Podcasts about Gratitude

A daily quote to inspire the mind, gratitude to warm the soul, and guided breathing to energize the body. Quote: The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill Gratitude: Your morning coffee. A cup of joe has outstanding health benefits. Not to mention, it's a good excuse to catch up with your colleagues before your day begins. Guided Breathing: Equal Breathing.

What do you do to manage stress when life gets hectic? How do you make time for exercise when life happens at full speed and your schedule gets out of control? What can you do to gain control when life seems just a little overwhelming? On this episode of Fit Over 40, Aimee Nicotera joins Pete to talk about life hacks and how to make your needs a priority when your schedule allows little time for exercise. You will learn some helpful techniques and strategies for how to make your health and wellness a priority during the holidays or any time of year. Join Aimee and her December challenge HERE: https://aimeenicotera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/an_gratitude-mixup.pdf Learn All About Aimee Nicotera at https://aimeenicotera.com Follow Aimee on Instagram: @aimeenicotera www.petemccallfitness.com Follow Pete on Instagram: @AllAboutFitnessPodcast Order a copy of Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process:  https://amzn.to/3mH3HNf Order a copy of Smarter Workouts: The Science of Exercise Made Simple https://amzn.to/3fub1Yl (both of the links above are affiliate links, a commission will be earned with purchase)  Get relief from sore muscles and promote recovery after hard workouts; order the NIMBL XLR8 massage gun - use code AAF20 to save 20% https://joinnimbl.com/products/xlr8 Dynamic anatomy; $29 https://allaboutfitness.inspire360.com/allaboutfitness/dynamic-anatomy-recorded-webinar-and-e-book-bundle-copy Learn how your muscles and fascia function as an integrated system to move your body along with how to design the most effective exercise programs for the core, legs, inner thighs, shoulders AND glutes. 0.2 CECs - ACE, NASM and AFAA Dynamic anatomy e-book; $7 Learn how your muscles and fascia work to move your body. https://allaboutfitness.inspire360.com/allaboutfitness/dynamic-anatomy-how-your-body-moves-during-exercise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When a psychologist who studies well-being ends up with a brain tumor, what happens when she puts her own research into practice? Christina Costa goes beyond the "fight" narrative of cancer -- or any formidable personal journey -- to highlight the brain benefits of an empowering alternative to fostering resilience in the face of unexpected challenges: gratitude.

When a psychologist who studies well-being ends up with a brain tumor, what happens when she puts her own research into practice? Christina Costa goes beyond the "fight" narrative of cancer -- or any formidable personal journey -- to highlight the brain benefits of an empowering alternative to fostering resilience in the face of unexpected challenges: gratitude.

When a psychologist who studies well-being ends up with a brain tumor, what happens when she puts her own research into practice? Christina Costa goes beyond the "fight" narrative of cancer -- or any formidable personal journey -- to highlight the brain benefits of an empowering alternative to fostering resilience in the face of unexpected challenges: gratitude.

None of us want to be robbed. It's violating and theft! We are possessive of our belongings and to some extent or another have a degree of attachment to what's ours. It's clear to see if our house or car have been robbed. What if our relationships are being robbed? What if there's a thief that takes what is rightfully ours right from under our noses but we don't even notice? Or we might notice but don't stop it?  That's what happens when we have old patterns, fears, anxieties, doubts play themselves out in our emotions and relationships. Those patterns from the past rob of us peace, intimacy, connection and belonging in the present. Listen to learn a little more about your style and how to address overcoming the thief robbing you of what's yours. We have a Patreon membership account! Please check out how to participate behind the scenes and collaborate on growing the podcast! You can visit www.patreon.com/unbreakmyheart.com for more information.

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Do you hate it when people try to tell you that you shouldn't be so sad, angry, stressed out because things could be worse? Does it anger you when people tell you to find the silver lining in this storm of caregiving? Learning how to be grateful can help when life gets really difficult Gratitude should not be Dismissive or used to minimize what you're going through A way for you to say things could be worse A method of showing you that you have things to be grateful for and by default have nothing to complain about. There's nothing worse than having a moment when someone tells you that it could be worse or try to tell you things aren't as bad as they seam. So I'm not suggesting that this is what gratitude should look like for you because that's not helpful for you. This episode is about  Learning how to validate your struggle by naming it and seeing it Not using gratitude as the solution to your problems Understand how to attend to the hardships of caregiving but at the same time learn how to be grateful in a way that is supportive of your caregiving needs. Listen to this episode and learn how gratitude can be a part of your life even when life sucks.  Find the show notes and free resources at www.loveyourcaregivinglife.com

A daily quote to inspire the mind, gratitude to warm the soul, and guided breathing to energize the body. Quote: Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absense of fear. ~Mark Twain Gratitude: Good hair days. Humidity is no one's friend. Guided Breathing: Equal Breathing. Visit TheDailyRefresh.com to share your unique piece of gratitude which will be featured on an upcoming episode, and make sure to watch the tutorial of how to make The Daily Refresh part of your Alexa Flash Briefings! Call to action: If you want to take your life to the next level, check out my Free Training; 3 Hours to your big idea. In just 3 hours, you'll have THE BIG idea that you can go all in on, and the best part, the entire training is free! Visit YourBigIdea.io to start today!

Join Pastor Cameron as he encourages us to begin every day with thankfulness! As we set our feet in the direction of praise and gratitude, we will experience God's blessings throughout the day. 

Join Alex and Brit as they chat with Tina Reynolds of Uptown Studios about the benefits of living your life with an attitude of gratitude.  Together we discuss tips & tricks for leading with gratitude through challenging times and the positive ripple effects of giving back to our community.  To check out some of the resources highlighted in this episode visit the links below. View all the amazing & inspired graphic design work created by the amazing team Uptown Studios (@UptownStudios) team here: https://uptownstudios.net/ Follow @TinaReynolds on Instagram & @UptownTina on Twitter To learn more about the Sacramento Valley Conservancy and "Open Space for All" visit: https://sacramentovalleyconservancy.org/ To contact the hosts, email us at Podcast@safecu.org To learn more about SAFE Credit Union products and services visit: https://www.safecu.org/ 

Feeling lost on what to give your loved ones? Give them the gift of (tangible) wellness! We're back with another annual holiday wellness gift giving list, 2021 edition! Inspired by all the praise for last year's episode #34 “Give the Gift of Health: Your Holiday Wellness Gift Giving Guide” we're here for you again this year with new ideas, organized into 6 categories, all shared with no lack of enthusiasm. Trust us, these are not the "same old" suggestions you're seeing all over social media. Per usual, we're getting creative for the Soulfull Society. We have limited beanie inventory remaining. We're expecting more, but maybe not in time for the holidays. DM us @soul_full_of_wellness or email us at SFOWpodcast@gmail.com so we can verify that we still have stock & can get it to you within a week. Links promised in today's episode: The Gift of Relaxation calm, JR, simple, escarora The Gift of Better Sleep slip, bliss, restore The Gift of Reflection & Introspection papier, human being The Gift of Social Interaction telestrations, code names The Gift of Fitness The gift EVERYONE will love! Happy holidays, Soulfull Society! Thanks for listening! Remember to subscribe, rate & review! :) Visit our website to see us in our coveted beanies! Email hat requests, questions & suggestions to SFOWpodcast@gmail.com Follow on Instagram @soul_full_of_wellness Follow us on Twitter @SFOWpod Follow Kaelynn on Instagram @coaching_with_kae Follow Kit on Instagram @breathe.relax.trust Thank you to Nick Serena, from Astro Inn, for our theme music!

