Amja's Journal

Photography of Artist Antonia (Amja) Lee (taken by photographer Lewis Patrick)  beside her original fine art work "Your Hands"

The Cost of Bringing Your Whole Self

We talk a great deal about psychological safety. About creating environments where people feel able to bring their whole selves. About the value of openness and authentic expression at work.What...

The Cost of Bringing Your Whole Self

We talk a great deal about psychological safety. About creating environments where people feel able to bring their whole selves. About the value of openness and authentic expression at work.What...

Spring Goddess. Fine art by Amja Unabashedly. Art collector piece centred above a peach sofa

The Reframe: Why Amja Unabashedly Exists As It ...

This entry marks a beginning as much as it reflects on what has passed. The pivot is done. The reframe is made. Spring has arrived, not as metaphor, but as...

The Reframe: Why Amja Unabashedly Exists As It ...

This entry marks a beginning as much as it reflects on what has passed. The pivot is done. The reframe is made. Spring has arrived, not as metaphor, but as...

Black woman standing on the center of the Bighalf podium

Half Marathon Reflections: 50th Year of Becoming

In my 50th year, I completed my first half marathon; not for speed or medals, but as a journey of becoming. With my children beside me, drums in the distance,...

Half Marathon Reflections: 50th Year of Becoming

In my 50th year, I completed my first half marathon; not for speed or medals, but as a journey of becoming. With my children beside me, drums in the distance,...

Fresh flower Mandalas on a white table cloth

Mandalas, Sisterhood and the Power of Letting Go

The mandalas we created from birthday flowers were fleeting — beautiful, intricate, and then swept away. That ritual reminded me that survival is part of the pattern, but not the...

Mandalas, Sisterhood and the Power of Letting Go

The mandalas we created from birthday flowers were fleeting — beautiful, intricate, and then swept away. That ritual reminded me that survival is part of the pattern, but not the...

A Black woman stands in a boxing ring with her glove raised high, embodying strength and resilience.

I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dream (I.A.M.A.W.D. ...

This stance is more than victory, it’s transmission. It is the moment where the body, the ancestors, and the inner voice converge to say: I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dream.I...

I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dream (I.A.M.A.W.D. ...

This stance is more than victory, it’s transmission. It is the moment where the body, the ancestors, and the inner voice converge to say: I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dream.I...

Image of black woman and artist Amja sitting in a park with a bubble machine in her hands

50th Year of Becoming: How I Found Power in My ...

Turning 50 is a milestone, but for me, it’s also a celebration. A joyful mirror reflecting the woman I’ve become and the many versions of me that carried me here.

50th Year of Becoming: How I Found Power in My ...

Turning 50 is a milestone, but for me, it’s also a celebration. A joyful mirror reflecting the woman I’ve become and the many versions of me that carried me here.