On the Journey

Play often falls by the wayside as we become adults. But this year I'm making a decision to have more fun. What about you? Leave a comment on my blog (and see the cat not having fun): https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/02/the-need-for-play/ Click that Like button if you like fun. Subscribe if you want to share the fun. Share with a friend who needs more fun! 💕

What I read over the summer and into the autumn season. I'd love to know what you have been reading. The written post can be found at the blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/11/01/september-snail-mail-5/ Ready for a new list of books in 2025? That post is coming soon. Thank you for joining me On the Journey in the New Year! 💕

Happiest and blessed New Year everyone! My new year began with a five mile walk in the snowfall. Read and leave comments on the blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/welcome-2025/ Click the Like button if you enjoyed today's episode. Subscribe to grow and encourage our On the Jouney community. Invite your really amazing friends to listen and be part of community.

Autumn is my favorite season. It prepares me for the rest I need to take during the winter months. You can find a copy of S eptember Snail Mail on the blog. Download it. Print it. Color it. Send it in a letter to a friend. Thank you for joining me On the Journey! 💕

The core of our health is the health of our gut, particularly our microbiome. If you want to take. your health to the next level, regardless of where you are starting right now, then join me for the 30 Day Raw Reset in January. Email me at livedistilled (at) gmail (dot) com for more information. The written post can be viewed on the blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2020/08/04/at-the-core/ Subsc...

Peach season is almost over (When this was originally posted on the blog) and school prep is underway. Snail Mail is ready for you to sit a bit and refresh yourself. Read Snail Mail on the blog. Print and share a copy with a friend. https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/10/02/august-snail-mail-4/ Invite a friend to join us here On the Journey. 💕

View, read and download this issue of Snail Mail on my blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/08/12/july-snail-mail-3/ I am absolutely positive you have a friend or an acquaintance that needs a kind word, something beautiful to look at, and a friend to reach out and check on them. Please send them a copy of Snail Mail today. On the Journey, Amy 💕

My summer reads were fewer this year, but I can recommend most of them as worthy reads. Let me know where you are listening from and what you read this summer. You can find the written version of this podcast on my blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/08/05/a-few-books/ Do me a favor and like this episode. Subscribe to the podcast (and the blog). Invite a friend to join us here On the Journey....

Going back in time to July 20, 2020. It was a time our endurance was tested. We live and learn and grow by those trials that come our way. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2020/07/20/the-practice-of-enduring/ I hope you'll click the Like button, Subscribe, and Invite a friend to join us here. You are truly amazing! 💕

Do life with the people who love beauty, spread joy and have a hopeful, positive mindset. It rubs off on you. You can find the May Snail Mail issue here: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/05/30/may-snail-mail-4/ 💕

When your day(s) seem stormy or just plain hard, don't forget the sun is still shining behind those clouds. You got this! This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2020/07/09/hello-sunshine/ I am praying for you this week. 💕

Wow! The last issue of Series 4 is here. How time has flown. I hope you'll hop over to the blog and read it for yourself. Print a copy and send it to a friend the old-fashioned way -- by post! Thank you for your support and encouragement this past year. You can find this issue here: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/04/28/happy-anniversary-snail-mail/ I'd love to know what you enjoyed in...

First written in 2016, I didn't publish this post until 2020. It is still a little painful to remember this season, but I share it hoping it will help someone else struggling to keep going forward. While there is breath, there is Hope. 💕 This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2020/07/05/awol/

The latest installment of my 2024 reads. March and April contain two books plus a favorite family read aloud and a two books from a favorite author. You can find the written version on my blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/04/26/books-from-march-and-april/ Susan K. Marlow's books can be found here: https://circlecbooks.com

Spring is the best season for refreshing everything. It's time to clear out, air out and take stock of what needs to go or be moved. You can find the written post on my blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/spring-cleaning/ You can help the podcast reach more people: Click the Like button. Subscribe. Invite others to join us here. Thank you! 💕

Going Back in Time to April 10, 2016. The dark clouds of depression and anxiety were just parting. Hope was beginning to stir once again. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/blessed-new-year/ I hope you'll join the community of friends here: Like, Subscribe and Invite a friend to join you. 💕

A simple encouragement. Visit my blog to see all the spring flowers. 💕 https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/he-is-risen/ Click the Like button if you enjoyed today's episode. Subscribe to join our community. Invite a friend to join us here On the Journey. Thank you for visiting!

Closing out our theme "Gates" for this series. Head over to the blog to read and print your copy today. https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/march-snail-mail-4/ Click the Like button. Subscribe to be part of our community. Invite a friend to join you here On the Journey. 💕

Going Back in Time. One of my early knitting adventures. Photos on my blog. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2015/12/06/the-birds-nest/ Click that Like button. Subscribe so we stay connected. And Invite a friend or two to join us here. 💕

Everyone is human. And everyone has times that hurt. We can be the candle that brightens someone's day and even re-ignites their spark again. Kindness is undervalued and definitely under-practiced. We can change that. You can read the written version on my blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/03/17/when-your-candle-sputters/ Be sure to Click the Like button. Subscribe to support this chann...

The books I read for January and February, plus a preview of my March read. You can see them all on my blog: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/03/07/new-books-for-2024/ Be sure to Click the Like button, Subscribe to the podcast, and Invite a friend to join us here, On the Journey.

The February edition of Snail Mail is now available. Links to Above Rubies and subscribing to the newsletter mentioned in the episode are found on my blog. https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/february-snail-mail-4/

I love the Statue of Liberty and all that she represents. If you've never seen her in person, I hope one day you will. I think there are very few whose heart would not be stirred by standing at her feet. The written version of this episode is here: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/02/23/lady-liberty/ Click the Like button. Subscribe to be part of our community. Invite a friend to join us her...

This is a blast from the past, for published 20 November 2015. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2015/11/22/be-a-thankful-people/ Be sure to click the link to also listen to the song I have embedded in the post. Where ever we are. What ever our circumstances. Who ever we are, we can be a thankful person. My Dad always told me that things could be worse an...

Our final hours in Seoul. Getting ready for the long airplane ride back to the States. How did I fall in-love with Korea so quickly. The written version is found here: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/good-bye-for-now-seoul/ The free scripture writing page is found here under Bonus content: patreon.com/user?u=82402425 Click the Like button. Subscribe to join our community. Invite a friend...