When things don't go according to plan it becomes easier to focus on what's wrong and minimize what's right. This mindful gratitude practice is designed to change that; its aim is to amplify the experience of optimism and studies show that this simple shift leads to enhanced mood and better relationships. This exercise is adapted from Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing by Eric Langshur and Nate Klemp, and is led by mindfulness coach Priti Patel. Show Notes: Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing by Eric Langshur and Nate Klemp Top 10 Meditations of 2021 (to come on Friday, December 3) And find more from Mindful at mindful.org and on our conversation podcast, Real Mindful. Let us know what you thought of this episode of 12 Minute Meditation by leaving a review or by emailing yourwords@mindful.org.

Dan Fleyshman (IG: @DanFleyshman) is the Youngest founder of a publicly traded company in history at 23, Creator of “who's your daddy” energy drinks in 55,000 retail stores and military bases, Founder of victory poker, Elevator Nights, and the Model citizen Fund Ryan Stewman (IG: @HardCoreCloser) is a best selling author, CEO of 5 companies, founder of Phonesites.com, full time investor, and consultant to millionaires and celebrities across the globe. Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MichaelSartain Learn more about Michael's Men of Action Mentoring Program: https://go.moamentoring.com/i/2 Listen on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-michael-sartain-podcast/id1579791157 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2faAYwvDD9Bvkpwv6umlPO?si=8Q3ak9HnSlKjuChsTXr6YQ&dl_branch=1 Filmed at Sticky Paws Studios: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UComrBVcqGLDs3Ue-yWAft8w 0:00 Start 0:29 Dan Fleyshman intro 0:48 HardCoreCloser intro 1:10 How do you guys know each other? 1:51 Robert O'Neil 3:02 How I met Dan Fleyshman 3:31 Victory Poker 5:32 How does Ryan Stewman get published so much? 7:13 How networking works 8:21 licensing deal with Starter, “Who's your Daddy” energy drink 10:56 Dan Fleyshman sales technique 12:20 Victory Pokers' influence on Instagram 13:30 I'm paying influencers $60 million on Elevator studios 13:48 Ryan incarcerated at 21 for selling drugs. 16:06 Tried Coke one time and overdosed 17:08 Cocaine powder versus crack 18:27 Ryan switches to mortgages 20:04 Arrested again for gun possession and let go. 21:35 The feds come after Ryan 22:29 Ryan gets his lawyer elected as District attorney of Dallas county 23:01 Federal Prison 24:54 Laundering money for Mexican gang leaders 25:59 Dan Fleyshman did not know this story 26:33 Dallas is still the most segregated city in the United States 29:02 The Accommodation 29:12 going to federal prison and divorce 31:08 The Dodd Frank act 31:43 Dan Fleyshman‘s influence and Elevator Nights 36:16 Using Blockchain for voting 38:40 Mastermind 40:13 Lineup for elevator nights 40:45 Tai Lopez and Grant Cardone 43:26 How famous is Dan Bilzerian? 45:02 Ryan Stewman's sales skills 46:31 Drug selling techniques 47:23 #FreeLSD 48:02 Proactive objection handling 50:08 Dr. David M Buss 50:38 The Rewire Podcast 52:40 The Men of Action Program 54:18 Actually do some of the things I just said 55:11 Two types of people in self-help 55:58 Evolutionary psychology and gratitude 57:28 Dan handling objections 59:49 Ryan handling objections 1:02:06 Dealing with haters 1:03:59 Dan Fleyshman in the Russian mafia?? 1:12:15 Ryan Stewman dealing with the haters 1:13:58 trying to change peoples mind, flat Earthers 1:17:37 Don't post about politics, religion or current events 1:19:07 influencer who believe the earth is flat 1:19:57 The force of average 1:26:14 How do you deal with exponential growth? 1:28:43 Dan Fleyshman, mastermind 1:34:41 Bedros Keuilian 1:35:06 Getting too involved with your clients. 1:36:55 Lead generation 1:40:20 Model Citizen Fund 1:42:07 The practicality of the backpack 1:43:11 No shame when it comes to posting about charity. 1:47:08 Worlds largest pizza festival, Dan's birthday parties 1:50:42 Lindsey Pelas and karaoke on the shuttle 1:52:59 Question from Emily Sears: Favorite kind of bear 1:53:27 Question from Tatiania Eriksen: Dealing with misunderstandings 1:55:49 Dan's wife Casey Fleyshman, and how to have a successful relationship amongst influencers. 2:00:11 James Morris and the heart attack 2:03:39 How do you know when someone is worth your time? 2:06:54 Dan Fleyshman is the best connector we know. 2:08:05 The trick to networking with high status people: Offering value and creating experiences 2:12:49 Successful people all know each other through Dan

It's December 1st - the start of the holiday season - and WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE is that in this season of light and laughter there are a lot of people who aren't feeling holly or jolly.   This is exactly why I'm inviting YOU to join me in giving 29 gifts in 29 days.   It's more difficult for us Smart Ass ADHD women to get out from under the overwhelming pile of gift lists, cookie making, and magic creating.    We need something to help us change course.   Enter the 29 Gifts Challenge (based on the book by Cami Walker).   Beginning today, I'm going to give away a gift every day for the next 29 days and I want you to join me! The more Smart Ass ADHD Women who get on this giving train, the more fun it will be!    I know you have a list that rival's Santa's, but these gifts are different.   The gift can be a compliment given, a phone call to someone you haven't talked to in a while, time volunteered, a thank you note written.    The only “rules” are that it must be INTENTIONAL, and you have to WRITE IT DOWN (putting it in the comments counts!).   The 29-day prescription also involves noticing the gifts that you receive from others every day.   You can keep track of the gifts you give and the gifts you receive in our 29-day journal. Download it at tracyotsuka.com/29gifts   What we focus on gets BIGGER, so let's focus on JOY, GRATITUDE, & MEANING.    Are you in?    So we can see each other's generosity in action, be sure to:   Tag me in Instagram or on my Facebook Page   Use #29SmartAssGifts   I'm going to be highlighting some of your gifts in my stories over the next 29 days!

A simple episode guiding you on how to access gratitude even when you don't have desired circumstances.   Connect with Sandy: www.sandyvo.com Music Credit: The music in this episode was created by composer and musician Jeffrey Parks. You can find Jeffrey's work here: https://www.jeffreyparksmusic.com   Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7hrnrpZ0EEPrI6nb9GudwX    

In this episode, Pastor JD invites two leaders from ConnectCommunity to share a thought on gratitude. Katherin Obregon shares 2 insightful principles of gratitude. Dan DePaula shares personal experiences where gratitude grounded him amid challenges. Pastor JD ends with a challenge for all of us to end the year well. We hope this message blesses you and helps you live better!

