You need a mirror to help you explore what you know. Not an answer key.
Some of my earliest memories are of my grandparents saying, "You've been here before."
They noticed my attention and ease as I listened to their and other elders' stories. I was the child who needed to know why they made the choice they made, what they were thinking while making it, and whether there were any things they wished had happened differently.
I understood that my elders' past laid the foundation for my present. Even then, I had a process: listen, inquire, reflect, and confirm. I didn't need to live their story to reflect the takeaways. In many ways, I was a mirror.
Since then, I've fine-tuned that skill and bring that same excitement and reflection that shapes how I connect with audiences. The work has offered key lessons:
1) All human stories are connected
2) We've all been here before, experiencing old challenges in new contexts.
The "here" we revisit varies from person to person. But without slowing down and playing an active role in our lives, we miss the repeating scenery. We find connection and growth in the patterns. Yet often, we look to others for the solutions and miss that we need a mirror to help us explore what we know. Not an answer key.
Dear mama,
You've been told you're brilliant your entire life. But for some reason you struggle to accept and walk into the power of that truth. You're an encyclopedia of information and you know how much you know.
Still, in hard moments, you silence yourself and shrink away when you were meant to be big. You listen as relatives and loved ones give you advice you already know in your spirit but didn't act on because you didn't trust your voice. I'm here to remind you that you can trust you — but it's a practice not a destination. And we can learn to do that together.
Dear Orgs,
The metrics and donations show that people understand the importance of your work. But it feels like something is missing. You can tell the people you work with — be it employees or co-facilitators — are holding something back, and it leaves things feeling empty inside.
They've gone through the motions of a culture of care but it feels performative because everyone is so caught up in upholding organizational voice and culture that they've left themselves behind.I hold systems accountable without losing compassion for the people inside them. I bring levity and whimsy that's rarely seen in these spaces. And I listen until I find the patterns you've been missing.
Some of the ways we can collaborate
Hi! I'm Ambreia
I've known there is something special about me since childhood, but I spent most of my life waiting for someone else to verify it for me. Waiting for verification cost me years of frustration and self-doubt. But it sent me on a journey anchored in reducing the number of people whose lives pass as they feel how I felt.
The more I leaned into my wisdom, the more inspired others felt to lean into theirs. The young woman and mother who wanted someone to tell her she was worthy would be proud of what we've accomplished — an award-winning journalism career, a liberatory motherhood organization, speeches, workshops, and connections across the country. But the biggest thing I've achieved was a practice of trusting my own values and voice. Now I want to accompany you on your journey to do the same.
Education
2020 - 2022
M.A., American Studies — Focus in Reproduction & Motherhood University of Wyoming
2010 - 2014
B.A., Psychology (Cum Laude)
Texas Woman's University, 2014
September 2023 - May 2024
RYT 200 — Registered Yoga Teacher
Blosssom Yoga Studio
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Wondering if we're a fit? You don't have to figure that out alone. Reach out — let's do it together.
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