Sharing my gratitude practice with a small circle of friends has brought me the following benefits: Accountability: Getting through the first 40 days of creating a new practice habit is hard for me. Having partners, especially during that “initiation time,” is really...
Yes, even in the midst of seemingly unbearable pain it is possible to find gratitude. I’m not talking about using gratitude as a “spiritual bypass”, a bypass for human emotion that is uncomfortable: You know, the moments when others try to comfort us in the best way...
When was the last time you looked in the mirror? This morning? During your coffee break? Don’t really remember? What was that like, and what did you see? Was it a quick “functional check” to make sure you’re still there? Or, that the toothpaste was all gone, no new...
Why and how to start your own Gratitude Practice This past week marked 730 days of my daily gratitude practice: 2 years of sharing 5 things I am grateful for each day with 2 friends – who are also sharing their 5 gratitudes, and then we each reflect back to one...
Here is an example of a shared agreement that I use for the gratitude practice that I mention in my blog posts “Why and How to start your own Gratitude Practice” and “The Science behind creating a new habit.” Every relationship is basically a fabric of shared...
When I was a child, growing up in Germany, on the evening of December 5th, we would shine our biggest, tallest pair of boots and put them by the front door – along with our Christmas wish list. While we slept, St. Nikolaus would come and retrieve our wish list –...