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Speak : Think : Believe
Alignment is the key to authenticity. Bringing Your Gratitude Into Alignment Sometimes I feel like a gratitude fraud. There, I said it. I feel like this because I’m not always grateful. I’m just not. And that’s OK. Because gratitude is a practice. And like all practices it is just consciously choosing to work at something.…
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Throwback: It Isn’t about Leading a Charmed Life … Or Is It?
Issue #1 redux Sometimes I Look for Gratitude and Only Find Worry Sometimes I fear when people read my gratitude posts they think that it is easy for me because I have such a great life. When that fear emerges I want to tell everyone who will listen my woes about money and business and…
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Download: 2018 Gratitude Anthology ebook
A Year of Gratitude: 52 images, quotes and prompts A Beautiful eBook to Guide a Year of Gratitude I always love creating the yearly anthology ebook. It is inspiring to see the lovely spreads of gratitude images, quotes and prompts. I hope you enjoy taking in each of the beautiful pages. [su_button url=”http://www.ourgratitudecollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/A-Year-of-Gratitude-2018.pdf” background=”#24a9e1″ color=”#ffffff”…
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All the Brilliant Things of 2018
Download: Reflecting On Your Year With Gratitude Reflecting on the Brilliant Moments This time of year brings such mixed feelings for me. At times I feel extremely connected and valued. Other times I feel lonely and insecure. I go from feeling happy to sad to relaxed to bored sometimes all in one day! The introspection that…
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What Are You Welcoming into Your Life?
Yes. This is what I want more of. Please, Come In I like to think of my gratitude practice as a list of what I'd like to see more of in my life. By saying "thank you for being here" I am also saying "thank you, come again". And it feels like it works because…
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Celebrating the Wins
Wins large and small. The Day after an Election and Other Days Too When we see the results of an election there are almost always wins and losses. These larger wins and losses are a great example for the itty bitty wins and losses that we experience on an average Wednesday. It can be so…
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Without Their Validation
I accept myself in this moment. Using Gratitude to Stop Caring What Others Think In the scenario from last week I talked about how expectations can get in the way of positive emotion. Another way to see that scenario is from the lens of validation, which really is just another way of saying acceptance. External…
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Your Closet Full of Clothes
Boots and sweaters and scarves As Fall Approaches The weather has turned cold. The leaves are changing and the mountains even got snow! I love fall clothes, so warm and cozy. Socks and boots and knitwear. Thinking of this reminded me of how grateful I am to have a closet full of clothing. Always enough…
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Mindful and Grateful
As long as I talk about gratitude I will never stop talking about noticing. Don’t Miss Out on This Moment I have said it before and will say it again: We can’t be grateful for something we don’t notice. I know that seems obvious. It really does. But still we are scattered. Busy. Worrying. Planning.…
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Repeat the Good
Learning to honor the good in our lives. Imagine Ruminating about the Good How often are your ruminating thoughts about the good that is happening in your life? If you’re like me almost never. I usually ruminate about my to do list, what other people are thinking, fears about the past or future, or the…
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Gratitude Makes Charitable Giving Feel Better
Science! It’s been awhile since I shared some gratitude research. Charitable Giving and Gratitude Throughout the years I've shared many benefits of practicing gratitude from personal experiences as well as those proven through research studies. I discovered a new study with an unexpected benefit of practicing gratitude that can be seen in brain scans. First…
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With Everything You’ve Got
Don’t wait to sing your swan song. The Most Beautiful Song One day when I was a teenager in my parents' house I heard the most beautiful music. It was so intense and complex and captivating that it drew me out of my self-absorbed and friend-obsessed ways. I immediately tried to locate where this music…
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Job Crafting Through Gratitude
Finding meaning in our work. Start Crafting Your Meaningful Work Today To have a great life, to be at our best, to be resilient, we must find meaning in our life. Imagine having a strong sense of purpose as you contribute to something greater than yourself. Imagine having a job that is fulfilling in this…
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Steps Before Practicing Gratitude
For those days when it doesn’t emerge spontaneously. Cultivating Gratitude Some days gratitude emerges beautifully and unexpectedly like a wildflower sprout whose seed carried by the wind took refuge in a tiny patch of dirt that lay at rest. It wasn't planned. It wasn't expected. It wasn't even desired. But there it is. Thriving. Other…
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Heart of Gratitude in Service
How can I be of service to you? How can you be of service to others? Being of Service in a Transactional World This Monday was Martin Luther King, Jr Day and more specifically it was the Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service. But what if we use our gratitude practice to inspire us…
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Gratitude Can Help Uphold Your Boundaries
How do you respond to an apology? Teaching People How To Treat You Setting personal boundaries is really tough. On some level all of us know how we want to be treated by others. But knowing it is only the foundation. We also have to communicate these boundaries and then honor them. I have been…
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Notice the Beauty of Nature
Nature makes you pay attention this time of year. The Call of Nature On Saturday I was rushing all day from obligations to a friend and family and home. All things I am full of appreciation for but because I was rushing and busy I wasn’t present. At one point in the day I was…
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Fall Gratitude Walk
A walk outdoors to deliberately take in moments of beauty. Gratitude Found Take a walk with me as we explore nature and the outdoors. We find gratitude in unexpected places. And remind ourselves to be grateful for things that are easy to take for granted. We explore the concept of unattachment, noticing, appreciating and letting…
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Breathing is Enough
Me too. Let’s just take a breath together. Letting Ourselves Off the Hook of Gratitude I’ve been writing a series of these about difficult times and grief. After last week I declared that to be the last of the series and I would move to more positive and feel good topics. But then “me too”…
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A Poem of Blessings for Times of Grief
These words. Like a soothing bubble bath for your soul. Beannacht, the Gaelic Word for Blessings by John O'Donohue On the day when The weight deadens On your shoulders And you stumble, May the clay dance To balance you. And when your eyes Freeze behind The gray window And the ghost of loss Gets in…