{"podcast":{"title":"Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness","slug":"inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316","podcast_index_feed_id":620316,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/0e6e1ab5-84dc-4b80-8da1-c99012ccfbf2","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/inspirational-living","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2025/4/15/3/d38919f4-c652-45e4-a7ea-f2187bebda73_41e1-ab3c-c3c66e4123ba_inspirational_living_v2.jpg","author":"The Living Hour","episode_count":653,"summary":"With 25+ million downloads, the Inspirational Living has been offering motivational broadcasts for the mind, body, and spirit since 2016. If you want to find a free online life coach, look no further than the most motivational self-help authors of the past. Each self-development podcast is edited & adapted from the books and essays of classic inspirational writers, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Helen Keller, Booker T. Washington, James Allen, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Orison Swett Marden, Neville Goddard, and Frederick Douglass, as well as self-development authors who have largely been lost to history but deserve to be re-discovered again and enjoyed. Subscribe to our inspirational podcast to receive new free podcasts every week. Live up to the potential of your highest self. Buy our best-selling trilogy of books based on the readings heard on the podcast at: https://livinghour.org/books Or visit Amazon.com Support us on Patreon for full transcripts and access to the series Our Sunday Talks: https://www.patreon.com/inspirationalpodcasts","last_synced_at":"2026-09-04T16:23:46.498617+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316"},"episode":{"title":"The Lost Art of Lying in Bed | Literary Podcasts","slug":"the-lost-art-of-lying-in-bed-literary-podcasts","published_at":"2026-08-20T04:53:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316/the-lost-art-of-lying-in-bed-literary-podcasts","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316","url":"http://livinghour.org/books","audio_url":"https://audio1.redcircle.com/episodes/d0a27639-b044-43b0-8f17-248371f15b53/stream.mp3","summary":"Listen to episode 1148 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Lost Art of Lying in Bed. Edited and Adapted from an essay by G.K. Chesterton. Inspirational Podcast Excerpt : Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience, if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. This, however, is not generally a part of the domestic apparatus. I have fancied that it might be accomplished with several buckets of paint and a broom. But if one worked in a really sweeping and masterly way, and laid on the color in great washes, it might drip down again on one’s face in floods of rich and mingled color like some strange fairy rain; and that would have its disadvantages. I am afraid it is necessary to stick to pencil drawing for this form of artistic expression. --------------------- Get our popular 3 books of Life Lessons in paperback and e-book on Amazon. Go to: https://livinghour.org/books Get our podcast with full transcripts and without ads by visiting: https://livinghour.org/patron Transform your life in 30 days with our MAJESTY meditation program: https://livinghour.org/majesty . Get 30% off with the coupon code: INSPIRATION Our Sponsors: * Check out Shopify and use my code shopify.com/inspirational for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/inspirational-living/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Listen to episode 1148 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Lost Art of Lying in Bed. Edited and Adapted from an essay by G.K. Chesterton. Inspiration…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":479,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316/episodes/the-lost-art-of-lying-in-bed-literary-podcasts/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inspirational-living-life-lessons-for-success-happiness-620316/the-lost-art-of-lying-in-bed-literary-podcasts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}