Gratitude is the very essence of an energy that changes everything. It can change your chemistry in your body, your minds view on something, the people around you and even your animals and plants. Gratitude is a practice like any good habit or playing an instrument or achieving goals. Practice is important. Daily practice in our words, our awareness, in situations, and more. Finding the good

Gratitude is talked about a lot this time of year, but what if we lived it out every day? Chris Nichols issues us a doable challenge to practice gratitude and reminds us of the power of being thankful.

You are in for a finger-snapping good time with spoken word poet Joan ‘Lyric' Leslie! Sis rolled up on the podcast, adjusting her crown like the QUEEN that she is! Eve looked at her wrist & had time tuhday, so W.E. came in clutch with a rescue. Find out how our guest co-host is exhaling gratitude & why the God she serves is petty. Wanna co-host or need advice? Then shoot your shot at podcast@womanevolve.com! No cap, but our girl Joan is a gift! She shared with SJR the cost of fulfilling a purpose-driven life with the 'Joy' of the Lord as her strength & liiisssteeen...tear ducts on weak! 'Tis the season for a healthier you with tasty, easy-to-prep meals, so swing by Noom.com/Evolve for mindfulness eating + HelloFresh.com/WomanEvolve14 for up to 14 FREE meals & 3 FREE gifts. Tell them W.E. sent you!

Dear Listener, In today's episode, we're taking a trip back in time to December 2020 to revisit a holiday themed conversation I recorded with the one and only Shira Rosenbluth. I receive a lot of questions this time of year about how to navigate diet talk, set boundaries, and work towards a healthy relationship with food during the holidays...so I thought it would be helpful to pull this episode from the archives and bring it back to center stage! During our chat, Shira shares tips for navigating recovery from chronic dieting and eating disorders over the holidays and during days of religious fasting. She also offers some guidance for setting boundaries and shutting down diet talk during this time of year and beyond! Shira is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and body positive style blogger. In her work as a LCSW, she specializes in the treatment of disordered eating, eating disorders, and body image dissatisfaction using a weight-inclusive, Health at Every Size® approach. If you'd like to learn more about Shira and her work, you can check her out on IG (@theshirarose). You can find her work at shirarosenbluthlcsw.com and her style blog at theshirarose.com. Thanks for listening and don't forget to tap those five stars if you love this episode! Yours Chewly with gratitude, Claire P.S. If you entered our November Attitude of Gratitude podcast giveaway, don't miss the intro to this episode where I announce our winner! Join our free, private FB community: https://clairechewning.com/community Work with Claire 1:1: https://clairechewning.com/work-with-me The self-paced, online Intuitive Eating Discovery Course: https://clairechewning.com/intuitive-eating-course (Use code “PODCAST” at checkout for 10% off of your enrollment investment

In each "Inside Saddleback" Group Talk Podcast episode, we feature 4 unique segments:  Saddleback Scoop, Network Nugget, Leadership Learning and the Trending Topic. In this exciting new episode, we cover the following insightful topics:   Saddleback Scoop: Get ready for 2022--DiscipleMAKING   Group Launch (onramp)—DiscipleMAKING - Is it small group or discipleship? - Cost of DiscipleMaking CL Launch--Retreat SGPP Vision—focus TRUST—Truth, resilience, Unity, Stewardship, Teachability   Network Nugget: Lobby Gathering 2022   Our personal look back of the SGN this year Physical Lobby Gathering February 22 to 24, 2022 - 15 Year Anniversary - New Format: Tracks—New, Veterans, church size - 2 challenge talks for groups you aren't thinking about ATTAIN (for small group leaders)  launching 2022 in DC, Nashville, Dallas and Hawaii SGN Ideas Book   Leadership Learning: 6 questions to survive attackers (within and outside) - What do you do when supporters are your enemies? - 6 questions to ask to survive attackers—2022 will bring tons! - Who am I looking to for support?  - Have I prayed about the problem?  - Have I thanked God for the solution?    Trending Topic: 2 acts of Leadership   2 Duties of Leadership—Clarify Purpose and Saying Thank You - Why Gratitude is important? - How to show Gratitude   Shownotes: 2022 Lobby Gathering   BOTH SCRIPTURE & SCIENTIFIC STUDIES SHOW HAVING A MINDSET OF GRATITUDE YIELDS GREAT BLESSINGS   Gratitude improves your brain and physical health Gratitude creates happiness Gratitude helps you sleep better Gratitude is the antidote to toxic emotions Gratitude improves relationships Gratitude opens the door to people and opportunities Gratitude is the evidence of maturity Gratitude pleases God and brings his blessing   How to show Gratitude Be Specific Using a name says you are important. 48 times Nehemiah uses a personal name. You are important. Focus on the details of what they have done. What you did was important. Be Sensitive Move past the surface and the heart. Recognize the heart when you notice their character. Humility, generosity Be searching Reminder to do it. We get too busy. We think more about how I should be appreciated. If you are unappreciated, appreciate someone. Studies show you get new energy and happiness when you appreciate someone!    

Summary: This episode I'm sharing a personal story about me about gratitude. I thought with Thanksgiving this past week, it made me think of how I view gratitude and how powerful it is to help get hyou out of some really hard times. You can actually use it to create joy, not the other way around. I share a really personal glimpse about working through a layoff, cancer, and how it only got worse from there. It was gratitude that helped me not get defeated. It's something that isn't practiced always but it can help bring you joy and also connect with others in powerful ways. Connect with Us! https://www.linkedin.com/company/53108426/admin/ (LinkedIN: ) https://stories-of-selling-human.captivate.fm/ (Website: )

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Our biggest sale of the year is on right now at www.boundaries.me! Save on workshops, subscriptions and more! On this episode of The Dr. Cloud Show:  Jessica wants to break some bad relational patterns with her mom and establish a healthy new foundation.  Erin has friend that uses boundaries more like walls. How can she have a conversation about avoiding her triggers?

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A daily quote to inspire the mind, gratitude to warm the soul, and guided breathing to energize the body. Quote: Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein Gratitude: Making the subway just before the doors close. Success! Guided Breathing: Equal Breathing. Visit TheDailyRefresh.com to share your unique piece of gratitude which will be featured on an upcoming episode, and make sure to watch the tutorial of how to make The Daily Refresh part of your Alexa Flash Briefings! Call to action: If you're not listening to this on your Alexa, you should be! Visit TheDailyRefresh.com and click on the word Alexa in the Nav bar for a tutorial on making The Daily Refresh one of your Flash Briefings.

