Amanda Fletcher’s Instagram profile keeps it short and sweet. Writer, Trainer, breathwork facilitator. Neurodivergent weirdo in recovery. I am happy to say she is all these things. But I too am a writer, and what those 150 characters don’t tell you is what I will expand on; she is an activist and an ally, a style icon, a friend, a mentor, and a total goofball. She is, in the spirit of “Little Edie” Bouvier from the infamous documentary, Grey Gardens, a staunch character. To quote Little Edie directly, “ I’ll tell you, if there’s anything worse than a staunch woman. S-T-A-U-N-C-H. There’s nothing worse, I’m telling you. They don’t weaken, no matter what.”

Strength and resilience, that’s what Amanda is all about. She has experienced incredible highs and navigated through subterranean lows in her life and through it all, she shows up for he ...