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Imperfect Mommying: Better Parenting through Self Healing with Alysia Lyons
In this episode, Dr. Katy and I discuss the loneliness of motherhood, social media discussions in mom groups and the dangers of taking medical advice from Facebook groups Dr. Katy Gibson is a Pediatrician turned stay-at-home mom and entrepreneur. After practicing as a board-certified pediatrician for 11 years in three different states, she made the choice to stay home for her most important job her family. She has been married for 18 years and has four children ages 5-21 and an adult step-son. She was awarded the Bronze Star for her 15-month service in Operation Iraqi Freedom, where she cared for soldiers, marines and local Iraqi civilians. Through her variety of experiences, Dr. Katy knows what it is like to be a busy mom. Dr. Katy helps moms with the overwhelming questions of motherhood, to gain confidence and clarity in their choices. Unlike most mom coaches even perhaps other physicians, she listens and relates to the struggles of motherhood without judgment or shaming. Instead, she meets moms where they are with support, encouragement and education. Dr. Katy Gibson is the creator of the FREE Mom Facebook Community Unfolding Motherhood, as well as the Unfolding Motherhood Club a membership program for continued support and advice specifically tailored for where moms may be struggling in their current motherhood journey. Links: https://www.facebook.com/groups/unfoldingmotherhood Book recommendation: Thank Grow Rich by Pam Grout --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alysia-lyons/support
YOU GUYS!! We are so excited to bring to you this interview with the one and only PAM GROUT!! Pam is the New York Times Best-Selling author of such books as Thank & Grow Rich, E-Squared, E-Cubed. She writes books and articles for such places as CNN Travel, Men’s Journal, The Huffington Post, and People magazine. She’s just released The Course in Miracles Experiment — which we can’t stop talking about!
What are my top 5 favorite gratitude books? Thank you for asking! I love these 5 books because they all inspire me to take ACTION. Each ones shows you different ways to practice gratitude. It's not simply having an attitude of gratitude, it's about choosing to practice gratitude and make it a daily habit. In the order I shared them on the podcast: Thank & Grow Rich, A 30-Day Experiment in Shameless Gratitude and Unabashed Joy by Pam Grout. The Magic by Rhonda Byrne (author of The Secret). one thousand gifts by Ann Voskamp. The Thank You Economy by Gary Vaynerchuk. 30 Days of Gratitude, The Gratitude Program That Will Change Your Life by Julie Boyer. To purchase an author signed copy of 30 Days of Gratitude: http://bit.ly/GratitudeBookbyJulie Join me over the blog for more great content: www.wakeupwithgratitude.com Connect with Julie Boyer of Wake Up With Gratitude! https://www.facebook.com/juliecmboyer/ https://www.instagram.com/juliecmboyer/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliecmboyer/ https://twitter.com/juliecmboyer
Today me and Joe created our first Podcast! We share wealth creating questions as well as ideas of what we would like to do, and what people would love to pay for. Here are the questions I would recommend you ask yourself and write down 10 ideas for 30 days straight. At the end of 30 days you will have 300 ways you could implement to provide a service to others, in way you'd love. The best way to come up with a really good idea is to come up with a lot of ideas -Linus Pauling Nobel Prize Winning Scientist What unique product, knowledge, or service would I like to provide that will be of massive value to the world? How can I add value to the lives of others and most easily make money? What will people pay for that I can easily and happily provide them with? How can I help others prosper in everything and be successful in everything they do? What can I do to help prosper everything and everybody now? What compulsory market demand exists today that I can abundantly and happily supply? What problems do people have that they are complaining about and will gladly pay me for a solution? What are the ways I can most easily and enjoyably reach financial freedom? How can I transmute everything for my benefit? How can I tap into my divine heritage - the millions of dollars flowing through my body now, the gold dust in the air for me, by divine right, with my spiritual gifts, in the most pleasing, pleasurable and harmonious way now? How can I solve a problem they'll pay me for? What would I love to create that people would love to give me money for? How can I maximize my my strengths utilize my spiritual gifts and multiply my talents to meet market demands & fulfill people's needs, attracting a lavish fortune to myself while prospering others in a mutually beneficial way? What labor of love could I act out today that people would love to receive, which would cause the Father to open up the floodgates of heaven and pour out to me a rich, lavish, abundant financial blessing? Here is the Life of Value exercise on page 127 of I Can Make You Rich by Paul McKenna Imagine that it's five years from today and your life is filled with the most wonderful things imaginable. Your life is truly rich in every way! Write a paragraph or two about what has happened in each of the following areas: Health Career / Finance Relationships Spirituality Lifestyle Step 2: Go back through each paragraph you have written and circle, underline, or highlight each key goal or milestone that emerged. Step 3: Now, each for each of the major goals or milestones you have identified, ask yourself: "What do I want this for? What will having this give me?" Your answers should be just a few words long - things like "a feeling of joy", "a sense of achievement", "freedom", or "making a contribution." Repeat this exercise often over the next few weeks Glad to hear your comments! Please let me know your ideas, and also creative wealth-creating questions!
