AMY'S BLOG

How often do you say, "I’m fine" without really stopping to consider whether you are? It’s such an automatic response. Someone asks how you are, you smile and say, “I’m fine,” and the conversation moves on. But what if, beneath those two words, there’s exhaustion, stress or a nagging sense that something isn’t quite right? In episode 535 of Focus on WHY, I speak with Dr Laura Shallcross about something we can all lose touch with: our fundamental needs. Today's world is fu

So often, love is spoken about in whispers or reserved for those closest to you, rarely finding its way into your professional language. But what if there was a form of love made not of romance, sentiment or condition, but of dignity, regard and pure goodwill—a love that could transform, heal and empower simply through its presence? In my conversation this week in episode 534, Clare Norman draws your attention to agape. Agape, as the Greeks defined it, is love elevated and

Transformation is a word we often associate with intentional effort. That could be when setting goals, making plans or perhaps summoning the willpower to become someone new. However, after listening to Irene Tananyan share her journey in this week’s Focus on WHY episode, 533 The Beauty of Life, I’m struck by a subtler, easily overlooked truth: our capacity for change hinges not simply on desire but on readiness. When Irene’s old life—carefully built for comfort and security—s

We often imagine purpose as a static, shining beacon – something you discover once, then follow for the rest of your life. However, what if true purpose isn’t about certainty or having one grand plan but about movement? A living interplay of reflection and the small, intentional actions you take every day. I see purpose as an ongoing process—a dance between thought and deed, pause and step, learning and doing. Purpose is not merely about knowing what matters; it’s found in

One word kept re-emerging throughout this week’s Focus on WHY podcast conversation with Alastair Greener in episode 531: cohesion. What particularly caught my attention was how Alastair used the word. Not as a throwaway, but almost as a heartbeat running through his story, his career pivots and his guiding purpose. For him, cohesion is both an outcome and a conscious intention. Something that matters in the workplace, in friendship groups, at home and within communities. He s

We often imagine that to succeed, you have to work harder, hustle more and push your way through challenges. Whether you're building a business, leading others or creating financial wealth, action, logic and determination are often celebrated as the engines of progress. But what if there is another side to success that deserves just as much attention? Integration. Integration is about bringing together the different parts of yourself rather than feeling you have to choose bet

Space is an easy word to overlook. You might talk about needing space when you feel crowded or overwhelmed. Sometimes you mean physical space — the kitchen table finally clear of paperwork or the spare room that you can actually use again. More often than not though, it’s mental space that you find most elusive, hardest to name and hardest to reclaim. For Ingrid Pope, guest on this week’s episode of Focus on WHY, space isn’t simply the absence of clutter. It’s the foundation

When you think about crime and punishment, your mind might jump to headlines, courtroom dramas and lives forever altered on either side of the law. But beneath the surface lies an invisible layer—a sentence served not only by the convicted but by those who love them. In this week’s Focus on WHY podcast episode, 528 Become Part of the Solution. you get to peer behind the statistics and see the silenced suffering of a family caught in the storm of youth violence and the crimi