Kidnapped for 460 days
New York Times Bestselling Author
International Keynote Speaker
Expert on Resilience
World Traveller to 90+ Countries

Amanda Lindhout isn’t just another resilience speaker. She survived 460 days as a hostage in Somalia and distilled what she learned into resources for leaders and teams navigating an increasingly complex and fast-changing world. Her New York Times bestselling memoir A House in the Sky is a publishing phenomenon and has remained a Top 10 title for more than a decade.

When journalist Amanda Lindhout was released from captivity, one ordeal was over. Another,  far longer and in many ways harder, was just beginning. Diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder. Amanda Lindhout came to understand resilience not as toughness or endurance, but a mindset she had to choose, every single day. An orientation toward gratitude: to focus on what is still working well . A commitment to human connection:  to the belief that we are stronger together than alone. Practicing the discipline of presence: choosing to stay rooted in the present moment and not living in the past. And finding purpose: never losing sight of the bigger picture of what life could become.

What followed wasn’t a quick recovery; it was over a decade of hard work. Rebuilding from the ground up,  Amanda Lindhout has become one of the most credible experts in the world on what genuine resilience under pressure looks like. 

Her story and writing have been featured in major media outlets worldwide. Today, Amanda’s story is being adapted into a four-part limited series in Hollywood.