Lately I’ve Been with Amy Gray

The Summer of Surrender!   This is the kickoff to our three part series on surrendering.  This series will have us look into how to surrender the need to be in control, surrender to the moment, and to surrender to the truth. 

We are back from Spring Break and have some great new episodes lined up for you.  Today I talk about our trip to Nashville.  I share a few highlights and an odd low , courtesy of a 90 year old man from the hills of Tennessee.   We would appreciate it if you enjoy the show to rate and review the show! It helps us to keep growing! Sign up for our email alerts and follow us on the soci...

It's our one year Anniversary!!!  We take a look back and a look forward today.  And we say thank you! Thank you for making this first year of the podcast so fun and exciting.  

Next week we will hit a milestone here on the podcast, our one year anniversary!  And I want to celebrate but to be honest, celebrating is not something I do best.  Why?  I have no idea but I think life would be more fun if I started celebrating more which is why lately I’ve been celebrating.

Do the work.  That has been my mantra for the past four years. It is how I end each one of my episodes because if you want change, if you want to heal and move forward then you have to put it in the work.  But this year I have added a new mantra to my life: get uncomfortable.   Today we are going to explore how both of these powerful thoughts have shifted my life.  Two pas...

Hello Spring!  Hello Spring Cleaning!!   Let's talk cleaning, organizing and decluttering.  Looking for a fun idea to get your chores done, listen to this past episode.  Lately I've Been Racing the Clock https://anchor.fm/amy-gray92/episodes/Lately-Ive-Been-Racing-the-Clock-e194h0u

The time change is a change in our environment.  It shifts our evening environment from being dark at 5 to the sun being up hours later. This has an effect on our mood, our plans, our day.  There is power in the environment around us, and there are  changes we can make to set ourselves up  for success.  So let's jump in to Lately I’ve Been Changing my Environment.

I have to admit everything I have tried to write, record or post seems so unimportant or small, silly, compared to the war in Ukraine, my heart hurts for them, the world feels heavy.  But I also know that to stop and pour all our attention and thoughts on this war isn’t healthy either so for the next ten minutes or so let's distract ourselves.  Please enjoy my childhood memories of growi...

For the past two weeks we have been running a food drive in our hometown.  We have been posting daily to reach out for donations.  The amazing organization we are collecting for, Operation 143, fights childhood hunger.  The donations will go directly to kids in my community.  I feel very strongly about this cause and you may have noticed that I was posting repeatedly about the...

During lockdown and the pandemic life many of us turned to comfort and coziness as a coping strategy.   We began living in a state of yes, yes to whatever made us feel good.  Food, shopping, social media, binge watching.  But how do we begin to come out of this state, maybe we begin by telling ourselves no. 

Today’s episode is a fun little look at one amazing invention, the wheel.  That’s right I said the wheel.  Why?  Well because lately I’ve been on a roll.

Last week we talked about the feeling of our days being mundane,  the feeling of a time loop, repeating the same day, same tasks over and over.  This is life sometimes, we can fall into the trap of feeling like zombies or a robot knocking out our daily to do lists.  But today I want to talk about how those everyday tasks have a greater purpose and how that ties in with feeling small...

Over the past two years, or has it been three pandemic years, does anyone else feel like this has been the slowest time in your life, like time is frozen but at the same time it feels like it is just one big blur where time moved so quickly?   Anyway, for most of us this time, whether fast or slow,  the pandemic has created a feeling of  repetition.  Stuck in a time loop,...

Today’s episode is for my dog lovers and those sweet but sometimes crazy furry animals we live with.  In the Gray household we have had our fair share of pets over the years, two bunnies, two hamsters, hermit crabs, two cats, fish, two frogs and three dogs.  Currently though, we  have Vanilla, our cat that no one ever sees.  Parker, our sweet border collie mix, who we rescued f...

Hello friends, today is January 19th, 19 days into the new year.    How is it going?  How are those resolutions going, those new habits, new lifestyle plans?  Are you still going strong or are you starting to slip back into those old familiar patterns?  Well I have a few thoughts I would like to share today on goals and resolutions because lately I’ve been under the i...

Winter.  Cold, dreary, dark.  A time to hibernate.  But this year I’m fighting back.  I am making a plan to face winter head on and not allow it to pull me into the cold and darkness, the seasonal depression so many of us deal with each year.  So join me, warriors of winter.  Let's fight the winter blues together.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  In today's episode I offer a Christmas gift, a prayer.  I hope it warms your heart and soul during this Holiday Season. We will be back January 12th with all new episodes every Wednesday.

Lately I’ve Been Scrooge.  I am not saying I’m Scrooge in a sense that I’m an old miser who hates Christmas, nor am I sitting by candlelight counting my gold coins.  I am Scrooge in the sense that I’m looking at Christmas past, Christmas present and Christmas Yet to come. Why? Because I think it may be the best  way to move forward in a healthy and joyful way. 

We are all well aware of how hard life feels right now.  Living through a pandemic with so much division.   The world can be loud  and can pull you into feeling hopeless,  sad, anxious, angry, frustrated, confused, lost, and lonely.   If you are not careful the world can dictate your day to day well being and for me that is something I strive hard to fight off. &...

The  magic of Christmas.  That's the saying, right.  The holidays are magical, joyful and bright.  It’s the most wonderful time of the year.   And it is, it can be magical.  But to make magic you need a magician.  Today we take a moment to recognize, acknowledge and validate the Christmas magicians.  And I guarantee you know one, live with one, or you a...

How comfortable are you saying I’m proud of myself,  I feel really proud?  Does it roll off your tongue with ease or does it feel a little uncomfortable.  As a mom and as a teacher I had no problem telling my kids or students how proud I was of something they did or said.  So why the hesitation and awkward feelings when it comes to acknowledging my own pride. Well, let's dig in...

In today’s episode I’m going to share with you a very embarrassing thing I do when I just don’t feel like getting stuff done.  It’s silly.  It’s something I’ve done for years in secret.  I’ve been hiding this little game I play because it's childish and I am not a child.  But it's time to let the secret out, lately I’ve been racing the clock.

Grief is a funny little emotion.  It is complicated and messy.  It shows up in different ways.  I guess that's why they say, Everyone grieves differently.  I mean think about it anger, happiness, sadness those are pretty clear emotions.  For the most part, You can identify them easily in others and in yourself. Oh but grief is something unique to each person.   I...

Today we talk about how our thoughts can lead us to feeling stuck.

In today's episode we discuss the gifts silence has to offer.  Find Lately I've Been on Facebook at Lately I've Been Podcast or on Instagram @lately.ive.been