effect. “There were a whole bunch of foreshadows, and I still missed it! My story-ometer is off. Must be the gross amounts of sugar…” They both laughed at my dramatic display and the well-practiced eye-roll that

I wish you could have seen me yesterday about 4:30pm. In the middle of Whole Foods — the hot bar section specifically — waiting for my pizza to come out of the oven. Reviewing the dozens of posts/comments and emails that came in all day long. Smiling. Glowing with gratitude. And then sobbing in awe

Six years ago today, I received my last email from Ruben. “I love it! This was the perfect way to end this story! Thank you, Amanda!” I sat back in my chair and cried at the legacy this man left and the powerful way we had decided to conclude his parable. At the beginning of

Two days from now, Upside-Down Messenger: Making the Magical and Messy Journey from Inspiration to Impact is going to launch.It has been quite the adventure. Fourteen months of this particular journey from inspiration to impact. Five years of intensive work to heal and rewire the st*ries that would have undermined all of my best intentions for this

Last week, I sat in a room with more than a dozen college students and watched one of my clients share her message with them. As I listened to them discuss the challenges they face in today’s cultural climate, I thought back to this era of my life and winced. You couldn’t pay me enough

Back when people knew me only as a book coach (ahem)…I was waiting to take a stage and the person introducing me said something like, “…because we all have to write the book that we really need to read.” He didn’t mean it. In fact, he corrected himself. But I knew better. Ask any of

For those of you who are new to this conversation, I had a few powerful interactions with one of my clients/mentors in 2012 that utterly changed my life and work. The first question he gifted me was, “What would I do if I only had 30 days left?” because when he was faced with that

Living in the question of, “What would I do if I only had 30 days to live?” a sweet little soul took me straight to the core answer. I could see her little light shining from the front of the plane. As I made my way back to my seat in row 15, our eyes met.

It was September 2012 when I declared that I would write Upside-Down Mommy and launch it as an Amazon Bestseller in six months, and it took me three long weeks to create the content strategy—the arc of the campaign and then all of the details of marketing the campaign and the events. I was so

“Amanda, this book is so powerful. AND… you’re still not claiming the truest part of you and your work. Don’t worry. I’m not going to let you publish until you do it.” A potent cocktail of anger and panic coursed through my body as I read her early morning text, and put the phone down