What’s your favorite hour of the day? In Episode 4 of Listen to Your Life, Bailey Gillespie 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.

Bailey also introduces a slightly new format for her podcast and the accompanying Substack letter, Listen to Your Life. This format includes three sections: Reflect (a short reflection on creativity, well-being, and life with God), Rejoice (a place where she’s finding wonder/beauty/delight), and Rest (a prayer prompt).

Enjoy the conversation!

You can learn more and download Bailey’s ebook, ⁠⁠Cultivating 6 Restorative Rhythms⁠⁠ at ⁠baileygillespie.com⁠

Follow Bailey on Instagram ⁠@bailey_bluebird⁠

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

Bailey’s Substack newsletter

Laity Lodge

Lectio 365 app

Simon Wester’s music on YouTube

Alabaster & Co.’s Book of Psalms

Prayer of Examen

The Bookwanderers

Anna James (@acaseforbooks)

Box breathing exercise

Bailey’s Spotify profile