Relationships are the back story to the Christmas story. The cast of characters interacting with each other gives us role models to follow in our relationships this Christmas season. Follow along as we learn how to do it right from a key supporting actor in this most important story. The problem with Christmas Here we are on the first of December, and I've got Christmas on my mind. I bet some of you do, too. One of my Christmas memories that resurfaced recently is the time years ago when the pastor of the church we were attending didn't preach anything at all about the Christmas story, until the last Sunday before Christmas. And even then it was just a tip of the hat with some cursory acknowledgment of the event. We didn't even sing any of the beautiful Christmas carols people have sung for centuries. I was disappointed. Something was missing. Yet in some ways I could understand the pastor. For several years I facilitated a mastermind group for pastors and they talked about how challenging it was to preach sermons about Christmas. It was hard to come up with something new, something creative, something they and others have not already said.I spoke about this in episode 80, A Christmas Gift of Silence. Imagine you're 50 years old and have been preaching since you were 25, that's 25 Christmas sermons. And not just Christmas Day, or the Sunday before, but all of December. 4 times 25 is 100 Christmas sermons. A good math problem for a 3rd-grade homeschooler. I can see why pastors might find it hard to preach about Christmas if they feel they have to come up with something fresh and creative. Relationships are the back story to the Christmas story In my view though, Christmas is not something to be creative about. Hip-hop, rap, or bluegrass Christmas carols just ruin it for me. Be creative about Lent, but please, not Christmas. If I were a pastor, I would preach about the relationships we see in the back story to Christmas story. They are the backstory to the main story of Christmas, Jesus entering the human race to reconcile all of us to himself. That's what I would do if were a pastor. Maybe that's why the offers to be one have not exactly poured in (or maybe they don't have my address or phone number). You could make a case that the back story to Christmas starts in the Garden of Eden, where the coming of Jesus is foretold in Genesis 3:15. But for our purposes, we'll jump in where the apostle Luke picks things up closer to the actual birth of Christ. In leading up to the main story of Jesus' birth, there is an interesting cast of characters who illustrate relationship principles we can all benefit from. Things that could get us through the holidays in good spirits. Lessons about relating to each other, relating to our own self, and most importantly, relating to God. So that's what we'll be doing today, and for the rest of the weeks leading up to Christmas. Stay tuned to give a listen. The cast of characters in the Christmas story From Luke's gospel, where we find the most detail of the Christmas story, we see references to 7 individual people, 2 separate angels, a large group of townspeople, a small group of shepherds, an army of angels, and of course, Jesus as a baby. Quite a cast of characters. No wonder the Christmas story was the subject of so many grade school plays in years gone by; the whole school could have a part. Zechariah For today though, Let's just focus on one character. I'm going to go with Zechariah. From the first chapter of Luke's gospel, we know that Zechariah is A Jewish priest Righteous in God's eyes, “careful to obey all the Lord's commandments and regulations” Old, married to an old wife, with no children He was the subject of episode 80 that I mentioned before, and I'll have a link to it at the bottom of the show notes. I have a few more thoughts about him today, specifically to see what we can learn from watching how he relates to other people, himself, and God. It's the Observe skill we've been talking about this year. Zechariah's relational moments In observing Zechariah's relational moments in the back story to the Christmas story, we first see him becoming fearful when he encounters an angel in the sanctuary of the temple in Jerusalem. The angel is Gabriel and he tells him his elderly wife is going to get pregnant and give birth to a son after all these years of no children. He tells Zechariah the wonderful plans God has for his son, who is to be called “John.” Gabriel shares the very significant role his son will have in carrying out God's plan. In spite of this wonderful news, Zechariah doubts the angel and God who sent him. He wants certainty about the words from God. “How can I be sure this will happen?”, he says (Luke 1:18). We're like this sometimes when we doubt God. It's another way of saying “I don't know if I can trust God.” That's what we're really doubting, our trust in God. Our need for certainty exposes our lack of trust. Later in the Christmas story, we see Mary in a similar situation as Zechariah when Gabriel tells her she is going to give birth to Jesus the Messiah. Mary asks, ” But how can this happen? I am a virgin.” (Luke 1:34) Unlike Zechariah, her response isn't doubt or lack of trust; it's wanting to understand the process, the next step. She's not looking for “how can I be sure” like Zechariah is. When we don't trust God there can be negative consequences, as there was for Zechariah. Gabriel tells him that because he doesn't believe him, he won't be able to talk until his son is born. Nine months of silence from Zechariah's lips. Fortunately for Zechariah, and for us, God's discipline isn't a death sentence. It doesn't last forever. God doesn't give up on Zechariah, and he doesn't give up on you and me either. Visit from a relative The next relational interaction we observe with Zechariah occurs when he receives Mary, the soon-to-be mother of Jesus, into his home with his wife Elizabeth for a three-month visit. This is after Gabriel tells Mary she is to give birth to Jesus and at the same time, he says that her relative Elizabeth is also pregnant. Some scholars think Elizabeth is Mary's aunt [pronounced “ant'], other scholars think she is Mary's aunt [pronounced “Auh-nt”]. And still other theologians speculate that Mary is Elizabeth's niece. We'll let the scholars and theologians battle that out. It keeps them employed and off the dole. I find it interesting that the text says Mary went to where Zechariah lived, not where Elizabeth lived. (Luke 1:39 and 56). What a kind gesture for Zechariah to have his routine interrupted with a visit from a relative who stays three months. He and Mary must have had a good relationship for this to occur. Zechariah may have had a sense that Mary's visit would be good for his elderly pregnant wife, Elizabeth. Have you ever had people outside of your family move in to live with you for any length of time? Janet and I have done this a number of times. It's an interruption to be sure. And some guests are more high maintenance than others. But in all the instances I can remember, we gained more than we gave up. You might want to try it sometime. What will the neighbors think? Another relational lesson we learn from Zechariah comes up when his son is born. Neighbors and relatives want the baby to be named after his father, but very forcefully Zechariah communicates in writing, “His name is John,” which at that point his speech finally returns, just as Gabriel said it would (Luke 1:63). It takes strength of character to go against the preferences of neighbors, friends, and relatives. And against tradition. But Zechariah did. He obeyed God, rather than man. And sometimes that's difficult. It was for Zechariah back then, and it's true for us now. Sometimes when we obey God, we may disappoint important people in our life. But doing what God wants us to do always trumps pleasing people. God is not a fan of people pleasers. This is a great lesson in relating to God and other people. It's an important part of the back story to the Christmas story. Zechariah's first words after nine months of silence We also learn some relational lessons from Zechariah when his speech returns after his son John is born. Zechariah could have complained about his punishment of silence. Instead, he took his discipline from God like a man. He realized he was wrong for doubting God, and accepted the consequences. When Zechariah's speech finally returns he puts his past doubts about God to rest. He moves forward praising God with a prophecy as his very first words: "Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people. He has sent us a mighty Savior from the royal line of his servant David, just as he promised through his holy prophets long ago. “Now we will be saved from our enemies and from all who hate us. He has been merciful to our ancestors by remembering his sacred covenant-- the covenant he swore with an oath to our ancestor Abraham. “We have been rescued from our enemies so we can serve God without fear, in holiness and righteousness for as long as we live.” (Luke 1:67-75) You and I have the same opportunity as Zechariah. We can either use God's discipline to push us away from Him or to draw us closer to Him. The choice is ours. A Father casts a vision for his son Besides this lesson, there's that moment when Zechariah looks down at his new-born son and says to him: "And you, my little son, will be called the prophet of the Most High, because you will prepare the way for the Lord. You will tell his people how to find salvation through forgiveness of their sins. “Because of God's tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.” Luke 1:76-79 I love how tender Zechariah is with his baby, when he turns his attention from praising God, to casting a vision for his little boy. There's no reason men can't be tender with their babies. Don't leave the nurturing to just mothers. Bless your children and give them a vision for what they can become, Just like Zechariah did. A place in history Besides Zechariah's relationship with people and with God, I so appreciate how he recognizes his place in history and his role in advancing God's story of redemption. Like millions before him, he has been waiting for the Messiah. But now, as crazy as it seemed to him, Zechariah has been given a supporting role in the birth and parenting of a boy who one day will become John the Baptist. And John himself will play a major supporting role in preparing the way for Jesus in bringing the good news of the Gospel to the world. These important relationships are the back story to the Christmas story. You know, we all have the opportunity to play a role in advancing God's kingdom. Jesus is the lead actor in God's great drama; that's his role. He's the star. But he wants us on stage with him as supporting actors. What a great privilege. I wonder what your role is? If you're not sure how to answer this, I bet if you were to ask Jesus he would show you the supporting part he wants you to play. And one final thing about Zechariah and his relationship with his son. His boy, who grows to be John the Baptist, becomes more of an influencer than he does. John impacts more people in telling them about Jesus than the role God called his father to play. And from what we know of Zechariah, I'm sure he's perfectly fine with that. May the same be true of all of us who have children. May we rejoice with them when their influence on God's kingdom exceeds ours. Here's the big takeaway I hope you remember from today's episode Relationships are the back story to the Christmas story The cast of characters interacting with each other gives us role models we can follow. They teach us how to relate with each other, with ourselves, and with God. Let's pay attention to them. I'd love to hear any thoughts you have about today's episode. Just send them to me in an email to john [at] caringforothers [dot] org. Or you can share your thoughts in the “Leave a Comment” box at the bottom of the show notes. Closing I hope your thinking was stimulated by today's show, to reflect on the supporting role God is calling you to play in his grand design for the human race. And then to play it out the best you can, for as you know, You Were Made for This. Lastly, one thing you could do to help us out is to leave a review and rating wherever you listen to this podcast. It helps others to find us on the Internet. Well, that's all for today. I look forward to connecting with you again next week when we look at another relationship interaction in the back story to the Christmas story. Goodbye for now. A related episode you may want to listen to 080: A Christmas Gift of Silence You Were Made for This is sponsored by Caring for Others, a missionary care ministry. We depend upon the generosity of donors to pay our bills.  If you'd like to support what we do with a secure tax-deductible donation, please click here. We'd be so grateful if you did.

