BALLOON
BALLOON explores the big questions and mysteries of life and our spiritual existence with humour, awe and lighthearted seriousness.
I started this podcast as a pure experiment, in response to a conversation with my teenage son. I asked, “What would you most like to hear on a podcast? What would you stop your life to listen to?” His answers delighted me: What is going on here? What is the purpose of human life? Why are we here? How should we use our emotions? What about life after death?
BALLOON is response to those questions (and more!). Let’s be clear: BALLOON is a Response- a joyful exploration into deep mysteries of life - not a summary of answers. I don’t subscribe to the notion that we should chase after answers the way we have been taught to do in school. Because answers, if we aren’t careful with them, most often close down our pathways to awe and wonder. And I believe it is in the realms of real AWE where we become truly open to new thoughts, ideas and inspirations. It is in that space of open wonder that we can become enlightened and connected to feelings and registrations of the unknown, deep, mysterious parts of ourselves and this place of our existence. I wholly believe the quest for awe is much more important than the quest for answers.
And so, BALLOON began with one simple experiment. One episode. I gave it to my son to listen to and he said: “WOW. Mom, this is really good. I was totally locked in. You should do this. You should start a podcast. People would want to listen to this.” Now there’s a way to inspire a mother! So, I recorded another episode, still with no idea where it might go. I sent it to a few friends and asked if they would have a listen. The feedback was amazing, very encouraging, asking for more. So I kept going. And before you knew it, there were 15 episodes.
Most interesting for me about the whole thing, was how buoyant it was. How freeing. How thought provoking. The process was alive and vibrant. It’s like the task of recording these switched on some light in my mind, causing me to see things and notice things. And most fascinating, it seemed that it was doing that to the people who were listening too. There was what I called the “Surround sound” of this experiment- profoundly interesting, open conversations sparking with my friends and with the people who had started listening. One enthusiastic friend shared it with her friend and suddenly I had feedback coming from across the world, from someone I had never even met. Very electric! The podcast was having an effect on us, and it was bright, light, inspiring, fun and free.
Before long there were some hurdles to overcome. What is this? Where to put it? Is this actually going to “Be something” or just be a little small thing shared with a few friends? What is it’s name? Should I promote it somehow? And there was a question that inspired much debate: Do I actually need to introduce myself? Yes, I really tried to squirm out of that one, eventually choosing a ‘stage name’, which you will soon discover if you listen! I wasn’t really sure what to do with the growing pile of recordings. But some very keen listeners urged me: “Put it online. Do it. It’s great! Keep going! We are loving this. It’s unique and fresh. You should find out if others want to hear it by sharing it, otherwise you will never know!”
And so, here it is. From the very first episode on-wards. Unedited. As it happened. If you want to listen from the beginning you will hear how it unfolds very organically. If you want to just launch in and choose an episode, be my guest! There is most definitely not a ’right way’ to listen!
I have a personal motto I wrote for myself: I WANT TO BE A LIVE BEGINNING, NOT A DEAD END.
Putting BALLOON out there is most definitely a live beginning! Let’s see where it goes.
I am most curious about your responses and where this takes you. Please reach out to HelloAmystery@yahoo.com
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THANK YOU!
ENJOY!
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Episodes
Friday Dec 12, 2025
Friday Dec 12, 2025
Episode 44 of Balloon bunces into a new world asking, What does It mean to be HUMAN in the age of AI? We are at a fascinating moment in human history with so many big questions pressing like: What IS intelligence? What makes us human? What is important about human life? Does AI wonder about this stuff too?
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Episode 42 of Balloon dives into the fascinating relationship between what goes on in our minds and how that can influence our well-being in the body. Your host, Amyatery, opens up her experiences with the work of Dr John Sarno and the wonders of this big mystery called the Mind-Body
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
BALLOON 41 Fires back up the engines with this big whopper: What happens when we die? Considering death pushes us to the edge of what we know. What is life about? Do we have to pay for what we do while here on earth? What do you think, and how can you begin to know if your opinions are grounded in nature's reasoning?
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
COME EXPLORE THE LOST ART OF CONVERSATION in Balloon Episode 40. What is this important human connective art? Is there a Great Conversation How-To?
If you have ever longed for better conversations this may be for you.
Thursday Oct 09, 2025
Thursday Oct 09, 2025
BALLOON EPISODE 39 explores the intelligence around us, and the big questions, 'Is there Truth? And where is it?' This episode was very state producing in the making it, looking at how to enjoy being the right kind of small.
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
Wednesday Oct 08, 2025
BALLOON 38 is full of wonder. How much more is going on all the time that we don't see and understand? How does healing happen? And how can we appreciate the unexplained? In this episode your host, Amystery, shares some personal stories that left her blown away in wonder...
What might happen if we really approach life with an open mind to what lies beyond our eyes, in the unseen, living worlds?
Sunday Sep 21, 2025
Sunday Sep 21, 2025
Balloon 37 Steps carefully into considerations about Depression, what happens when this big world influence gets the better of us, and how to help ourselves climb out of depressive holes. What's the first thing we need to understand as we work to shake off the weights of this world? Big questions and nature's logic can be our guides.... This Balloon episode cracks open the door into this vast and important subject of overcoming the big depressive influences that try to take us down. But don't worry- this is not a depressing episode. :-)
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Episode 36 of Balloon takes us on a surprise journey. It started off as a "Part 2" to Balloon 34 on Power, but then we got lift off and episode 36 takes a turn into big questions like: Can we overcome the human tendency to fight with one another? Will we? Can we generate presences that make violence impossible? Will we evolve, and what triggers human evolution? This episode most definitely has a special presence... recorded on a quiet night in a Canadian forest.