Cortney Warner

Kyshona Armstong

[https://littlejoys.jessicabreanne.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/s1e04-littlejoys-fb.jpg]https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/little-joys/id1879693239?mt=2&ls=1 “When you tell your story, you’re saving someone else.” JB is joined by the extremely thoughtful songwriter, artist, teacher and licensed music therapist Kyshona Armstrong [https://www.kyshona.com/]. The two discuss how to find joy in everything from painting rocks, to keeping a karaoke microphone in your car, to the healing power of communal storytelling. It’s a conversation A convers about generational healing, staying curious about your neighbors, and why the critic is not allowed in the room. Kyshona’s latest album Legacy [https://annemccue.bandcamp.com/album/wholly-roller-coaster] is available everywhere. — Find Kyshona: * https://www.kyshona.com/ [https://www.kyshona.com/] * On Instagram @kyshonamusic [https://www.instagram.com/kyshonamusic] * on Bandcamp [https://kyshona.bandcamp.com/] — Listen to JB + Kyshona’s Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ZZMubroFoZKDVy2s1rJPC?si=8d3e0d1b2d5b4465] — Our Little Joys 🌹 Your Song [https://www.yoursong.org/]! 🌹 Friends 🌹 Be playful like a kid 🌹 Be curious like a kid 🌹 Try painting some rocks 🌹 Honoring your ancestors 🌹 Kate Bush “Hounds Of Love” [Video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VerK4zwMRQw]] 🌹 Connecting on a deeper level with people 🌹 Breaking generational cycles and healing generational trauma 🌹 Animals 🌹 Empowering others 🌹 Music 🌹 Burning incense 🌹 Baskets full of books 🌹 Journaling 🌹 Painting 🌹 Kaftans 🌹 Birdwatching 🌹 Becoming a full-on witch 🌹 Karaoke microphones in car for road rage 🌹 Taking your shoes off and walk in the grass or dirt 🌹 Listen to your little voice 🌹 Let the sunshine shine on your face 🌹 Honor your younger self 🌹 Watch the clouds change 🌹 Knowing where your friends are 🌹 Mavis Staples 🌹 Kick that inner critic outta here!

Anne McCue

[https://littlejoys.jessicabreanne.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s1e03-littlejoys-fb.jpg]https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/little-joys/id1879693239?mt=2&ls=1 “I was more like a black hole, like a vacuum rather than a sun. I want to be sunlight and sun. And now I feel like I can.” JB sits down with singer, songwriter, guitarist and radio host Anne McCue [https://annemccue.com/]. Together they discuss finding joy through teaching others, the rewards of resilience and what it looks like to rebuild your identity from scratch. Anne shares her delightfully unexpected re-emergence into songwriting after a decade-long drought… and why patience might be the most underrated creative tool there is. Her new album Wholly Rolly Coaster [https://annemccue.bandcamp.com/album/wholly-roller-coaster] is available everywhere. The new Girl Monstar release, GRRRR!! The Album [http://girlmonstar.bandcamp.com/album/grrrr-the-album], also available everywhere. — Find Anne: * https://annemccue.com/ [https://annemccue.com/] * On Instagram @anniemccue [https://www.instagram.com/anniemccue] * on Bandcamp [https://annemccue.bandcamp.com/] — Listen to JB + Anne’s Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1jCVNqV371xrTSSE5JwbXK?si=OtEkTf5uTmuYvuiNdzH9qQ&nd=1&dlsi=54b44029a3654c45] — Our Little Joys 🌹 THE PHILANTHROPIST: H.G.WEBB [https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/the-philanthropist-h-g-webb/article_d910ea1e-2025-5322-887d-f8e8ba9917ba.html] Nashville Scene Article by Patrick Rogers 🌹 Take your cat on a walk in a stroller 🌹 Playing guitar. 🌹 GIve a tree a hug and sing it a song 🌹 Sharing the gift of teaching someone how to play an instrument 🌹 Making peace jackets! 🌹 Sérgio and Odair Assad [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZJqAZmABpE] 🌹 Reading 🌹 Liberache 🌹 New Girl Monstar Album [https://girlmonstar.bandcamp.com/album/grrrr-the-album]! 🌹 Hitchcock films 🌹 WANTED WILD WOMEN WHO PLAY ROCK AND ROLL! 🌹 MAN SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor Frankl 🌹 Go to concerts! 🌹 Pablo Na Ruda 🌹 Nina Simone 🌹 Nina Simone’s Gum written by Warren Ellis 🌹 Faith, Hope and Carnage written by Nick Cave 🌹 Explore new music 🌹 Nature 🌹 NICK DRAKE biography by Richard Norton Jack 🌹 Putting your hands in the soil 🌹 Watch plants grow 🌹 Barefoot Jerry 🌹 The Four Agreements 🌹 Mac Gayden 🌹 Van Gogh 🌹 Siddartha by Herman Hesse 🌹 Volunteer! 🌹 Read Ancient greek literature in the sunlight 🌹 Check in with those you care about 🌹 Judy Sill 🌹 “AIR ON A G STRING [https://open.spotify.com/track/0mD1a7haZKdX9I0oPywrMb?si=1e179480e1594234]“ 🌹 The Beatles 🌹 Take a walk 🌹 Get into the sun 🌹 Classical music 🌹 Take the pressure off of playing music 🌹 Getting your sense of humor back 🌹 Annie & JB starting a Psychedelic Band

