Amja's Journal

Skin Ya Teet — original painting by Antonia (Amja) Lee. A Black woman in a blue robe, eyes closed, smiling with full embodied joy, holding a paintbrush, with a golden energy form beside her. Unabashed Narratives collection, Amja Unabashedly.

Skin Ya Teet - Voice, Body, Meaning, Care.

We talk so much about communication, finding the right words, the right framing, the right message, and yet the most profound moments of human connection happen before language arrives. They...

Skin Ya Teet - Voice, Body, Meaning, Care.

We talk so much about communication, finding the right words, the right framing, the right message, and yet the most profound moments of human connection happen before language arrives. They...

Summer's Tree — a figure in full extension, arms raised, balanced and present. Part of the Seasons of Resilience collection by Amja Unabashedly™. A painting that holds the energy of full growth arrived at through stillness.

What Three Months Makes

There is a version of growth that announces itself in the way it posts the milestones, marks the moments, performs its own momentum — loudly enough that everyone in the...

What Three Months Makes

There is a version of growth that announces itself in the way it posts the milestones, marks the moments, performs its own momentum — loudly enough that everyone in the...

Universal Child Support” from the SSCS™ Security pillar — artwork by Amja Unabashedly holding the felt sense of being secure and held regardless of performance.

What Security Makes Possible

A leadership meeting where everyone agrees the culture is good. Genuinely agrees. Most of them aren’t lying, they believe what they’re saying. Then you step out of that room and...

What Security Makes Possible

A leadership meeting where everyone agrees the culture is good. Genuinely agrees. Most of them aren’t lying, they believe what they’re saying. Then you step out of that room and...

 Heart to Hold — painting by Amja of a Black woman holding herself, a red heart visible at her centre. Amja Unabashedly™

A Heart to Hold - When Genuine Allyship Becomes...

There is a particular quality to being in a room where you do not have to explain yourself before you are understood.Not a training room. Not a workshop with a...

A Heart to Hold - When Genuine Allyship Becomes...

There is a particular quality to being in a room where you do not have to explain yourself before you are understood.Not a training room. Not a workshop with a...

Artwork of a Black Woman looking crazed with the words "Paint Me Crazy" on the paint brush held by someone else.

Don't Paint Me Crazy - What Mental Health Aware...

Mental Health Awareness Week arrives every May. The green ribbons go up. The emails go out. Someone books a mindfulness session for the lunch hour and calls it culture.And somewhere...

Don't Paint Me Crazy - What Mental Health Aware...

Mental Health Awareness Week arrives every May. The green ribbons go up. The emails go out. Someone books a mindfulness session for the lunch hour and calls it culture.And somewhere...

Ikigai Support artwork in a frame

The 4 Steps That Hold You

There is something nobody tells you about the moments when you have to make a decision that really matters.They rarely arrive when you're feeling your best.They arrive when you're tired....

The 4 Steps That Hold You

There is something nobody tells you about the moments when you have to make a decision that really matters.They rarely arrive when you're feeling your best.They arrive when you're tired....