Presence is the most fundamental concept of Conscious Leadership. Practicing presence will give you more conscious awareness, ease, and flow in your life.  One way to remain in presence is by speaking unarguably.  In this mini-episode, learn how speaking unarguably will help you reground and remain in presence in your life and leadership. Today's 12 Days of Christmas giveaway is from the Conscious Leadership Group.  Visit allowedpodcast.com to enter to win the 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership and the Shift Deck.  

Aaron Walker is the Founder of View from the Top, where he offers professional life and business coaching services. He also moderates and facilitates twenty weekly mastermind groups, including Iron Sharpens Iron. Aaron coaches both existing entrepreneurs and those aspiring to become successful entrepreneurs to grow their success and significance. Aaron has been an entrepreneur for the past 42 years. He built eight successful businesses, including Broadway Pawn Shop, which he started when he was 18 years old and later sold to a Fortune 500 company for seven figures. He also created and ran American Diamond Exchange, a multimillion-dollar construction company, among many others. In this episode… What are you grateful for? We've all been asked that question at some point, and we often come up with a list of things we are thankful for, which is excellent. But what if we could do more than just say it? What if we could show someone else how grateful we are through random acts of kindness?  Anyone can take part in random acts of kindness — because you don't need to have a ton of money to start a cycle of gratitude and generosity. Sadly, not many people remember to do it, and when they do, they are not sure how best to go about it. But don't worry, this episode has you covered.  Listen to this episode of the Inspired Insider Podcast with Dr. Jeremy Weisz featuring Aaron Walker, the Founder of View from the Top. They discuss why Black Friday means Gratitude Day for Aaron and his grandkids, why it matters, and how you too can start doing random acts of kindness.

Here's a mini-episode for you.  So often as artists and creatives, we are future oriented. As such it can be hard to be fully present in the moment and celebrate what's happening today. I share a tool that someone told me about that can help you cultivate a spirit of gratitude, the Five Minute Journal. Join the Daily Creative Habit Facebook Group www.DailyCreativeHabit.com   Get the Five Minute Journal -  https://www.amazon.com/dp/0991846206/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_Q1K92E73VA7TKA817F6N    

Ya know me? I hate glib Christian expressions. But still, it is good and wise to give God our pain, to learn from our pain, to practice a holy fear of God in the midst of our pain. So I share some heartfelt pastoral concerns about suffering. I also describe eating daily oatmeal with my grandson and share a story about Squirrel Tom, one of my golf friends. Come laugh and think with me about things the Church is terrified to address.

In today's episode about impacting the world by stewarding your time, as I speak with you about finding time to pour into others. If you really want to use your time well and wisely you'll be careful to do it with gratitude.   Show Notes and Resources.

In this episode of Press Record, we're bringing you three stories on gratitude, mindfulness, and finding space to relax amid the stressors of college life during a pandemic. First, you'll hear from the chaplains, who framed the college experience as a journey to find meaning. Then you'll hear from Bernie Rhie, an English professor who teaches a legendary class on Zen Buddhism, and a student who practices mindfulness. Finally, we created a portrait of Lee's Snack Bar, a space where students eat, study and hang out.

Today we are talking about gratitude. Gratitude is something we hear a lot about these days, and how we need to be more grateful in our lives. But what does that actually look like? And how does it impact our business, creativity, and our overall well-being?   When you practice gratitude in your daily life, you begin to see everything through a different lens. You slow down, appreciate the small things, lift your overall mood, which puts you in a more positive mindset to be a better parent, spouse, friend, to be a better creative and business owner, and just generally a happier person.   But what about gratitude in business? How do we weave gratitude practice into our work?   Gratitude towards our customers, clients, collaborators, and peers goes a LONG way in business. From “surprising and delighting” your customers to show your appreciation, to sending your collaborators a little gift in the mail, you can forge lasting beneficial relationships that will take you far in business.   When you lead with gratitude and grateful heart, you welcome in positivity, deepen connections with others, and open yourself up to a wealth of new opportunities.  

A talk by Thanissaro Bhikkhu entitled "Gratitude"

Can a Gratitude Process Improve Employee Retention?   Every single company wants to work with the best employees, because talented people are the reason what helps make a company successful. But what if despite offering the best working opportunities, your employee retention rates are very poor?   In the latest episode of The Enlightened Executive podcast, Chris Schembra shares the transformational power of gratitude and how to foster a sense of community in a virtual and in-person workplace.

This talk explores the transformative power of gratitude and appreciation.   You'll learn about the nature of the selfish self, how gratitude can expand your capacity to work with challenges and point you toward the nature of reality itself.

