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Isolation Update

an isolated beach in Spain
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My family has been isolating here in DC since March 12th. I’m grateful that we’re healthy and able […]

Amanda Shaffer 30/03/2020 Current Events, Politics

CEU Spa

Amanda can have a treat
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I just got back from a week long excursion to catch up on my Continuing Education Units (CEU) […]

Amanda Shaffer 24/02/2020 Philosophical

Chopping Brush

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A post on the Facebook group Pantsuit Nation made me cry this morning. It was by a young […]

Amanda Shaffer 09/06/2017 Girly Things, Pages, Philosophical, Politics

Guest Rant: The Positive Case for Hillary Clinton

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I am privileged to have some really smart friends who often write things I wish I had said […]

Amanda Shaffer 03/11/2016 Clinton, Current Events, Politics, Religion

10 Things I Learned in 2014

I recently saw a picture of Cinderella’s slipper with the caption “If Cinderella went back to pick up […]

Amanda Shaffer 31/12/2014 Philosophical

Cheap shots

While this title might suggest a lengthy post about the evils of drinking well liquor, it is instead […]

Amanda Shaffer 11/08/2014 Girly Things, Philosophical, Random Stuff

Zen & The Art of Personal Maintenance

I am very bad at relaxing. That sentence is a good indicator of my poor showing at R&R. […]

Amanda Shaffer 20/06/2014 Random Stuff

I Never Played an Ingenue

When I stepped away from actively doing any theater I also stopped attending the kinds of plays I […]

Amanda Shaffer 20/05/2014 Random Stuff, The Past

Steel Cables

Been thinking a lot about obligations lately. What you owe to colleagues, family, friends, society – why and […]

Amanda Shaffer 10/04/2014 Philosophical, The Past

Pandora’s Jar

Every once in a while when I am coaching a client I get to witness a moment when […]

Amanda Shaffer 06/02/2014 Random Stuff

Red Card

I’m not a terribly sports oriented person. I don’t like watching professional sports other than tennis, and always […]

Amanda Shaffer 13/01/2014 Philosophical, Politics

Time Out

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Time off means different things to different people. For me, stretches of “free time”, also known as “Holidays”, […]

Amanda Shaffer 02/01/2014 Philosophical, Writing

My Dad

My Dad died December 2, 1992. He was 62. He had cancer and treatments and it all seemed […]

Amanda Shaffer 08/12/2013 The Past

Sugar & Spice

I attended a lecture about negotiating today. Specifically about how women do or don’t negotiate and why. None […]

Amanda Shaffer 14/11/2013 Feminism, Philosophical

Pick a little

I know the Pick-A Little song from music man is really about women gossiping in a small town […]

Amanda Shaffer 28/10/2013 Random Stuff

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