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Discover how a moment of quiet desperation sparked a simple practice that's now helping people around the world find clarity, connection, and hope—one question at a time.In today's episode, I'm joined by Anne Barry Jolles, the founder and creator of Grace Trail®—a transformative life practice designed to help people navigate challenges through five simple but powerful questions. A professional coach, TEDx speaker, and award-winning author, Anne first developed the concept in 2000 during a personal crisis. Since then, she has expanded Grace Trail into a nationwide movement with public installations, interactive kits, and programs for individuals, schools, hospitals, and corporations. Her work has guided thousands toward resilience, hope, and clarity. Rooted in compassion, nature, and authentic connection, Anne's mission is to make grace accessible to everyone, everywhere.Throughout this episode, Anne brings warmth, vulnerability, and profound insight as she shares how Grace Trail evolved into a deeply healing practice for individuals from all walks of life. She breaks down the meaning behind each letter in the GRACE acronym—Gratitude, Release, Acceptance, Challenge, and Embrace—and explains how asking these questions can help shift perspective and restore hope. Anne also explores the role of nature in amplifying the trail's impact and highlights the power of simply being present and listening without judgment. Her stories—from walking the trail with cancer patients to designing large-scale community activations—reveal the universal need for reflection and self-compassion. Whether taken on a walk, practiced at a desk, or explored in a group, Anne invites everyone to take that first step toward inviting grace into their lives.Tune in to episode 207 of Joy Found Here as Anne Barry Jolles shares how the Grace Trail® can help you find your footing in life's toughest moments—through five simple questions that lead to clarity, connection, and hope. Discover how grace, nature, and curiosity can guide you back to yourself, one powerful step at a time.In This Episode, You Will Learn:The moment Grace Trail was born (4:01)The five Grace Trail questions explained (5:20)Grace in marriage: Walking through pain together (6:30)Building the first Grace Trail in Plymouth, MA (7:43)Grace Trails across the country (8:45)What is grace, really? (11:25)Nature as a conduit for clarity (13:47)The prayer bench that speaks back (14:40)Bringing grace to 11,000 women (24:14)Adapting grace trail for events and teams (25:57)Grace Trail kits and creative applications (29:16)Redefining self-care: Stay home, slow down (35:49)Daily rituals that invite grace (39:03)Final invitation: Grace is waiting (41:00)Connect with Anne Barry Jolles:WebsiteFacebookLinkedInXYouTubeGet Anne's book!Let's Connect:WebsiteInstagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join Sharon McNamara and Melissa Wallace as they talk about all the things they are grateful for in Real Estate. They are also joined by Anne Barry Jolles, creator of Grace Trail. Podcast & Live Radio Show on WATD 95.9 The McNamara Horton Group Boston Connect Real Estate Sharon McNamara | Melissa Wallace Facebook Live Every Saturday Morning at 8AM @ facebook.com/McNamaraBrokerTeam Follow our team on Instagram @TheMcNamaraHortonGroup
Anne shares the story of how she created Grace Trail. From a 'life tsunami' she created a source of positivity that is now used by people around the world. There are five stages to Grace: Gratitude, Release, Accept, Challenge, Embrace. From these stages, Anne developed five questions: Even though life is really difficult, what can I be grateful for right now? What do I need to release to move forward in my life? What is calling out for acceptance? How would I like to challenge myself in this moment? The challenge to move forward in the direction of my choice What can I embrace as possible?
Paulette and Anne go way back. Anne was instrumental in allowing her to access that part of her that had the courage to dig deep, ask the right questions and change her life for the better. Anne is the creator of Grace Path and Grace Notes. She was a life coach before life coaching was cool. Anne Barry Jolles is a renowned life coach, award-winning author, TEDx speaker, and creator of Grace TrailⓇ. Blending life experiences and research, Jolles created the Grace Trail and has shared it with tens of thousands as it evolved for over a decade. The trail has many forms, including an actual trail in Plymouth, MA, virtual trails, workshops, webinars, retreats, and products, and has been featured by Good Housekeeping, NPR, Boston Globe and more. Jolles thrives on helping courageous people take five steps to their best lives through her message of joy, hope, and resiliency. The Grace Trail is a simple five-step process that starts with gratitude and ends with hope. By asking and reflecting on the five Grace Trail questions… Gratitude: What am I grateful for? Release: What do I need to release to move forward with my life? Acceptance: What is calling out for acceptance? Challenge: What is the next challenge of my own choosing? Embrace: What can I embrace as possible? You will find that you are walking off your worries and accessing hope and possibility. Anne explains her personal terrifying journey of despair before she goes on creating the actual, now-famous Grace Trail in Nelson Park in Plymouth, MA by gathering the beach stones, writing the words and questions on them and placing them along a 1-mile trail that thousands have discovered and walked. Now, the Grace Trail has become a global movement, with trails popping up all over the world, including an indigenous reservation in British Columbia and Egypt! But...hold on, You don’t have to come to Plymouth to walk Grace Trail! You can create your own Trail at your home, work, office, church, hospital, school, senior center, college, recovery center, park, convention center, workshop, backyard or kitchen windowsill. The wonderful thing about the Grace Trail is that it can be adapted to meet the needs and objectives of any group. It can as big or small as it needs to be. As a result, Grace Trails are showing up in the most amazing ways. A wide range of