Heavy Deep and Real Funny 2.o
by Amanda Sharp
A candid journey through loss, love, betrayal, and the hard work of forgiveness, told with grit and grace.
The book for people who have lived enough life to stop pretending.
This is not a self help book filled with formulas.
It is a brutally honest, wildly funny, deeply reflective look at what happens when life does not go as planned and you decide to grow anyway.
Overhauled, rewritten, and expanded with brand new pieces including “Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch,” this new edition is sharper, braver, and more honest than ever. Every part of the book has been refined or reimagined to reflect hard earned wisdom, deeper faith, and even better humor.
Inside you will find:
• Stories that make you laugh at the worst possible moment
• Reflections that hit harder than you expect
• Simple questions and actions that move insight into growth
Amanda writes the way most people think but are afraid to say out loud. She tackles faith without pretending, grief without dramatics, and healing without bypassing the work. Her shock humor disarms you. Her depth keeps you there. Her honesty makes you feel less alone.
This book is for you if:
You have loved deeply and lost something.
You are tired of surface level conversations.
You want faith that feels real, not rehearsed.
You use humor to survive and you are finally ready to thrive.
Heavy, Deep, & Real Funny 2.0 is about taking responsibility for your story, confronting the elephant in the room, and discovering that laughter and healing are not opposites. They are partners.
If you are ready for truth with wit, depth without shame, and growth that actually sticks, this book belongs in your hands.
NAME YOUR PRICE: Yes, really. Amanda has found this approach to be one of the most meaningful ways to share her work. It allows the content to reach more people while giving those who see its value the opportunity to support the creativity behind it.
Those who choose to pay more, often do so, because the message resonates and they want to invest in the work and the author. A minimum of $10 helps cover printing & shipping costs. If choosing a price feels stressful, consider $20 and trust that generosity has a way of coming back around.
The Law of Abundance
When you sow into others, you reap in return.
Those who choose to pay more, often do so, because the message resonates and they want to invest in the work and the author. A minimum of $10 helps cover printing & shipping costs. If choosing a price feels stressful, consider $20 and trust that generosity has a way of coming back around.
The Law of Abundance
When you sow into others, you reap in return.
DID YOU KNOW I HAVE A PODCAST TOO?
Please check it out HERE
If you like personal development tools, real and raw conversations about tough subjects, then you might like our podcast.
Amanda has been in personal development seminar rooms for 20 years as a photographer and loves to share about her biggest finds in order to support people doing the healing work to be the best they can be. Christy and Amanda have a great back and forth conversation that is bound to get you thinking about how it applies to your life. Every single one has a powerful quote, opening question, and reflection/journal suggestions.
Check it out and start from the beginning.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
AMANDA SHARP
Amanda was born in Boulder, Colorado and raised between mountain towns and city streets, with Grand Lake and Breckenridge holding a special place in her story. She graduated from Denver South High School and went on to attend Oral Roberts University, earning a degree in Commercial Art. While there, she was an NCAA volleyball player and the yearbook photographer, a creative with a competitive edge and a camera always nearby.
She is a product of divorce, frequent moves, blended families, new siblings, and constant reinvention. Those early years shaped her resilience, sharpened her emotional intelligence, and built her ability to connect quickly and deeply. Leadership roles, youth groups, sports, academic excellence, and ever changing environments formed the foundation of who she is today. Amanda builds loyal, lasting friendships and has a gift for helping people dream again, especially when life has tried to shrink them.
If you ask almost anyone to describe her, humor will be in the top three words. She is known for shock humor, quick wit, and the ability to bring levity into rooms that have forgotten how to laugh. She dives into heavy, deep, real conversations without flinching and creates a space where people feel safe enough to tell the truth about their struggles. Her presence is disarming, direct, and deeply non judgmental.
Her book was conceived in the middle of personal heartbreak. After fourteen years of marriage and the unraveling of a shared dream, Amanda chose to process pain through honesty and humor for the sake of her two sons and herself. The second edition, written ten years later, is a complete rewrite. Every page has been strengthened, sharpened, and expanded. It includes the long awaited continuation of the ranch story in the added section, Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch, where readers finally learn what really happened.
Now an empty nester and the proud mother of two grown men, Amanda is self employed as a seminar photographer, affiliate marketer, and health and wellness coach. Fifteen years of work in the personal development space have shaped both her character and her comedic edge. She believes self improvement is not optional. It is a responsibility.
Her life pursuit has been excellence in her walk with God, even through doubt, anger, and disappointment. If you are mad at God or disillusioned with church, she understands more than most. She has lived as a pastor’s kid twice. Her writing does not preach. It wrestles, questions, and invites.
Through her book, podcast, and retreats, Amanda helps readers and listeners find freedom in the middle of suffering, develop emotional strength, and rediscover humor as a survival skill. She trusts deeply that the right reader will find this work at the right time. If you are navigating loss, rebuilding after betrayal, or searching for God in the rubble of broken dreams, you may find yourself in these pages.
Dig in. You might laugh more than you expect. And you might meet God in a way you never saw coming.
She is a product of divorce, frequent moves, blended families, new siblings, and constant reinvention. Those early years shaped her resilience, sharpened her emotional intelligence, and built her ability to connect quickly and deeply. Leadership roles, youth groups, sports, academic excellence, and ever changing environments formed the foundation of who she is today. Amanda builds loyal, lasting friendships and has a gift for helping people dream again, especially when life has tried to shrink them.
If you ask almost anyone to describe her, humor will be in the top three words. She is known for shock humor, quick wit, and the ability to bring levity into rooms that have forgotten how to laugh. She dives into heavy, deep, real conversations without flinching and creates a space where people feel safe enough to tell the truth about their struggles. Her presence is disarming, direct, and deeply non judgmental.
Her book was conceived in the middle of personal heartbreak. After fourteen years of marriage and the unraveling of a shared dream, Amanda chose to process pain through honesty and humor for the sake of her two sons and herself. The second edition, written ten years later, is a complete rewrite. Every page has been strengthened, sharpened, and expanded. It includes the long awaited continuation of the ranch story in the added section, Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch, where readers finally learn what really happened.
Now an empty nester and the proud mother of two grown men, Amanda is self employed as a seminar photographer, affiliate marketer, and health and wellness coach. Fifteen years of work in the personal development space have shaped both her character and her comedic edge. She believes self improvement is not optional. It is a responsibility.
Her life pursuit has been excellence in her walk with God, even through doubt, anger, and disappointment. If you are mad at God or disillusioned with church, she understands more than most. She has lived as a pastor’s kid twice. Her writing does not preach. It wrestles, questions, and invites.
Through her book, podcast, and retreats, Amanda helps readers and listeners find freedom in the middle of suffering, develop emotional strength, and rediscover humor as a survival skill. She trusts deeply that the right reader will find this work at the right time. If you are navigating loss, rebuilding after betrayal, or searching for God in the rubble of broken dreams, you may find yourself in these pages.
Dig in. You might laugh more than you expect. And you might meet God in a way you never saw coming.