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How do we appreciate the important maternal figures in our lives? 

We are joined by Raj Escondo (she/her or they/them) a healing justice practitioner who hosts mother-daughter retreats and supports the integration of body and land for people and organizations. 

As we celebrate Mother’s Day in its many forms, we also recognize relationships are not easy. The challenge can allow us to grow like what writer Anais Nin says: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”

Find out more about Raj at:

• Instagram @rajpractice 
• rajpractice.com

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We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. 

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Join us live on substack to participate in our monthly community practice:  https://gratitudeblooming.substack.com

Create an intentional practice or give meaningful gifts with the Gratitude Blooming card deck, notecards, candles and much much more at our shop at www.gratitudeblooming.com.  

Learn more about our co-hosts and special guest for Season 4:

Co-host Belinda Liu | Hestia Retreat Centers

Co-host Omar Brownson | Trickster's Guide to Immortality on Substack

Special Guest Dr. Paul Wang | The Dao Center

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating and review.  Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us grow.  

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What would it look like to honor Earth Day everyday? It starts with pausing to see and relate to nature in new ways.

Join us for our first ever live podcast session with artist, Arlene Kim Suda, as she looks back on the stories of the plants of Gratitude Blooming and shares her insights on how to be a friend to the earth!
 
Get your own Gratitude Blooming card deck with special 15% off code (not case sensitive): EarthDay15 at www.gratitudeblooming.com

Please join our community garden: https://discord.gg/MeRrhxKax4

We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. 

You can always email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you! 

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Join us live on substack to participate in our monthly community practice:  https://gratitudeblooming.substack.com

Create an intentional practice or give meaningful gifts with the Gratitude Blooming card deck, notecards, candles and much much more at our shop at www.gratitudeblooming.com.  

Learn more about our co-hosts and special guest for Season 4:

Co-host Belinda Liu | Hestia Retreat Centers

Co-host Omar Brownson | Trickster's Guide to Immortality on Substack

Special Guest Dr. Paul Wang | The Dao Center

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating and review.  Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us grow.  

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This week’s theme of Grace is represented by the blooming summer rose. The rose is one of the most popular flowers in the world, known for its beauty, fragrance and sacredness.  Grace in Latin means “thankful”.  It’s a reminder to pause and notice the sweet moments of your life.   What does grace feel like to you? 

Please join our community garden: https://discord.gg/MeRrhxKax4

We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. 

You can always email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you! 

Get your own Gratitude Blooming card deck with special 15% off code (not case sensitive): EarthDay15 at www.gratitudeblooming.com

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Join us live on substack to participate in our monthly community practice:  https://gratitudeblooming.substack.com

Create an intentional practice or give meaningful gifts with the Gratitude Blooming card deck, notecards, candles and much much more at our shop at www.gratitudeblooming.com.  

Learn more about our co-hosts and special guest for Season 4:

Co-host Belinda Liu | Hestia Retreat Centers

Co-host Omar Brownson | Trickster's Guide to Immortality on Substack

Special Guest Dr. Paul Wang | The Dao Center

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating and review.  Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us grow.  

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This week’s theme of Sorrow is represented by the touch-me-not flower. The flower is also known as impatiens, which in Latin means to suffer. Why explore sorrow? It’s so easy to resist this emotion, but it’s a powerful reminder of the courage to love. 

We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. 

You can always email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you! 

Get your own Gratitude Blooming card deck with special 20% off code: gratitudeclass at www.gratitudeblooming.com

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Join us live on substack to participate in our monthly community practice:  https://gratitudeblooming.substack.com

Create an intentional practice or give meaningful gifts with the Gratitude Blooming card deck, notecards, candles and much much more at our shop at www.gratitudeblooming.com.  

Learn more about our co-hosts and special guest for Season 4:

Co-host Belinda Liu | Hestia Retreat Centers

Co-host Omar Brownson | Trickster's Guide to Immortality on Substack

Special Guest Dr. Paul Wang | The Dao Center

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating and review.  Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us grow.  

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What does wholeness feel like to you? This week’s theme of Wholeness is represented by the forsythia flower. The flowers are produced in the early spring before the leaves, bright yellow with a deeply four-lobed flower, the petals joined only at the base.

Please join our community garden: https://discord.gg/MeRrhxKax4

We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. 

You can always email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you! 

Get your own Gratitude Blooming card deck with special 20% off code: gratitudeclass at www.gratitudeblooming.com

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Join us live on substack to participate in our monthly community practice:  https://gratitudeblooming.substack.com

Create an intentional practice or give meaningful gifts with the Gratitude Blooming card deck, notecards, candles and much much more at our shop at www.gratitudeblooming.com.  

Learn more about our co-hosts and special guest for Season 4:

Co-host Belinda Liu | Hestia Retreat Centers

Co-host Omar Brownson | Trickster's Guide to Immortality on Substack

Special Guest Dr. Paul Wang | The Dao Center

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating and review.  Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us grow.  

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This week’s theme is Humility represented by Card 17 violets. The root word in Latin for humility is humus, which means soil or ground. Humility is about creating a healthy foundation. 

Violet flowers symbolize delicate love, affection, modesty, faith, nobility, intuition and dignity. One quirk of some Violets is the elusive scent of their flowers; along with terpenes, a major component of the scent is a ketone compound called ionone, which temporarily desensitizes the receptors of the nose. It’s almost like a way to cleanse the palate. 

