What’s so great about being grateful?

I wanted to cap off this year’s gratitude immersion month with a lot of interesting information to entice you to keep going with your personal gratitude practice, or to expand what you are already doing. I use the VIA Character Strengths assessment (via character.org) extensively in my coaching practice. One of the 24 strengths is … Continued

Self Gratitude

Gratitude month continues and we really take off this week with my annual gratitude challenge When it comes to gratitude, the biggest challenge I see for people is when I ask them to write gratitudes about themselves. So this week, you have full permission to have all the gratitude for yourself! Make a dedicated list … Continued

Sprightly and Radiant

What do sprightly and radiant have to do with gratitude? As it turns out in my world this week, a whole bunch! This week’s message about gratitude will focus on telling other’s when you are grateful for them, both in the moment and also as a practice. Seize the opportunities that happen in the moment … Continued

November Immersion in Gratitude

Naturally, November is the month I equate to gratitude. Is this true for you, too? The holidays and celebrating growing up is a part of it, but in my adult years it has really expanded due to my habit of stating my review of the current year and planning for the next in November. The … Continued

Just Be You!

Authenticity is something I have written about here in the past. I am feeling the spirit of summer (again/still!) and the idea of letting things go, shedding things and getting back to the necessities is speaking to me right now. What is necessary? Know that for yourself is important. What is necessary- for YOU? If … Continued

Gratitude for Good Memories

As human beings it can be easy to think about the things that have gone wrong in our past. I was reading something recently that talked about freedom from all of that. It also shared the importance of focusing on retaining our good memories and letting go of the ones that don’t make us feel … Continued

Grateful for Change

As Heraclitus famously said “the only constant is change.” We should be getting pretty good at dealing with change by now, right? Well, no. I mean, it is challenging when you are faced with different changes every day. So this is a life long pursuit- gracefully working with changes. With intentional awareness and practice, we … Continued

Thank you goes a long way…

I am focused this week on gratitude as I have been immersed in it for the past week! First a whole conference for business women with the theme of gratitude and then World Gratitude Day on September 21st! I write gratitudes every morning and most nights, unless I fall asleep and forget! One thing that … Continued

Challenges are Life

As I reflected on my January 2022, I asked myself- what was the word I would use to sum that month up? My word: Challenging I like challenges! Usually the self imposed ones, though! January seemed to be filled with challenges NOT of my choosing- LOL. You know what I mean. The used the Serenity … Continued

Gratitude Ahead of Time

This is the last exploration of gratitude here on the blog for 2021- although it is sure to pop up here and there. This is a short, but powerful message as we wrap up this year. I talk a lot about mindset and how important it is. We have even learned that a consistent gratitude … Continued