On the Journey

Making assumptions can bring misunderstandings, hurt, and even divisions. Let’s talk about why assumptions fall short in our journey to LiveDistilled. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/01/09/do-you-presume/

The most difficult writing prompt of the blogging challenge #Bloganuary asks me to answer the question, “What do I like about my writing?” It was revealing to me. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/01/09/why-write/

In this episode I reintroduce myself for new readers and listeners and share a little bit about myself. #bloganuary This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/01/07/nice-to-meet-you/

Who and what we allow to influence us really matters. One person that I admire very much and am inspired by his life is the topic of today’s show.  #bloganuary This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/01/07/blaze-a-trail/

Learning new things keeps our brain pliable and alert. I have a To Learn Bucket list and in this episode I share one of my long time things I want to learn. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/01/05/learn-something-new/ A link to my son’s blog jmbain.wordpress.com to see his amazing knitting skills. His patterns can be found on Ravelry.

Let’s reminisce a little. Did you have a favorite toy or stuffed animal? I had a big bear as my constant companion. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/01/04/childhood-companions/

Are you putting something off waiting for Someday to arrive? Now is the time. Don’t let fear stop you; flip it on its head instead. #bloganuary This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/01/03/now-is-the-time/

Have you traveled the dusty roads? There is much to see out the car window. Come along with me On the Journey. #bloganuary This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/01/02/road-trippin/

We stand on the threshold of 365 days of possibilities! What does 2022 hold for you? What do you hold for 2022? This is also the beginning of #bloganuary. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2022/01/01/on-the-threshold-of-a-new-year/

It,’s time for the last Snail Mail of the year! 2021 has definitely flown by for me. Now, it’s time to make space for reflection. Have a blessed New Year! This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/27/december-snail-mail-2/

While there is breathe, there is hope. Beside being a trying year, this can be a difficult time of year for many. May I come along beside you and whisper hope into your heart? I get to share a favorite poem by HW Longfellow, ‘Christmas Bells.’ And a message of hope from O.U.R. can be found on my blog. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/25/there-is-...

The poem, ‘A Thousand to One’ by Breton Braley to encourage you to finish this year strong. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/23/which-is-your-clan/

How well do you receive blessings? Do you deflect compliments? This episode is all about receiving well. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/18/advent/

Join me on my third installment of living practical, simple, daily Advent. This week we consider the gift of time. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/11/daily-advent/

I love to get a letter in the mail! If you do too, this is my letter to you. Download the November Snail Mail at my blog. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/07/november-snail-mail-2/

Last week we practiced being heralds of good words. This week, we continue growing living out Advent with another simple, daily action. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/12/04/simply-daily-advent/

This is part 1 of the Making Advent Simple series. I have been searching for a way to make advent a simple, daily practice that will cultivate new habits of thoughtfulness and encouragement for myself that will spread like a light to all around me. If you are looking for some simple but powerful ways you can brighten your corner of the world, I hope you’ll join me. This episode is also available a...

As we break bread together let us do so with thanksgiving and joy. Hear the hymn selected on my blog. Share you favorite Thanksgiving traditions. Hear about the advent “challenge“ in this episode. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/21/the-call-to-thankful-people/

Our influence ripples out from us, touching the lives of everyone we have contact with us. Shine the light of hope by cultivating a heart of gratitude. This episode is also available as a blog post where you can hear a selection of the hymn of the week, “God of Our Father’s”: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/14/grateful-to-affect-my-small-sphere/

Today we go back in time to ‘There is Blessing’ first published August 28, 2015. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/why-there-is-blessing/

In honor of Armistice Day, now known as Remembrance or Veteran’s Day, I share one of my favorite poems, ‘In Flanders Fields.’ This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/11/no-greater-love/

“What makes something a blessing?” Even the storms of life wash pearls to the shore. Let’s count our blessings together. This episode is also available as a blog post where you can find links and video mentioned: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/count-your-blessings/ I’m so glad you visited today!

In this episode we go back in time to consider smelling. We take our noses for granted. This unique appendage and its function impact our lives everyday. This episode, first published August 26, 2015, is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2015/08/26/ol-faction/

No one knows when their last day is. It is good for us to live everyday to the fullest, while keeping our end in mind. In this episode we consider one man’s last October 31st. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2021/10/30/one-mans-last-october-31st/

Sometimes we just need a reminder that we don’t have to face the storms alone. This episode was first published on my blog August 23, 2015. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://amybain.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/new-again/