Please join our community garden: https://discord.gg/MeRrhxKax4

We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. 

You can always email us at [email protected]. We want to hear from you! 

Get your own Gratitude Blooming card deck with special 20% off code: gratitudeclass at www.gratitudeblooming.com

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Join us live on substack to participate in our monthly community practice:  https://gratitudeblooming.substack.com

Create an intentional practice or give meaningful gifts with the Gratitude Blooming card deck, notecards, candles and much much more at our shop at www.gratitudeblooming.com.  

Learn more about our co-hosts and special guest for Season 4:

Co-host Belinda Liu | Hestia Retreat Centers

Co-host Omar Brownson | Trickster's Guide to Immortality on Substack

Special Guest Dr. Paul Wang | The Dao Center

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating and review.  Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us grow.  

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This week’s theme is Prayer represented by Card 19 rhododendron. Prayer can mean a lot of different things and can often elicit strong reactions.

However, it can be as simple as setting an intention or the act of giving thanks. 

We invite you to pause and imagine what you want for yourself and those around you. Make this your prayer.  

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Join us live on substack to participate in our monthly community practice:  https://gratitudeblooming.substack.com

Create an intentional practice or give meaningful gifts with the Gratitude Blooming card deck, notecards, candles and much much more at our shop at www.gratitudeblooming.com.  

Learn more about our co-hosts and special guest for Season 4:

Co-host Belinda Liu | Hestia Retreat Centers

Co-host Omar Brownson | Trickster's Guide to Immortality on Substack

Special Guest Dr. Paul Wang | The Dao Center

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating and review.  Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us grow.  

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This week’s theme is Choice represented by Card 3 rose. This week’s illustration of the rose shows many branches. Life can feel like there are many paths and that can create uncertainty. Which path to take? 

We invite you to pause. To appreciate this moment and to reflect on what you value. Listen to what your heart wants to choose. 

Renew your gratitude practice with us and our new gratitude bot in discord at https://discord.gg/nWe7SA48jq 

We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. 

You can always leave us a message on our Gratitude Hotline at 510-866-9648 or at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!

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Join us live on substack to participate in our monthly community practice:  https://gratitudeblooming.substack.com

Create an intentional practice or give meaningful gifts with the Gratitude Blooming card deck, notecards, candles and much much more at our shop at www.gratitudeblooming.com.  

Learn more about our co-hosts and special guest for Season 4:

Co-host Belinda Liu | Hestia Retreat Centers

Co-host Omar Brownson | Trickster's Guide to Immortality on Substack

Special Guest Dr. Paul Wang | The Dao Center

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating and review.  Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us grow.  

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This week’s theme is Tenacity represented by Card 6 dandelion. Negative thoughts come, but we can choose which thoughts we want to focus on. Pausing and focusing on what you can be grateful for in the moment helps to create a growth mindset and be more resilient.

The dandelion is all about transformation from yellow flower to white puff ball to seeds. How can your mind transform like the dandelion? Practicing gratitude helps the mind transform negative thoughts into positive ones.  

Want to renew your gratitude practice? Check out our new gratitude bot in discord at https://discord.gg/nWe7SA48jq 

We appreciate your support and help so we can bloom! Please take a moment to give us 5-stars and share a review. 

You can always leave us a message on our Gratitude Hotline at 510-866-9648 or at [email protected]. We want to hear from you!

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Join us live on substack to participate in our monthly community practice:  https://gratitudeblooming.substack.com

Create an intentional practice or give meaningful gifts with the Gratitude Blooming card deck, notecards, candles and much much more at our shop at www.gratitudeblooming.com.  

Learn more about our co-hosts and special guest for Season 4:

Co-host Belinda Liu | Hestia Retreat Centers

Co-host Omar Brownson | Trickster's Guide to Immortality on Substack

Special Guest Dr. Paul Wang | The Dao Center

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating and review.  Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us grow.  

Share your thoughts and comments by emailing us at [email protected]. We love hearing from our listeners!

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This week’s theme is Simplicity represented by Card 18 daisy. The word ‘simple’ is from Latin simplus  which originally referred to a medicine made from one constituent, especially from one plant. Amazing! Spark your joy by choosing simplicity. 

Have you liked or reviewed our podcast? We’d appreciate your support. Find us on all social media including discord (updated link) at https://discord.gg/nWe7SA48jq Leave us a message on our Gratitude Hotline at 510-866-9648 or at [email protected]. We want to hear from you! 

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Join us live on substack to participate in our monthly community practice:  https://gratitudeblooming.substack.com

Create an intentional practice or give meaningful gifts with the Gratitude Blooming card deck, notecards, candles and much much more at our shop at www.gratitudeblooming.com.  

Learn more about our co-hosts and special guest for Season 4:

Co-host Belinda Liu | Hestia Retreat Centers

Co-host Omar Brownson | Trickster's Guide to Immortality on Substack

Special Guest Dr. Paul Wang | The Dao Center

If you enjoyed this episode, please take a moment to leave us a 5-star rating and review.  Your feedback is valuable to us and helps us grow.  

Share your thoughts and comments by emailing us at [email protected]. We love hearing from our listeners!