A Day in the Life of Entrepreneurship Gratitude and entrepreneurship are related when it comes to mindset. When we talk about gratitude, it goes beyond a positive mindset, it is much deeper. A day in the life of an entrepreneur can go in many different directions. Some are positive, some negative, and some debilitatingly overwhelming. I'm talking, head on the desk while tears float to the floor kind of overwhelming. There is content creation, process mapping, strategy implementation, client calls, coaching sessions, emails, even calendar mishaps, you know the ones where somehow something wasn't logged on the digital calendar and two people are now scheduled at the same time but you only have the ability to be in one place at a time. And so many other things can happen like the sales call that you think you nailed but you don't get the client. You were banking on that money too. But it slipped right through the Zoom screen. In all of that chaos, how can you be grateful? The Positive Effects of Gratitude Research has found that gratitude has positive effects on the neurologic system. An article in the Positive Psychology Journal explains the definitions and benefits of gratitude. In addition, Dr. Robert Emmons has studied gratitude in-depth and found that it has positive physical and mental health effects. Some of the positive physical effects of gratitude include positive interactions in the frontal lobe of the brain, the part that makes decisions. It has also been found to have positive effects on metabolism and hormone regulation. The positive effects on mental health even include times of crisis. Click here to read the full blog post and access links. 

This is a very special episode! In this episode I'll be sharing with you some of the things that I've been thinking about as I've had this week of celebration. It is easy to keep flowing through life without taking time to pause and take stock of the fullness of our life experience. I invite you to take a minute to breathe, pause and come into the awareness of right here right now.  A lot has shifted for me this year and I imagine that it has for you as well. Things have really been shifting quickly as we're going through this awakening in our collective.  It is so important to pay extra attention to what these changes are bringing.   What you will learn in this episode: The Pause in between and all that means Changes in my past year A sneak peek at the episode: [08:42] “Big shifts and changes in my life that I didn't actually anticipate were going to be there when I was starting out in 2021, but that have proven to be beautiful.” [02:45] “Today, I'm going to be sharing with you some of the demarcation for me and the things that I've been thinking about as I've had this week of celebration, and I've kind of turned the dial on the next year of my life” [17:39] “So I invite you to live in the pause with me. Maybe it's going to be “Blursday”, but let's allow some time in between the blur, in the pause in between to really experience...” Happy Listening! PS - Join us in our private listener community! Go to Devi.circle.so and we'd love to have you join us.  You can listen to episodes there and ask questions for us to feature on the show.. See you there!  To get weekly updates and the latest episodes, follow me on Instagram @deviadea.

A daily quote to inspire the mind, gratitude to warm the soul, and guided breathing to energize the body. Quote: "Good habits are worth being fanatical about." -John Irving. 

This week we're answering questions! Picking out woven-in ends, the ethics of double-dipping in knitalongs (go for it!), does it count as handmade if you use a knitting machine?, and how to achieve a good fit as a new sweater knitter. Swanky Emu Knits (https://www.swankyemuknits.com) What's on our needles this week: Ursa Canis (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ursa-canis) designed by Jacqueline Cieslak Vanilla is the New Black (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vanilla-is-the-new-black-sport--dk) designed by Anneh Fletcher The Make Good Socks knitalong is going until the end of December! Tag #makegoodsocks on instagram to enter. We're still going until December 31! Send us your letters! dearscratch@scratchsupplyco.com

When attempting to be thankful, does this sneak in? Does the sarcasm creep into what you "think" is gratitude?  Do you ever feel thankful with a side of "FINALLY!"?? No? Oh yeah, has your kid or hubby ever forgotten to take out the trash? Yep...that's what I thought

