A quick note before we jump in — you may have noticed Amplify Weekly went quiet through June. That was intentional. I needed to actually live what I teach for a minute, not just write about it. If you caught the 7-Day Surprisal Meditation Challenge on the podcast while I was quiet here, I hope it met you exactly where you were. Listen free, if you missed it → You'll also notice this issue looks a little different. Amplify Weekly just got a shape upgrade — same signal, same pause, new format....
1 day ago • 1 min read
🦋 Surprisal Day 7 Good morning. Seven days. Seven clues. Take your time today. There's nowhere else to be. Today's clue is Now. Clarity lives in the present more than in prediction. a time. Seven days. Seven clues. One invitation — to listen to your intuition. Patience to pause is the gateway to presence. Before you press play: Grab a pen and notepad — or go deeper with the Pause Practice Starter Kit, which includes the Surprisal Journal and supporting videos. ↓ Scroll down to learn more....
15 days ago • 2 min read
🦋 Surprisal Day 6 Good morning. Six clues in. One more after today. Today's clue is Trust. Trust grows one honest moment at a time. Seven days. Seven clues. One invitation — to listen to your intuition. Patience to pause is the gateway to presence. Before you press play: Grab a pen and notepad — or go deeper with the Pause Practice Starter Kit, which includes the Surprisal Journal and supporting videos. ↓ Scroll down to learn more. Wear something comfortable. Find a comfortable seated...
16 days ago • 2 min read
🦋 Surprisal Day 5 Good morning. Five days of following the subtle clues. Today's clue is Whisper. The quiet signal is often the real one. Seven days. Seven clues. One invitation — to listen to your intuition. Patience to pause is the gateway to presence. Before you press play: Grab a pen and notepad — or go deeper with the Pause Practice Starter Kit, which includes the Surprisal Journal and supporting videos. ↓ Scroll down to learn more. Wear something comfortable. Find a comfortable seated...
17 days ago • 1 min read
🦋 Surprisal Day 4 Good morning. Halfway. Take a breath and notice how that feels. Today's clue is Emotion. Emotion is information when it is met with awareness. Seven days. Seven clues. One invitation — to listen to your intuition. Patience to pause is the gateway to presence. Before you press play: Grab a pen and notepad — or go deeper with the Pause Practice Starter Kit, which includes the Surprisal Journal and supporting videos. ↓ Scroll down to learn more. Wear something comfortable. Find...
18 days ago • 2 min read
🦋 Surprisal Day 3 Good morning. You showed up. That matters. Today's clue is Magnetism. What pulls or repels you carries information. Seven days. Seven clues. One invitation — to listen to your intuition. Patience to pause is the gateway to presence. Before you press play: Grab a pen and notepad — or go deeper with the Pause Practice Starter Kit, which includes the Surprisal Journal and supporting videos. ↓ Scroll down to learn more. Wear something comfortable. Find a comfortable seated...
19 days ago • 2 min read
🦋 Surprisal Day 2 Good morning. You showed up. That matters. Today's clue is Body. The body often notices before the mind explains. Seven days. Seven clues. One invitation — to listen to your intuition. Patience to pause is the gateway to presence. Before you press play: Grab a pen and notepad — or go deeper with the Pause Practice Starter Kit, which includes the Surprisal Journal and supporting videos. ↓ Scroll down to learn more. Wear something comfortable. Find a comfortable seated...
20 days ago • 2 min read
🦋 Surprisal Day 1 Good morning. Today is Day 1 of the Surprisal Meditation Challenge. Your first clue is Presence. Seven days. Seven clues. One invitation — to listen to your intuition. Patience to pause is the gateway to presence. Before you press play: Grab a pen and notepad — or go deeper with the Pause Practice Starter Kit, which includes the Surprisal Journal and supporting videos. ↓ Scroll down to learn more. Wear something comfortable. Find a comfortable seated position on a chair or...
21 days ago • 1 min read
🦋 Analog Pause Movement There's a quiet rebellion happening around the world right now. In Europe, surveys show a growing number of people are actively seeking non-digital hobbies specifically to decompress after work. Gen Z — the generation that grew up entirely online — is gravitating toward vinyl records, disposable cameras, and paper journals in ways that are quietly reshaping what "cool" looks like offline. Tour companies are offering off-the-grid trips so popular they can barely keep up...
23 days ago • 3 min read
🦋 Analog Summer Pause You may have noticed things went quiet around here. No podcast episode dropping on Tuesday. No newsletter in your inbox on Friday. No Amplify Weekly digest. Just... stillness. That was intentional. Every June I pause. Not because I'm stepping away from my work. Not because I've run out of things to say. And definitely not because I've gone off the grid somewhere without Wi-Fi — though honestly, that does sound lovely right now. I pause because I've learned something...
30 days ago • 4 min read