Pam Grout, author of Thank & Grow Rich, believes gratitude is an essential shortcut to manifestation, one that rewires our system and allows us to see new possibilities. Throughout his invigorating hour, Pam offers sage advice on maintaining a grateful perspective. To listen to full episodes, and gain access to a full one-hour lesson from one of the world's leading personal growth experts, free bonus learning tools and resources, and more, go here: www.hayhouseworldsummit.com
Back in September, before I took my month-long sabbatical, I thought I had a fairly good idea of what a regular gratitude practice looked like. In fact, I had spent the better part of 4 years keeping a gratitude journal based on the book Make Miracles In Forty Days* by Melody Beattie. I made daily lists, worked hard to find the good in situations that truly challenged me, and even ran several group programs called Project: Miracles to help others do the same. Suffice it to say, I saw how helpful gratitude had been in my life and was a believer in the process. I'm sure I could have lived happily enough with that knowledge for the rest of my days on this earth. But something happened during my sabbatical that completely cracked me open and took me to a deeper and more profound understanding of gratitude and how it works. Perhaps it was the extreme lows of that first week off or the way in which Pam Grout captured my attention in Thank & Grow Rich*. Whatever the case may be, it was as if gratitude went from a simple thought exercise to a full-body experience that I felt in every inch of my body. My gratitude practice shifted from a mind-centered experience to a full-body experience. Like most people, when I first started practicing gratitude it was in list form in a journal. I would sit and think about my day and then write down everything I was grateful for. It was powerful in the sense that it gave me a new way to process my experiences and helped to shift my worldview into a more positive one. But it was a passive experience; a thought exercise that took place in my head. As much as I love writing, journaling, and thinking through things, that approach only gets me so far. So while I saw good results with the gratitude journaling, it never really felt life-changing (or life-affirming) the way some people talk about the practice of gratitude. That second week, though, after reading several books on the topic of gratitude I began to see the process in a whole new way. I had a thought pop into my head at some point that week about truly living the expression, thanks a million. What would it take to create a list of 1,000,000 things that I was grateful for? Could I even do it? And if I could, how many years would it take and how many thank you's did that equate to each day? The answer: it would take a little over 27 years if I wrote down 100 things a day. Totally doable. (I mean, I did complete two different 100 day projects. How much harder could something like this really be?!) So I grabbed a notebook and began my quest to practice what Pam Grout calls shameless gratitude. I had expected it to be a challenge, one that I was willingly stepping into. What I hadn't expected was how dramatic the impact would be on my life. The enjoyment I found in the day-to-day experiences of my life became almost too much. I was brought to tears several times at the sheer joy of reading a book outside and finding feathers on my walks. The synchronicities that unfolded were more beautiful than I could have imagined. I sent gifts to people for the exact thing they had been wanting to do, at a place where they already went. I sent seemingly small gifts and handwritten notes to friends and strangers alike, only to receive feedback that they were exactly what that person needed at that very moment. I laughed more than I had in months. My meditation deepened. I felt more connected to the people around me. I found pure joy in being outside. I took better care of myself. I was more present to the world (and people) around me. I was happier. And for the first time in a very long time, I was at peace with my life and my journey. So what changed in that week of practicing shameless gratitude and how can you take what I learned and implement it in your own life? What changed that week: I read up on gratitude. I read 4-5 books on the topic of gratitude, familiarizing myself with what it is and how it can transform our lives. The first book I read was Thank & Grow Rich by Pam Grout, and then moved on to Gratitude Works! by Robert A. Emmons, The Wishing Year by Noelle Oxenhandler, and 365 Thank Yous by John Kralik. I also read The Gratitude Diaries* by Janice Kaplan. Each book was different enough to keep it interesting while touching on different facets of gratitude and what a gratitude practice looked like in the real world. I took what I read and put it into practice. Once I was armed with knowledge and ideas about gratitude, it was time to think about how I wanted to implement it in my own life. I tried on a few different approaches, including extreme gratitude journaling, gratitude meditations, and intention setting. I practiced extreme gratitude. It wasn't enough for me to list 3-5 things I was grateful for. I had been doing gratitude journaling long enough that I could come up with those things in a minute or two. No, I needed to stretch myself out of my comfort zone and really dig deep. So I challenged myself to write down 100 things a day that I was grateful for. The first day I did it, it took me 3 hours. The second day, around 2 hours. By the third and fourth day, I had begun to take that approach to the entirety of my day. I'd even try to come up with 25 reasons I was grateful for my husband and/or my daughter at night before drifting off to sleep. I immersed myself in gratitude morning, noon, and night. And it was nothing short of magical. I got as specific as possible. It wasn't enough to just say that I was grateful for my family. I got really specific about all of the reasons WHY I was grateful for my family. I would even pick a family member and try to list at