This year has been a really intense, rough one… but there has been a lot that I have been grateful for as well, and I'm reflecting on it! DISCLAIMER Colorful words may be used. don't be alarmed. NEWSLETTER https://view.flodesk.com/pages/61525a85337f1c2aacf52f6d Etsy Shop is open! https://www.etsy.com/shop/CGBPrints FIND ME ON ALL THE THINGS Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/cindyguentertbaldo YouTube - https://youtube.com/c/CindyGuentertBaldo Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/llamaletters/ Discord - https://discord.gg/Rwpp7Ww Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/llamaletters/ Website - www.cindyguentertbaldo.com STUFF I MENTIONED Inquiries - cindy@cindyguentertbaldo.com   TRANSCRIPTION Hi there everybody. Welcome back to the uncurated life podcast. I have been kind of cranky lately fuels into my bad art friend podcasts. You probably got a good like heaping helping of that, but in general, I've been a little cranky. And I think that a big part of that is. Just being stressed from all sorts of things going on in my life.   And a big part of that is my usual ambivalence towards the holidays, even though it has been so great having family here and our new puppy and everything else, but like, I tend to be very ambivalent at best towards the holidays because of all of my fucking unresolved and unrelenting grief about both my parents passing away when I was in my twenties.   Not feeling great about the holidays when my kids were small, because my marriage was not in a good place, et cetera, et cetera. I'm also really grateful for so many things right now. And I thought it would be appropriate as it is the end of November to talk a little bit about them. Not because I think that, you know, you need to go through a day feeling super grateful.   I was hate watching some Rachel. Stuff like recent stuff. And she said that it is impossible to be anxious or depressed if you're feeling grateful. And I'm like says fucking who, Dr. Hollis. So there is that. I'm not going to tell you that a gratitude practice is going to make you feel like a million bucks and that you can manifest your fucking best Elon Musk lifestyle or whatever.   I'm not saying that. But it is nice sometimes to reflect on those things, especially if you're feeling them, but they're being kind of drowned out by like the grumpiness or the whateverness to just bring them to the surface and hold them in your hand, like a pretty rock or something you found when you're walking on the beach and just like, look at it and let it be for a second.   And then you can set it down. But you'll have that memory and that feeling in you. So even if it doesn't magically cure you like some Dr. Hollis's might say at the very least, it'll brighten your day a little bit. And that's what I want to do right now. But before I get into that, because marketing is a thing I wanted to let you know, if you hadn't figured it out already that my series two of my fuckery flowers, which are my flagship art print that I sell on at sea, they are beautiful botanicals flowers.   I've got some herbs in this newest series of 12. Um, they're beautiful mixed media paintings that I create prints out of that have naughty words hidden in them. And the latest series a is not going anywhere. However, the shop is not going to be open for. Uh, much longer. It'll be open for another couple of weeks.   I believe I'm going to close it maybe the second week of December, because of the way that shipping is going right now, the slow downs and everything else. I just want to make sure you're not going to order anything and want it there by a certain timeframe. And then have that get all fucked because of shipping.   So my best way to control that is to just shut the shop down till the end of the year. But my goal is to reopen it. But if you would like to get your hands on those prints along with anything else that's in there. Before then I would just suggest you check it out and you can find all of that information in the show notes.   Now that I've said all of that, I would like to reflect I've done this before. This is not the first time I've done an episode like this. I would just like to reflect on some things that I'm grateful for. And maybe by listening to me talk about those things, it will help you reflect on some things you might be grateful for.   Maybe save this episode for a day when you're feeling extra fucking grumpy, but you want to listen to something that will help you maybe think through some of those things to just help ease a little bit of that, even if it doesn't change it. Now, of course, if you're really grumpy, sometimes I am and I listened to an episode like this.   I'd be like, fuck you, Cindy. I trust that you know yourself and that you would know the best time for something like this. So let's get into it. What am I grateful for? One thing I'm grateful for, which is probably one of the most complicated things that I'm grateful for is having my kids with me basically.   Full-time this is. Amazing for me. I have not had my kids with me full time. For the most part, since RJ was three and Kat was five when Russell and I split up and I've had them with me full time since August, because they moved to Denver with us. Now, the reason this is complicated is that I am divorced and I share custody of them.   And up until we moved to Denver because of Jesse's job, the kids had a 50, 50 custody split with their dad. And by. Doing this by making this move, we gave the kids the choice of where they wanted to be. Full-time because it was important that they have agency. They're both teenagers. Kat actually turns 18 at the end of December.   Holy shit. And RJ is 15, be 16 in March. And so they really do have agency in this and they wanted to come with us. And so they spend most of their summer with their dad and, um, their breaks, like fall break, winter break, spring break with their dad. So it's complicated because I am so happy to have them with me full time for a number of reasons, a because they're with me full time, it's easier to see certain things that were going under the radar when they were doing the 50 50 custody, because the vibe at each house was so different, which is now it's natural, right.   Two different households, but the kids would adapt to that. And because of that, There were certain ongoing problems, especially with one of my kids, both physically and mentally that were harder to gauge because you didn't have the context of them. Full-time and you had to depend on them reporting to you.   And as I'm sure many of, you know, especially those of you who struggle with mental health things, I struggle with mental health things that I can tell you flat out that self reporting is not accurate. But the, sometimes it's the best you have to go with. But when you have somebody with you full time, not only do you have their self-reporting, but you have your own observation, which is much more consistent.   And then on top of that, then you also don't have the transitions happening so often. So things kind of stay a little bit more mellow on the home front. So it really allows you to see what's happening. And that has been extremely helpful in so many ways. So there's that. And I mean, there's also just like the joy of having them here full time, but I recognize that while I'm grateful for that, it comes at a cost.   It comes at the cost of my ex-husband knocking to spend anywhere near as much time with them, which I can't even imagine if I was in the same situation. And on top of that, my kids don't get to see their dad as often. And that's an entirely different thing and they moved, they moved from Napa to Denver, like.   Another big cost as part of that, like Jesse and I had to make the move because of his job, but they didn't have to do that. And they did. And I'm grateful that they did, but I recognize that the gratefulness comes with a price. And so that is very much something that I have been reflecting on this year.   It's it's, bittersweets not even the right word. Complicated is basically kind of where I'm feeling with. Another thing that is a complicated feeling is low-key my cat, who we had to put down at the end of September, was at the end of September. It was in the fall, like, which we're still in, but like we had to put low-key down.   He had terminal. Failure. We think it was cancer, but it came on quickly enough. And it was so devastating to a system that even if it was cancer, there was nothing we could do. Like his kidneys were destroyed. So we couldn't fix that. Even if we stopped whatever it was, he still wouldn't have any kidney function.   I'm so grateful for the time that we had with him, because not only was he the sweetest leukemia, but on top of that, if it wasn't for me having him and. Realizing that my anti pet stance was outdated. We wouldn't have Lou who is our other cat who's two and is an absolute little wackadoo, but I fucking adore him.   And we wouldn't have gotten our new puppy, Layla, who is an absolute sweetie. So I'm grateful for our time with him, but again, it's complicated, both because I'm sad and I miss him, but also having and watching your cat fail that quickly with kidney problems and seeing his decline and seeing what it went through as somebody who also had.   Kidney failure. Like I am in chronic kidney disease. I cannot my kidney disease. There is no healing from it. I will not get better from it. A transplant will help as a treatment, but it will bring its own set of situations. And my diseases, genetic, I will never be better. I will never be better. And so seeing my cat go through kids like Jessie, Was struggling sometimes with how I was reacting to him dying, like being in that place before we put him down.   And I realized it was like, this I'm really close to this. Like I'm not a cat, but I'm in kidney failure myself. And so seeing his decline and seeing a once vibrant kitty, like really, really go downhill fast as somebody with kidney failure that really sucked. On, like, not just the, I love my kitty, but oh my God.   I also am sick kind of a situation. So like I said, I'm so grateful for the time we had together, but like the first point I made very complicated and I will say. On a very uncomplicated note. I am so grateful for our new house. I love our new house. I love how much space there is and that we can have family here.   And it gives me more time to enjoy them before I start losing my shit, because I have house guests. I love that there's room for my cat and my puppy to have space from each other, for my kids to have space from us. And yet still the arrangement of the house makes it so that we have places like the kitchen and the family room where like we can.   Come together as a family and not feel so lonely. I love having my nice big office. I love having our beautiful backyard. I love our neighborhood. It's another thing I'm grateful for our fucking neighbors. Our rad, I had that later on my list, but it just basically came in. We have rat ass neighbors. We love our neighborhood.   We love our location, very close to like a target and a Costco and an awesome Asian supermarket and just all sorts of things. I'm very, very grateful for it. And some of the things that have happened, like low-key passing away and some of the things we're going through with the kids right now, a little bit of that is mitigated by being in such a peaceful and beautiful and comforting new setting.   I had to take a pause for a second and put the lotion on my skin or else I get the hose again, because my knuckles are so dry. One thing that comes from the relocation is the desert atmosphere of Denver and goddammit. If my knuckles are not just raw. And so I'm also grateful, unplanned, grateful for trader Joe's moisturizing, hand cream, not sponsored.   