With Thanksgiving, the holiday of gratitude, just around the corner, I decided to investigate how it affects our happiness. Check out the intro now!

 

Transcript:

 

Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in about 2 minutes a day,  through my signature method of Intentional Margins® (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life. 

 

I'm your host Katie Jefcoat, and can you believe that Halloween is over! While dozens of glittering Christmas items now line the shelves at nearly every major store in the U.S., there is still one more colossal holiday that comes first, Thanksgiving.

 

Did you know that Turkey wasn’t on the menu on the first Thanksgiving? Venison, duck, goose, oysters, lobster, eel, and fish were likely served alongside pumpkins and cranberries (but not pumpkin pie or cranberry sauce!). Um, while that is great and all…I must have pumpkin pie with whipped cream!

 

Thanksgiving is a tumultuous time; relatives arrive en masse, the shopping list never seems to end, and there are only a few short days to get everything prepared and in order.

 

However, as the literal holiday of gratitude, one would think it would be all sunshine and roses. In all reality, Thanksgiving can hit us with a variety of emotions while we foster social connections and practice our gratitude techniques. Over the next few episodes, I will share with you my theories behind Thanksgiving happiness, how to combat the more prickly emotions that could arise, and a few of my favorite things to be thankful for this holiday.

 

Until then, remember kindness is contagious. Give someone something to be grateful for this Thanksgiving by doing something kind.

 

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