services are available, including Grace Trail products, keynote speeches, Grace Trail workshops, webinars, fundraising, retreats, installation of permanent Grace Trails, and much more. Grace Trail has been featured by Good Housekeeping, Boston Globe, and NPR. Large-scale Grace Trails (picture hundreds to thousands walking the Grace Trail at the same time) have been run through the Massachusetts Conference for Women, Rose Kennedy Greenway / FIGMENT Festival, Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Foundation Passport to Survivorship and more. Anne gave a TEDx Talk entitled “Cracking the Grace Code”, which has been viewed over 6,000 times. Every week, Anne sends out weekly, free messages of hope and possibility to subscribers that are very popular and shareable. Inspirational, fun images are accompanied by relevant messages – hope in 100 words or less! Key takeaway - By asking and reflecting on key questions about the five components of GRACE - Gratitude, Release, Acceptance, Challenge, and Embrace - you will find that you are walking off your worries and accessing hope. A good question can be the beginning of a great adventure. All you have to do is just show up and start walking. You can find Anne at www.gracetrail.com She will be happy to help you find GRACE in your life towards healing and transformation --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thriving-in-chaos/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thriving-in-chaos/support
Finding Healing and Wisdom on the Grace Trail®Aired Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 2:00 PM ETThe right questions have the power to transform your life. While going through a difficult time, almost two decades ago, Anne Barry Jolles ‘received’ 5 questions that transformed her life and set her on a new path. Those 5 questions led to the creation of the Grace Trail®, an award-winning book, a popular Tedx talk, supportive products and have now touched the lives of thousands. Anne shares the 5 questions and so much more.About the Guest: Anne Barry JollesAnne Barry Jolles is a renowned life coach, award-winning author, TEDx speaker, and creator of Grace TrailⓇ. Blending life experiences and research, Jolles created the Grace TrailⓇ and has shared it with tens of thousands as it evolved for over a decade.The trail has many forms, including an actual trail in Plymouth, MA, virtual trails, workshops, webinars, retreats and products, and has been featured by Good Housekeeping, NPR, Boston Globe and more. Jolles thrives on helping courageous people take five steps to their best lives through her message of joy, hope, and resiliency.Website: http://www.gracetrail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegracetrail/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheGraceTrailInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_grace_trail/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6UtyAVlrQmOGMCu1Di7WNA
Beyonce and Jayz's new album lights up the city of lights, Amazon, Apple, and Netflix sign celebrity production partners, plus Bill and Ted may have new excellent adventures. It's our Pop Culture Roundtable. Later in the show, a Massachusetts woman found a pathway to grace on a Plymouth walking trail, turning her pain into purpose on the Grace Trail. Guests: Michael Jeffries, associate professor of American studies at Wellesley College. Rachel Rubin, professor of American studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Anne Barry Jolles, creator of the Plymouth Massachusetts Grace Trail. More UTR: news.wgbh.org/UTR Follow Callie on Twitter: @CallieCrossley Like UTR on Facebook: facebook.com/UndertheRadarWGBH
Do you have the courage to take the first step to your best life ever ?Tune in today at 5:00pm to Bliss Full on New Earth International Internet TV .My guest Anne Barry Jolles is here with some great advice to help you find your footing as you move into 2017. Anne is a TEDx speaker, an award winning life coach and founder of Grace Trail. Her international award winning book ,Grace Trail : Find Your Footing and Move Toward the Life You Were Meant to Live is full of inspirational great ideas and tons of humor.
Do you have the courage to take the first step to your best life ever ?Tune in today at 5:00pm to Bliss Full on New Earth International Internet TV .My guest Anne Barry Jolles is here with some great advice to help you find your footing as you move into 2017. Anne is a TEDx speaker, an award winning life coach and founder of Grace Trail. Her international award winning book ,Grace Trail : Find Your Footing and Move Toward the Life You Were Meant to Live is full of inspirational great ideas and tons of humor.
READ MY LIPS' akaRadioRed goes beyond the typical blah-blah-yada-yada canned interview, engaging multiple guests in spontaneous conversations. Meet Rizi Xavier Timane, a transgender minister, author, recording artist, and LGBT community advocate. His memoir, An Unspoken Compromise, shares his journey to self-acceptance as a trans man of faith. He writes for the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance blog, is a sought-after public speaker on the intersection of religion and LGBT civil rights, and holds a master’s in social work and PhD in Christian counseling. As the founder of Rizi Timane Ministries, he provides affirming spiritual support to people of all faiths, sexual orientations, and gender identities. He established an annual Transgender Surgery and Hormones Scholarship for Trans-persons who cannot afford surgery or hormone treatment for any reason. Is life making your "crazy"? Meet award-winning life coach Anne Barry Jolles, creator of the Grace Trail and author of the book of poems, "Find Your Footing: 5 steps to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and move toward the life you were meant to have." Her poems are dedicated to "all the courageous survivors of life...whether it is a pink ribbon, a gold medallion, a purple heart or whatever your personal challenge may be...anyone who chooses to “walk off” their own personal war every day...back into possibility." Anne has woven her own life lessons into the latest research and literature, sharing practical, heart warming, simple steps toward the life you deserve…one step at a time.