I'm very grateful for the new transplant center being close to our house. So I dunno, I think I've said this in a few places, but for context, when Jesse and I shopped for a house in the burbs of Denver, we had some specific. Things we were looking for, like there was a school district we wanted to be a part of and distance from Jesse's potential new office and just various things like that, as well as like the aspects of the actual house we were looking for, there were like needs and wants that we had there.   But another thing that we put into our search that our realtor put into our search for us was that we wanted it to be within half an hour driving to. Of the new transplant center. And the reason for this is because when you get a kidney transplant, you have to make a bunch of appointments to the transplant center in the pre-transplant timeframe, like the workups and everything like that.   But then once you get the transplant for. You're in the hospital for several days. My sister was in the ICU for like five days. And the reason she was in the ICU is because they have to keep an eye on you to make sure that you're getting the right levels of immunosuppressant so that you don't reject the new organ.   And because you have something foreign in your body, your body's starting to produce an immune response, which they need to take care of, blah, blah, blah. So it's nice. And I know this from experience because we stayed in a condo five minutes from the hospital. When my sister got her transplant, it is very nice to be close enough to the hospital, to be able to go back to the house and take a shower and like have some lunch or whatever, and then go back and see someone.   So there's that. But then on top of that, a, when you have a transplant, you need to stay within. An hour of the center for the month after the transplant, both because you're going back there multiple times per week for blood work and everything else. And also because you, in case you have an emergency or anything going on with the transplant, they want you to come to the transplant center to deal with it.   They're not to some random hospital, so you need to be close enough to be able to get emergency care at the transplant center. My sister lives three hours from her transplant center. So like I said, she got a condo that thankfully one of her congregation members, the church that she's in the you use has a condo within five minutes of the hospital and they loaned it to Amy for the month.   But we weren't going to know people who were going to be able to do that for us in Denver. So, and in San Francisco, when we lived in Napa at that transplant center, On a day with no traffic, I could possibly make it there within an hour, but probably not. And so we were going to be doing the same thing.   I'm like looking for somewhere to stay and you know, it's just not the business. And especially when you're recovering from surgery, you don't want to stay in like a hotel room for a month. I mean, you might have to, but that's not like. So we very much wanted to be close to the transplant center because we knew that that was going to be something that we needed.   Well, the reason I'm so grateful for it is because as I have started going for my initial appointments and everything else, as well as other doctor's appointments, because I'm getting the rest of my medical care through the same university health system, I've had to go there so many times, both for me and for my kids.   And it is not. To live like 13 minutes from the transplant center. And I can only imagine how much nicer it will be once we actually get into the whole transplant situation. So yeah, I'm fucking grateful. We made that choice because it is already paying off on top of that. And like adjacent to that, I am so grateful for all of the medical professionals that we have been seeing for my kid.   One of my kids is dealing with some as yet undefined. Medical problems. They have, they have physical problems, they have mental health issues. And then they're also dealing with some issues surrounding food. They're all playing off of each other. And we are trying to basically unravel a rat's nest of cords, and we have no idea where to start.   So we're just sort of picking at them when we were in Napa, our pediatrician, who had been our pediatrician for like 12, 13 years since we moved there. Was wonderful, but because it was the pandemic and B Napa is a little isolated from the rest of the bay. It was hard to get in, to see specialists when we got here, because we're in a Metro area and we're close to like the university health care system.   We got referred fairly quickly to children's hospital. And since getting into that particular system, we have seen multiple different specialists. And even though we're still trying to unravel that rat's nest, we are making slow and sure progress and the medical professionals that we have been seeing, the doctors, the residents, the nurses, the, even the people like the administrative people, everybody that we've been seeing through both children's hospital and our pediatrician's office have been nothing but accommodating and helpful.   They have been just amazing in all sorts of ways and communicative and gone to bat for us, with insurance and all sorts of different things. And so it has been. Relieving as well as something I'm super grateful for because as a parent, you want to be able to fix the problem, but when you can't figure out what the problem is, it can be so frustrating.   And I'm just, I'm so grateful that the team of people we have been working with has been accessible and helpful and communicative and, and kind and funny and just so much. It's exhausting and stressful to see so many doctors, both myself and my kid are so over it, but it would have been so much worse if we had not been seen by such an amazing group of people.   And so if anybody from children's hospital in Colorado is listening fucking rock. With your cock out. And on that same note, the school has been so helpful. My kids are at a great public high school here, and they both have gotten nothing but great support from the counseling team, from the nurses. We've had appointments with teachers to talk through some stuff, and it's just been, it's been really great.   It's been really great to come as a new family, to a high school with neither kids during, as a freshmen one as a sophomore, one is a senior to be able to come in here and be able to get as much support as we've gotten, especially considering some of the obstacles that have been in one of my kid's way.   It's just been really great. It sounds like I'm doing like an Oscar speech, but I'm not it's if you guys can understand that as a parent, like for me, It is really, really stressful when your kids have things that they're dealing with that you can't fix. And so having a supportive network in a new place where we don't really know very many people has been just it's it's I am so grateful.   I can only imagine how frazzled I would be if we had been running into like obstinacy or shittiness with some of these people and we have. So knock on wood that continues now. Any grateful list, any gratitude list I have would not be complete without my family on it. But I'm so grateful for my family, both in being able to see some of them in this last month, but also just in general, being able to talk to, or to, I am not the best communicator when it comes to my family.   Like, I, I am hard to reach by phone and I'm terrible at returning phone calls. And I am just, I can be an island of myself and my family calls me on my bullshit, but also. It's just so amazing at being there when I need them and to interact with my sisters, especially as adults with our like complicated adult lives and to be able to feel so comforted when I'm with them either physically or on the phone is just so soothing to me.   And so hilarious to imagine what my parents would think of all of us, but like, I just, I wish I could just snuggle all my family all the time, but that's just not the thing. Well, there's the family, that's here in the house, my kids and Jesse and Lou and Layla. And I am so grateful for all of them as well, but, but sometimes like, it's like my sisters, my grandpa, my uncle, my cousin, like all my peeps, just so grateful as Jesse's family to Jesse's family is awesome.   Yeah. Family. Totally a good thing. And then finally, the biggest thing I'm grateful for right now, I'm gonna have the biggest, but one of the most present things I'm grateful for is all of you, my community. And that sounds hokey, but it's not. And I could tell you why, because. I have had some times in the last couple of months where I've had like major migraines or been feeling like shit and the amount of support I get from you all in the DMS and whatever, it, I'm not great at always responding, especially when I have migraine, but I see them and it, it helps.   It's like Excedrin for migraine, except I'm allowed to have it. Cause I'm not allowed to have Excedrin for migraine. Cause my kidneys. And then when I reopened my shop in October, I wasn't expecting much to happen because I hadn't released like my calendars or the new series yet. And there was so much support and so many people interested and I just, you guys, it means a lot.   It really does. It really, really does. And I just, I need you to know that I need you to know how grateful I am for you. If you're listening to this. And you're in my community and I'm grateful for you. And if you feel unseen in your life, or if you feel taken for granted, or if you feel just blahzay or whatever, or even if you don't know that, I appreciate you.   And I mean, it I'm getting like teary-eyed because I'm fucking weepy ass fool, but like, I really appreciate you. I'm glad you're here and I cannot wait to see what else we can do together. And now I feel a little bit better. I'm not quite so cranky. And I started this with like some complicated gratitude stuff, and I was like, Cindy, you might be going about this, the wrong way for what you were hoping for.   But you know, I do feel a little bit better. I'm still cranky. I'm still terminally ill. I guess I did not cure my depression, Dr. Rachel Hollis. But what I did do was put a little bit of Alovera on it and that's what I needed right now. And I hope that that at least a little bit help. Don't forget, check out series two, fuckery flowers, and please check out my Patrion.   Even if you're not interested in becoming a patron. If you see one of my patrons in the wild, thank them because they sponsored this, they make this possible, and I appreciate the shit out of them. So very much everything I said about appreciating my community. They get double. Anyway, I hope you find something that you can reflect on today that maybe puts a little Alovera on.   Feelings you have at the moment. And until next time friends, peace out.

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In this week's episode I discuss gratitude as a heart centered lifestyle and walk you through how to intend and feel the healing emotions of gratitude and compassion in the heart. We explore dogs as man's best friend and commit to love ourselves as they love us, unconditionally. To get exclusive episodes and join the monthly video livestream visit us online at https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass

At the root of all ingratitude is the love of one's own greatness. But genuine gratitude glorifies God because it admits that we need him.