least 25 reasons why I was grateful for that person — from the things they did to how they made me feel, everything was fair game when it came to creating my lists. A funny thing happened when I got specific — it got easier to list things I was grateful for. The more I remembered and expressed gratitude for, the more I was able to find to be grateful for in the first place. I shared what I discovered through journaling with others. A few times throughout my extreme gratitude journaling, I would write about a specific person or incident in my life and how grateful I felt as a result. Instead of just letting that feeling sit in the pages of my gratitude journal, I put that expression of gratitude into a card and sent it to that person. Not only did it feel amazing to think about the kindnesses others had bestowed up me, it made the other person feel loved and respected. It gave me new eyes to view the world. Because I was constantly on the lookout for things to add to my gratitude list each day, I began to seek out the good in all situations. I would also put myself in situations where I was more likely to notice the beauty around me — I went for more walks, I was more playful with my daughter, I was more willing to say yes to new experiences. It also helped me look at potentially negative experiences in a different light. Instead of being a passive victim, I was able to see that lessons abounded everywhere and that each situation had a powerful nugget to teach me if I was willing to find it. I began to notice how gratitude felt in my body. When I was in the flow of gratitude, I could feel my body responding in some really powerful ways. My chest constantly felt like it was expanding. I was brought to tears several times because I was feeling such a deep joy and happiness. The anxiety and general angst I had been feeling the week prior simply melted away, leaving me feeling at peace with the world. I felt deeply connected to nature and to other people — strangers and friends alike. When I would get angry or feel out of sorts, it was much easier to get back into my body and feel grounded. Everything became easier. My relationships — particularly with my husband and daughter — were easier and more playful. It was easier to prioritize myself and my needs; self-care was no longer something I dreamed about. I simply did things to take care of myself. I also noticed that I felt more creative and inspired than I had in years. The sheer quantity of ideas that came about that week was mind-blowing. How to get the most out of your gratitude practice: Stretch yourself. If the idea of writing down 5 things you're grateful for each day stresses you out, start there. If you've been a regular gratitude journaler, try 100. The point here is to make coming up with items to add to your list a struggle. Try a gratitude meditation. Set a timer for 10 minutes. Get into a comfortable position (seated or laying down) and close your eyes. Think about every single thing you're grateful for — from people to events to the way the wind caresses your skin. Notice how that feels in your body. Does it make your chest expand? Does it make you feel lighter in your body? Do you notice pain shifting, tingling, or any other physical symptoms? Do you feel calmer, more at peace, happier? Prefer a guided meditation to get you started? Here's one from Deepak Chopra. Bookend your days in gratitude. Start and end your day with 5 things that you're grateful for. This can be a written exercise (I recommend keeping a notebook by your bed), a walking meditation (with every step or brush of your teeth, think of something you're grateful for), or even a family activity that you do at breakfast and dinner each day. Share your gratitude with someone else. Send a note to a friend or loved one telling them how grateful you are for their love and support. It doesn't have to be a long letter, but it does need to be heartfelt and specific. Be as specific as possible. Instead of keeping your gratitude at the surface level of being grateful for family, for your home, and for food on your table, try to get as specific as possible. A great template for diving into the specifics: I am grateful for ______ because ________. I'd love to hear from you! Do you have a regular gratitude practice? If so, what are you already doing to infuse more gratitude in your day-to-day life? Take a listen! Prefer to listen to this post? Check out this week's quick tip over on Some Kind of Magic.
Pam Grout is the author of 19 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her new book, Art & Soul,Reloaded: A Year-Long Apprenticeship to Summon the Muses and Ignite Your Daring, Audacious, Creative Side. Listen to understand Pam's perspective, her thoughts, and particularly her insights into being creative and keeping life FUN! Art & Soul Reloaded is FULL of great ideas to tap into your creativity, connect with your muses/spirituality, release attachment to the outcome and just have a ball! www.pamgrout.com, @pamgrout (twitter)
On today's episode of the Progress over Perfection Podcast, I'm chatting about a recent book that has changed the way I do life. It's a fabulous book called "Thank & Grow Rich" by Pam Grout. In today's episode, I'm sharing why this book has not only changed the way I view my day, but it has dramatically changed the amount of miracles I've attracted into my life. Today I'm going to share how you TOO can grow happier starting NOW. With 5 simple steps, you'll be attracting some pretty impressive miracles. Don't believe me? I double dog dare you to give this a shot :) Then YOU tell me that it didn't work. Links: The Book: Thank & Grow Rich: A 30-Day Experiment in Shameless Gratitude and Unabashed Joy
What does the power of gratitude have to do with financial wealth? Everybody thinks that abundance is all about financial capital. On this episode, Pam Grout, author of Thank & Grow Rich, talks about different forms of abundance and how we can have them all by being in the frequency of joy and gratitude. When we’re in the frequencies of happiness and love, all things come smoothly.