You are a mighty force - and together, we are even mighter.
Community and creative connection for people who give a damn
2025 was batshit crazy. Let’s go through 2026 in a different way: together.
Connect with amazing people, without any BS
If you listen to the Mighty Forces podcast or follow me on LinkedIn, you know I’m connected with amazing people — people with big hearts and big ideas; people who have profound insights to share alongside a great sense of humor. People you’re gonna love. And you know that I bring people together in ways that are real. No pretense, no posturing. A place to relax into the real.
Create together
You’re someone who creates — you write, you design experiences and solutions, you cook, you podcast, you garden. Above all else, you create your life with great intention. And you know that feeding your creative spark helps you be the best version of you. Our gatherings and conversations will fuel your creative energy and help you turn sparks and musings into ideas you’re ready to share with the wider world.
Make a difference
You care about making other people’s lives better. And you know that helping others is a sure way to boost your own wellbeing. Well, here’s a chance to support a group of other people who give a damn, whether it’s by sharing feedback on a draft, agreeing to be a thought partner, making a warm introduction, or….
Plus, inspired by the collective giving model, we’ll explore ways that being in community can help us have greater collective impact, if not financially then through the things we create and amplify together.
Community is medicine.
Creativity is medicine.
Creative community is magic.
(Plus, as my friend and client Mirit demonstrates in her keynote, connection in fact fuels creativity…)
Our community values!
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We care deeply about the world and about other people. We believe we’re stronger together. And by the way, we’re all natural connectors of people and/or ideas.
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We aren’t into pretense or bullshit. We are who we are — personal, professional, or otherwise. We swim in the deep end. We value candor and a space where we can let our hair down. We treasure real relationships where it’s safe to bring all of ourselves to bear.
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We are creators — whether artists or strategists, or “simply” committed to the creative act of living a life of intention. We highly value opportunities to inject creativity into our workdays and our lives. Reminders of our creativity boost our joy & power.
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Yes, the work we do is serious, and, life is too short not to look for every opportunity to laugh. Belly laughs are gold.
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Related to our creativity, but worth calling out on its own: We don’t just accept the status quo and roll along with it. We think about how to make things better, and we take action.
How it works
I have a vision for the community we can be, together. And, I warmly invite your ideas for how to make this an even more exquisite and compelling container of support.
Complete transparency: I don’t know what to charge for this. I am sharing my vision and inviting you to share any ideas you might have for how this take shape. And I’m asking you for honest feedback about (I know this is hard) what feels like the right price point.
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We all know that there’s no substitute for the power of in-person connection. And, we all live in different places. So I am imagining at least one in-person retreat to anchor and fuel our year together. I don’t yet know exactly how that will take shape but it will require a separate investment. One possibility is to gather at the Omega Institute in New York’s Hudson Valley in May…
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Not “just another video call.” Instead, a curated, facilitated experience hosted by moi designed to foster connection and creativity. I’m imagining these are once a month and I would survey folks to inform what day of the week and time of day we’d gather.
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I want this community to be a place where you can share a musing, a draft or a half-formed idea (for a creative project, a career move, a business venture, a neighborhood bake sale) and feel incredibly supported by how people “yes, and” you. I imagine a way to request and provide specific kinds of feedback. I imagine a mix of sharing written things for feedback and also inviting people to targeted Zoom sessions for live discussion of an idea. What I don’t know is how to make this work, exactly. I wonder if part of the service I provide is helping people discern where community feedback would be most helpful and then support them in bringing things to the group…
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Maybe we have a series where everyone records a 2 minute video to share about their favorite life hack (the best day planner, the best grilled cheese, how to keep a rosebush alive…). Maybe we have lunch-and-learns. Maybe I source questions from everyone and bring in experts to help us learn together.
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Sharing random questions, funny memes, sources of inspiration…the everyday stuff of friendship and getting through it all, to sustain us.
Our AgreementsWhat happens in this community stays in this community, unless we get express permission to share something elsewhere. We are curious, not judgmental; we ask questions rather than jumping to conclusions.We are here to witness and support each other, not fix each other; only when asked for solutions do we offer them. We give each other grace and trust that everyone here is a good person doing their best to communicate mindfully; if anything ever makes us uncomfortable, we agree to work with Amanda to find a constructive way to share that feedback and strengthen the relevant relationship(s) rather than shutting down or giving up. We share funny shit we find on the internet. We share beautiful pictures and poetry and other treasures to nourish each other’s spirits. We give ourselves grace. We eat chocolate.
Upcoming Events
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Vision Summit
01.26
This is a placeholder for a potential way we might come together.
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Creative Sync
01.26
Maybe we create cool shit together like a podcast or a magazine or an event.
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Idea Exchange
01.26
Placeholder, baby.