Cortney Warner

[https://littlejoys.jessicabreanne.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/s1e02-littlejoys-fb.jpg]https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/little-joys/id1879693239?mt=2&ls=1 JB sits down with stand up Nashville comedian Cortney Warner [https://www.instagram.com/cortneywarner13/], no stranger to finding little joys. They discuss the the importance of surrounding yourself with emotionally self-aware people, the absolute joy of pens and how David Lynch’s wisdom finds its way into both of their lives. Cortney’s stand-up special, Confessions of a Homeschooler, is available for free on YouTube. Watch it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brbWeDn7Dr0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brbWeDn7Dr0] JB + Cortney Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qreVfWvYHeV5r7pBnb9Tt?si=58937465f21249d8] Find Cortney: * on Instagram @cortneywarner13 [https://www.instagram.com/cortneywarner13/] * on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/artist/0QIS698hw3UHtqTpjMK1pN?si=ePFo4lskRYWDdihUPj3shQ] Our Little Joys Our Little Joys 🌹The magnificent world of TWIN PEAKS! Catch it at The Belcourt Theatre Wednesday’s in April [https://www.belcourt.org/events/twin-peaks-season-1/]! 🌹David Lynch reading his book CATCHING THE BIG FISH! 🌹KING OF WISHFUL THINKING WITH PAUL RUDD & JIMMY FALLON [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYxublsix2I] 🌹Wiser Than Me With Catherine O’Hara [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4anFNS581M2NvL3Dg1RdYm?si=2tGL3f4iTHWMJdSMDICj6w] 🌹SNL // LAZY SUNDAY VIDEO [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRhTeaa_B98] 🌹YOU DON’T HAVE TO SUFFER FOR YOUR ART! 🌹LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO EVER WATCH INLAND EMPIRE AGAIN! 🌹Flossin’ our teeth 🌹Fresh Cut Flowers 🌹Watchin’ BRIDESMAIDS 🌹FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL 🌹SUPERBAD 🌹THE LONELY ISLAND AND SETH MYERS PODCAST 🌹Takin’ yourself on an artist date 🌹THE ARTISTS WAY by Julia Cameron 🌹BIG MAGIC by Elizabeth Gilbert 🌹Notebooks that speak to us! 🌹BE KIND TO ALL WORKERS MANNN. 🌹Crocheting gifts for friends 🌹Paul McCartney 🌹Stevie Nicks 🌹Evolving 🌹Transcendental Meditation if you got the money honey 🌹HOLD ON TO YOUR INNER CHILD!

Andi Marie Tillman

[https://littlejoys.jessicabreanne.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/s1e01-littlejoys-fb.jpg]https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/little-joys/id1879693239?mt=2&ls=1 Little Joys kicks off our journey into finding joy with a guest we’ve been delighted by for years. For our debut episode, JB is joined by comedian, actress and all around positive force of life, Andi Marie Tilman. The two discuss finding joys in their southerness, theme parks, a lifetime of music and VHS copies of The Line, The Curse & The Curve. JB + Andi Episode 1 Playlist [https://open.spotify.com/playlist/75ZdQK3efhzkEXf0Vtokyw?si=d226c815f8534ed1] Andi on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/andimarietillman/ [https://www.instagram.com/andimarietillman/] Andi on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@andimariere [https://www.tiktok.com/@andimariere] Our Little Joys 🌹 WIGS 🌹PATRON SAINTS 🌹 CAROL BURNETTE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrXxbPBqXEg] 🌹 CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH A STRANGER 🌹GET IN YOUR BODY! DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! 🌹 DAVID LYNCH [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObqRoS93VCw] 🌹DOLLY PARTON [https://www.instagram.com/reels/DRj82rYET38/] 🌹BEING KIND IS COOL 🌹THERE’S POWER IN SPEAKING YOUR GRATITUDE OUT LOUD 🌹PATTI SMITH 🌹ANIMALS 🌹MAKING ART WITH FRIENDS 🌹IMPRESS YOUR YOUNGER SELF 🌹JANET JACKSON 🌹BEING OBSESSED WITH OUR MOMS 🌹ANDI’S MUSIC VIDEO “SINS OF EVE” [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dDdc6l4OWk] 🌹TOUGH, HILARIOUS SOUTHERN WOMEN 🌹STEEL MAGNOLIAS 🌹”CARTHAGE HOUSE OF BEAUTY” SHORT DOCUMENTARY DIRCTED BY ALLISON INMAN [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z9_D-xEBaY] 🌹ANDI’S COUNTY CLERK CHARACTER [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O9MDP-n2h4] 🌹BEING IN COMMUNITY 🌹SPIRITUALITY 🌹TAKE A HIKE IN NATURE 🌹JONI MITCHELL “COURT AND SPARK” ALBUM 🌹PLAY WITH YOUR BOOBIES 🌹BEING AN ARTIST 🌹ANIMALS