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Listen to Your Life

Bailey Gillespie

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/22d. Total Eps: 19

“Listen to your life,” writes Frederick Buechner, an American author and theologian. “See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it because, in the last analysis, all moments are key moments and life itself is grace.” Join Bailey Gillespie on Listen to Your Life, a podcast offering conversations to nurture your faith, health, and well-being.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - christianity
11/02/2025
#52
🇬🇧 Great Britain - christianity
10/02/2025
#43
🇬🇧 Great Britain - religionAndSpirituality
10/02/2025
#80
🇬🇧 Great Britain - christianity
09/02/2025
#92

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https://baileygillespie.substack.com/p/whats-your-favorite-hour
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https://www.24-7prayer.com/resource/lectio-365/
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https://www.instagram.com/bailey_bluebird
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https://www.instagram.com/baileylgillespie
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https://www.instagram.com/listentoyourlifepod
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S2, E5 | Bringing & Receiving the Light with Dr. Erin Ambrose

Season 2 · Episode 4

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 • Duration 38:50

Dr. Erin Ambrose is a licensed therapist and the director of Jessup University’s traditional undergraduate psychology program.

In this episode, she shares her story of unexpectedly being called to psychology and teaching, surviving cancer, and finding a meaningful, Christ-centered career helping others flourish in mind, body, and spirit.

She also never misses a day of exercise!

One of my favorite parts of our conversation is when Erin shares three paths people can take to expand their social circles, find support, or get professional help if they feel lonely or stuck. She reminds us that we ALL need community. Sometimes, we have the gift of bringing the light to others, and other times, we’ll get to receive it instead. 💛

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S2, E4 | Embodying Faith with Caroline Williams

Season 2 · Episode 3

Thursday, January 23, 2025 • Duration 35:40

Caroline Williams is a leading voice in the faith-based approach to yoga. Several years ago, she founded the Yoga Abbey, an at-home yoga sanctuary of peace, presence, and belonging for the lover of God searching for embodied faith. Her popular videos and programs have brought peace to thousands of people. Now, she has passed on leadership of the Yoga Abbey to someone new so she can focus on motherhood and writing.

In this episode, we explore the benefits of movement, why Christians can find value in practicing yoga, the ways God mothers us, and how our understanding of health and well-being shifts in different seasons of life. Caroline also leads us through a guided prayer to center us in God’s love and bring calm to the day. I hope you love it! 💛

Further Resources:

Caroline’s website

Caroline’s Instagram

Caroline’s YouTube Channel: Should Christians Do Yoga?: Part 1

Caroline’s Substack: Mother, God

Domestic Monastery Book

God’s Loving Gaze (Ignatian Practice)

James Finley, Author of Christian Meditation

S1, E8 | A Guided Nature Walk

Season 1 · Episode 8

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 • Duration 30:00

Welcome to this guided nature walk! This will be a 30-minute experiential time of movement and reflection to help you connect with God, yourself, and the natural world. Find a place that brings you peace, and set out prepared to wander while you enjoy encountering the world in a fresh way. If you can, choose a natural setting where there are trees, water, or other foliage to look at. Or try a library, bookshop, or gallery — anywhere you can take time to simply be.

At the end, there will be some journaling questions in case you'd like to reflect on your walk. Feel free to enjoy this guided walk any time you need to slow down, find calm, and connect with God.

* Songs are composed by Simon Wester - music licensed from Artlist.

* Journaling questions inspired and adapted from the Pray As You Go app's guided prayer walk, "Walking with God."

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S1, E7 | What Does It Mean to Listen to Your Life?

Season 1 · Episode 7

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 • Duration 21:43

In Episode 7, Bailey Gillespie defines her terms and explores what it means to listen to our lives, a resonant phrase from the works of Frederick Buchner. She also shares some autumn favorites and leads listeners in a reflective exercise. Enjoy the conversation!

You can learn more⁠⁠ at ⁠baileygillespie.com or follow Bailey on Instagram ⁠@baileylgillespie⁠⁠

Subscribe to Bailey’s Substack newsletter

Other resources mentioned:

“Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis, all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.” —Frederick Buechner, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation

Paleo-AIP Apple Crisp Recipe

The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days by Helen Rebanks

S1, E6 | The Books That Form Us with Patty Gillespie

Season 1 · Episode 6

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 • Duration 25:32

In Episode 6, Bailey Gillespie hosts a special conversation with her mom, Patty. The two swap stories about the books that formed them as children, and Patty tells a moving story about two book-inspired dreams that came true much later in life—involving a cardinal sighting and high tea in Scotland.

Listeners are encouraged to read widely and be on the lookout for how God is speaking to them in the midst of their reading lives.

Enjoy the conversation!

