Warm greetings, dear Friend!
Wherever you are in the world,
and wherever you are in your journey,
may you be well and happy. 🙏🏻

Here we are, almost a month into the new year. How is it unfolding for you? What are you noticing, both within you and around you?

I’m noticing that I always have too much on my “to do” list, and how that impacts me and everything and everyone around me. (Can you relate?) And, I’m choosing to change that this year. My word/theme for 2026 is something that I wrote about in my March ’25 newsletter – SIMPLICITY. (You can read that newsletter here.)

This year, as often as I can remember, I choose to ask myself these questions: “Will doing this task bring me joy?” And, if the answer is yes, “What’s the simplest way for me to do this task?” I trust that the “still, small voice” within will provide answers to these questions and help to clear away that which no longer serves me (or anyone else), bring more JOY into my experience (my word for 2025), and help me to live more fully in the present moment. YES, YAY and AMEN to that!

This month’s Song for the Soul (chant) is all about trusting that “still, small voice” within, and it’s called “I AM Safe“. May it serve you well!

How about you, *|FNAME|*? What’s YOUR word/theme for 2026? WHEREVER you are on your journey, I would love to hear from you. Please e-mail me; we’re all in this together, and we have much to learn from each other.

(THANKS for being a part of my journey, and SPECIAL THANKS to the kind souls who respond to my newsletters – reading your comments is always a highlight of my month.)

And, as always…
You can listen to my songs and chants here and here.
You can find the words to my songs and chants here.
You can buy my CDs here – ***AND NOW, ON bandcamp TOO!***

 

UPCOMING AND ONGOING EVENTS

I’m blessed with many opportunities to share my words and music; I perform as a solo artist (with my Chapman Stick) for many churches in both Canada and the U.S. (in person and online), at local chanting events, and at many local retirement homes. I also perform (with my bass) in many local musical groups. 

For more detailed information on any of my performances, please click on any date in my online calendar. And if I can serve YOU in any way with my words and music, please know that it would be my great pleasure to do so! 

All of my music can be enjoyed any time on my YouTube channel, and I would really appreciate it if you were to visit it and then click on “Subscribe”. (And if you’re a Facebook user, I would really appreciate it if you were to “Like” my Fan Page and then click on “Following”.) Thanks so much!

As a very dear and wise friend in Montreal once said to me, “All I can offer you is my experience”.

My sincere desire, in every one of my newsletters, is to encourage us all to live our Big Lives one Small Step at a time.

Much love to you, dear Friend!
I bless you on your journey,
and I wish you Ease and Grace and JOY
with cultivating GRATITUDE in your life.

Go with Love,
– Nathen ❤️🤗🙏🏻

Nathen Aswell
Performing Songwriter / Inspirational Speaker
Encouraging people to live Big Lives one Small Step at a time
https://www.nathenaswell.com
https://nathenaswell.bandcamp.com
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(604) 618-4429