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Field Notes on Change

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Short essays on leadership, perspective, and the quiet inner work that real change asks of us. Written by Amy, published most Sundays over coffee.

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31 May 2026 · Sunday Coffee

The Perspective Shift at 80ft

“Sometimes the view requires the climb.”

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Sunday Coffee
24 May 2026

The Pace Post I Never Wrote

“Six months ago, I told you I'd write about pace.”

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Sunday Coffee
02 Nov 2025

Put Your Oxygen Mask On

“You only show up as you.”

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Sunday Coffee
26 Oct 2025

The Hidden Architecture of Change

“The invisible work that follows every big change, and the architecture that lets transformation last.”

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Field Note
21 Oct 2025

The End of My Countdown

“And when the body finally catches up.”

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Field Note
13 Oct 2025

When Life Turns Into a Coffee Mug Saying

“And the journey becomes the point.”

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Monday Coffee
06 Oct 2025

The Pause Between Chapters

“When the plan falls away, the pause becomes the teacher.”

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Sunday Coffee
28 Sep 2025

The Power of Noticing Stories

“We don't live reality, we live in the stories we tell about it.”

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Brewing Lessons
21 Sep 2025

Failure as a Blessing

“Every misstep stirs the recipe for growth.”

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Sunday Coffee
14 Sep 2025

The Gift of Boredom

“Finding meaning in the quiet.”

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Tuesday Happy Hour
10 Sep 2025

Peeling the Layers of the Old You

“It's a journey not a destination.”

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Sunday Coffee
31 Aug 2025

The Compass and Mirror of WHY

“The WHAT blurs us into doing. The WHY realigns us to lead with clarity.”

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Sunday Coffee
24 Aug 2025

The Proof of Concept of Me

“The opening curiosity creates... at work and in life.”

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Sunday Coffee
17 Aug 2025

Finding Grace in the Space

“The stories we write before life has a chance to show us the truth.”

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Sunday Coffee
10 Aug 2025

Life between Doing and Being

“Not the highlight reel. The behind-the-scenes version, the one we'd talk about over coffee.”

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