Hi!
 
I'm Amy Knott Parrish. Here's a bit about me:

I'm 55 years old. My pronouns are she/her. 

I'm a queer, white, able bodied late-diagnosed AuDHD human. I was identified gifted as a child.

I live in Durham, NC, USA.

I've been married for 22 years, we lived apart for 6 of those years (March 2020-April 2026). I have 2 children (both ND)- one young adult, one teen, and 2 cats- Rosie and Nellie.  

I've been sober and in recovery since December 7, 2012. I put together my own unconventional recovery. I wrote a blog about it called Soberbia.(find older posts here) Sobriety is the backbone of my life. 

I'm usually reading, learning, writing, backpacking, being outside, sewing, or doing art. I am happiest when someone else makes the food.

Cloudy dreary days are my favorite. (Sunny days are so pushy! lol)

I enjoy talking about humanity, life, work, leadership, nature, ideas, and systems. I love learning about people and what their lives and experience of life is like, and supporting them as they figure out how to feel a sense of belonging and well being when they are being themselves.

I've never had a typical 9-5 job, and I never got a degree, even though I've taken a lot of classes. I'm fortunate to have a unique perspective when it comes to questioning long-standing corporate structures and deeply rooted social constructs.

I am an independent scholar and lifelong learner.

I love studying, learning, wondering about the human experience and how we can be aware of our interdependence, comfortable in uncertainty, and in deeper relationships with our lives, ecology, and the systems around us. I value our complexity and that we are nature. 

I did my coach training with iPEC and got my certification in 2017; I have a PCC from the ICF if you're into letters for things like that. :)

Currently I'm taking courses called Uprooting Capitalism and Unlocking Leaders.

I have felt different from other people all my life, and up until 2024 I didn't understand why, so I just kept trying harder. I didn't get why what was important to other people wasn't important to me, why I couldn't just be 'normal'. Discovering I'm ADHD and autistic and then learning more about AuDHD and giftedness is giving me the room I need to stop trying so hard to fit in. Now I'm learning how to be myself.

My 9 years of coaching experience, over 13 years of unconventional sobriety and recovery, 21 years of parenting, a lifetime of self-driven learning, and my neurodivergent experience provides an uncommon and fresh perspective.

I'm in it with you, I’m doing my own self discovery too. It's why I made Rebelling- so I can support and connect with other people- like you :)
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