Subscribe to Bailey’s Substack newsletter

Follow Bailey on Instagram ⁠@baileylgillespie⁠

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S1, E5 | Apple Cobbler & Staying the Course

Season 1 · Episode 5

Sunday, September 8, 2024 • Duration 21:46

In Episode 5, Bailey shares her September highlights so far, including an apple blackberry cobbler, evening walks, and a surprising story about her first business venture (and replacement podcast mic). She encourages listeners to stay the course and remain faithful to their creative vision — even when obstacles hit.

Enjoy the conversation!

You can learn more at ⁠baileygillespie.com⁠

Subscribe to Bailey’s Substack newsletter

Follow Bailey on Instagram ⁠@baileylgillespie⁠

Other resources mentioned:

Paleo Blackberry Cobbler (apples added)

Bailey’s Hobbit Day playlist on Spotify

⁠The Next Right Thing Podcast

At Home with Sally Podcast

S1, E4 | What's Your Favorite Hour?

Season 1 · Episode 4

Sunday, August 18, 2024 • Duration 12:57

What’s your favorite hour of the day? In Episode 4, Bailey invites listeners to consider when they feel most energized, hopeful, or at peace. She shares how we might intentionally use this time to cultivate a favorite practice that fills our cup. That might be an hour (or let’s face it, 15 minutes) to write in the morning, meal prep, go for a walk, water the garden, or spend time in God’s Word.

Happy listening!

You can learn more at ⁠baileygillespie.com⁠

Follow Bailey on Instagram ⁠@bailey_bluebird⁠

Other resources mentioned:

Bailey’s Substack newsletter

Laity Lodge

Lectio 365 app

Simon Wester’s music on YouTube

Alabaster & Co.’s Book of Psalms

S1, E3 | Looking Beyond the Disappointment with Whitney Lindsay

Season 1 · Episode 3

Monday, July 8, 2024 • Duration 46:57

In Episode 3, Bailey Gillespie shares a conversation with her friend, Whitney Lindsay.

Whitney is an adventurer, a people lover, and a general life enthusiast. In her mid-30s, she moved from Placerville, California to Jacksonville, Florida to pursue a ministry apprenticeship through the Church of Eleven22.
In this episode, you'll learn about St. Augustine (the town, not the man), gourmet popsicles, Sabbath, the best thing about being in your 30s, and how to keep walking when your well-laid plans fail and life turns out differently than you imagined. You’ll also hear the story of the day these two accidentally crashed a wedding rehearsal in San Francisco and stumbled across a life-sized replica of the Ark of the Covenant.

Happy listening!

Learn more and download Bailey’s new ebook, ⁠⁠Cultivating 6 Restorative Rhythms⁠⁠ at ⁠baileygillespie.com⁠

Follow Bailey on Instagram ⁠@bailey_bluebird⁠

Other resources mentioned:

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero

Fight Hustle, End Hurry Podcast⁠ by John Mark Comer & Jefferson Bethke

S1, E2 | Making Friends As Adults

Season 1 · Episode 2

Saturday, June 22, 2024 • Duration 23:42

Do you long for closer friendships?

In Episode 2, Bailey unravels the belief that it’s impossible to make good friends as an adult. You just have to be persistent and creative! Each season of life holds its own hidden treasure for us, and that includes the gift of friendship. With humor and encouragement, Bailey shares her personal experience trying to cultivate friendships as a 30-something, along with tips for making and keeping friends more easily (spoiler: always keep a picnic blanket in your car trunk!). Ultimately, she reminds listeners that the soul’s desire for intimate communion reflects how we were made for a close, fulfilling friendship with God himself. When we hit up against the “radical incompleteness” we often feel, this is just a compass pointing us toward the One who thought up friendship in the first place.

You can learn more at ⁠baileygillespie.com⁠

Follow Bailey on Instagram ⁠@bailey_bluebird⁠

Other resources mentioned:

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Alcoholics Anonymous

The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth by Gerald G. May, M.D.

“This love and desire represents something far deeper than emotions. They reflect humanity’s most profound motivation. This radical incompleteness that we feel determines the basic direction of our lives.” —Gerald G. May, M.D.

S1, E1 | Embrace the Given Life

Season 1 · Episode 1

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 • Duration 20:02

How do you stay hopeful when your hopes unravel? Where is God when prayers feel dormant or a cherished dream lays in embers at your feet?

In the pilot episode of Listen to Your Life, Bailey Gillespie guides us through the idea that the given life unfolding before us (rather than the imagined life in our head) is inevitably a life marked by longings. Yet these longings are a taste of wholeness — they point us to eternity and are the very places where we encounter God's healing presence.

Bailey is a writer from Northern California who helps others live well and enjoy a meaningful life with God.

You can learn more by visiting her website⁠ at baileygillespie.com or following her on Instagram @baileylgillespie.

Other resources mentioned:

Carolyn Arends from the Renovare Institute for Spiritual Formation The Rabbit Room's annual arts conference, Hutchmoot "My story is important not because it is mine, God knows, but because if I tell it anything like right, the chances are you will recognize that in many ways it is also yours." —Frederick Buecher Inexpressible: Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness⁠⁠ by Michael Card

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