# A Wider Road Than Last Year — Learning to Listen While We’re Still Moving

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Podcast: [Radical Joy with James Bullard](https://stenobird.com/podcast/radical-joy-with-james-bullard-5689335)
Published: 2026-03-02T02:41:06+00:00
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## Resource

What if the point isn’t to go faster… but to notice what changes when the path itself starts to feel different? This episode is a reflection on discernment, reciprocity, and learning how to stay open without abandoning yourself. A gentle place to land. No gold stars required. You’re allowed to exhale here. 🎨 A brand-new year like a blank poster board — a 128-pack of Crayolas nearby, waiting to be opened. 🚧 The bump that wasn’t a bump — when growth looks less like progress and more like scraped knees. 🔍 Red flags at a respectful distance — not alarms, just information asking for a longer look. 🔄 Reciprocation, reclaimed — the moment giving everything stops feeling generous and starts feeling empty. 🚗 A vehicle that’s outgrown one-way streets — when who you’ve become no longer fits narrow roads. 🏊 The difference between sharing weight and sinking together — remembering when to paddle for yourself again. 👂 Listening past the noise — what returns when long-muted sounds come back online. 🚲 The road speaking back — asphalt, brick, cobblestone, and the quiet joy of noticing texture while still in motion. 🌱 Lowering the baseline for wonder — discovering joy doesn’t need tickets, travel, or spectacle anymore. This episode isn’t here to fix you. It’s here to sit beside you while you take stock, loosen your grip, and decide which roads are wide enough for what you’re carrying now. Take what resonates. Leave the rest. You’re doing better than you think. We’re really, really glad you’re here. 💛 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/radical-joy-with-james-bullard--5644728/support . 🌹🧡🟡🌳🔷🟪🤎🖤❔ ❤️🍊🟨💚💙💜🟤🖤❕❕ Take care of yourself, take care of each other, and breathe! ❤️🍊🟨💚💙💜🟤🖤❕❕ 🌹🧡🟡🌳🔷🟪🤎🖤❔ Got something on your mind? James never runs out of things to say, s…

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