Mandy on the Mountain

When the Stars Called Me By My Old Name


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There is no order to this podcast.

No chapters.

No neat little boxes.

Just my thoughts, my heart, and the things that drift into my spirit when the world finally quits rattling.


I have been this way since I was that girl in math class scribbling in the margins, writing the date on notebook paper because I did not care what A plus B equaled.

I cared about what my heart was trying to say.


Nine nights ago the Northern Lights rolled over Tennessee and pulled me outside barefoot and breathless.

What I saw was not just color.

It was alignment.

Mind, body and soul.

A dream of my mama saying Mandy get up.

A preacher and my niece echoing the same message.

And a sky lighting up as if heaven itself wanted to confirm it.


In this episode I revisit the wonder, the mystery, the perception and the peace that found me standing under a sky that felt ancient and familiar, a sky that felt like it remembered me.


Some nights the sky is just the sky.

And some nights the stars call you by your old name. ✨

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Mandy on the MountainBy Amanda H Shook, M.Ed.