In this special season two finale, we’re diving into the importance of honoring the cycles and phases of life. Just like nature, with its seasons—spring, summer, fall, winter—we as human beings also go through our own cycles. Whether it’s the 28-day hormonal cycle, the ebb and flow of creativity, or the push and pull between masculine and feminine energies, everything in life has a rhythm. In this episode, I open up about my own journey of learning to honor the season I’m in, especially when it comes to slowing down and allowing myself time to rest.

I share insights on how we often resist change because we’re clinging to control, ignoring our bodies and spirits, which are telling us to shift gears. I also talk about the balance between masculine and feminine energies—the doing versus the being—and how I’m learning to embrace the feminine energy of receiving and resting.

I’ll be real with you: I’ve been denying myself a season of rest, even though my body has been asking for it. But now, I’m taking a step back to allow myself to slow down, to just be, and to trust that the creative sparks will still be there when the time is right.

Thank you so much for joining me on this incredible season two journey. Although we’re wrapping up, the episodes from seasons one and two will still be available for you to listen to. And even though the podcast is taking a short break, our community is still very much alive and growing! Be sure to join the email list at www.gratitudegrowth.com for updates on free virtual and in-person meetups, a newsletter, and more.

And if you’re looking for a practical way to add more positivity, peace, and kindness to your own life, my eBook “21 Days of Gratitude: Simple Exercises for a More Positive Life” is available on Amazon (link in bio). It’s designed to easily help integrate gratitude practices into your daily life. You can read it on any device and have it with you when you’re on the go!

You can get the eBook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBR3W2RV

Until next time, stay grateful and keep growing! 💚

Sara Mitich 

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In this special episode of the Gratitude & Growth Podcast, recorded live from Creation Entertainment’s “Trek to Vegas” in Las Vegas, I sit down and interview the legendary actor and one of my cast mates on Star Trek: Discovery, Doug Jones.

Known for his iconic roles in Star Trek: Discovery, Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, Hellboy, Hocus Pocus, and more, Doug shares deeply personal insights about the origins of his kindness and empathy. We discuss how his upbringing influenced his compassionate nature, the impact of losing his father, and navigating his renowned Hollywood career. Doug also shares stories from the set, including the physical and emotional challenges of his roles, and addresses themes such as emotional resilience, the five love languages, imposter syndrome, and the importance of self-care and prayer.

A big thank you to Creation and their Trek Tours for giving me this opportunity, and a big thank you to everyone who attended the live recording! Your energy, enthusiasm, and reception filled our hearts. To find out more about the Trek Tours, head to Creation’s website! https://www.creationent.com/

I’d so appreciate it if you would take a moment and leave a rating, a review and subscribe to the podcast. It helps this inspiring content reach even more people! 

And if you’re looking for a practical way to add more positivity, peace, and kindness to your own life, my eBook “21 Days of Gratitude: Simple Exercises for a More Positive Life” is now available on Amazon. It’s designed to easily help integrate gratitude practices into your daily life. You can read it on any device and have it with you when you’re on the go!

You can get the eBook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBR3W2RV

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As always, stay grateful and keep growing💚

Sara Mitich 

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This week on the Gratitude & Growth Podcast I dive into the transformative effects of the month-long gratitude challenge I led on social media back in May. I share the key takeaways from participants, including immediate mindset shifts, the empowerment of realizing perspective as a choice, and the peace found through specific gratitude exercises. 

I also reflect on my own insights and personal growth experienced during the challenge the struggles I faced, the mental rewiring I needed to do, and some big wins I experienced across many avenues of my life.

If you completed the challenge and want to continue the journey, or if you missed the challenge, you can get my eBook “21 Days of Gratitude: Simple Exercises for a More Positive Life.” It’s designed to easily help integrate gratitude practices into your daily life. I’ve condensed the 31 Day Challenge into 21 Days to make it a bit less demanding, while being just as affective. 

You can get the eBook HERE!

You can read it on any device and have it with you when you’re on the go!

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Stay grateful and keep growing💚

Sara Mitich 

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This week on the Gratitude & Growth Podcast we dive into the Power of Silence, and I share my insights from spending 11 days at the Bali Silent Retreat.

I detail my honest and personal journey of where I was before I went to the retreat, how the time in silence affected me, the lessons learned, and my conversations with Patricia, one of the co-founders of the Bali Silent Retreat. The episode dives into themes such as the importance of listening, the impact of removing distractions, the beauty of nature, and the concept of silence as a tool for self-discovery. 

I encouraged everyone to integrate silence into your daily lives for reflection, rest, and personal growth.

I cannot recommend this retreat enough, please find all the information on their website at https://www.balisilentretreat.com.

And if you’re looking for a practical way to add more positivity, peace, and kindness to your own life, my eBook “21 Days of Gratitude: Simple Exercises for a More Positive Life” is now available on Amazon. It’s designed to easily help integrate gratitude practices into your daily life. You can read it on any device and have it with you when you’re on the go!

You can get the eBook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBR3W2RV

Join the G&G Community on the socials and at www.gratitudegrowth.com! Sign up to our mailing list and get 3 FREE TIPS on how to shift your mood with Gratitude today!

I’d so appreciate it if you would take a moment and leave a rating, a review and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Let’s share this inspiring content with the world! 

Stay grateful and keep growing💚

Sara Mitich 

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This week on the Gratitude & Growth Podcast we explore the essential roles of self-care and rest, two practices that are vital for maintaining balance and avoiding burnout. There’s a difference between self-care, which involves activities that nurture and rejuvenate, and rest, which is about shutting down stimulation to find mental clarity and peace.

We live in a world that moves very fast, if we don’t take time to prioritize ourselves and our rest, we can get stuck on a mental hamster wheel -- and that hamster wheel isn’t always one of stress, worry, and anxiety. It can also be one of creativity, inspiration, and fulfilling work. 

I’ve been on an incredible hamster wheel of inspiration and creativity lately, but I realized I needed to pause from that too. A lot of creators fear pausing momentum, but there is a balance to be found between creative action and periods of rest. When you allow yourself to rest and to take a step back, you move away from the tunnel vision and find even more inspiration. If you’re on a hamster wheel of stress, resting will bring you solutions to whatever problems you have at hand. 

Take a moment for yourself today—whether it’s a bubble bath, a walk, or simply a few minutes of quiet reflection. Embrace self-care and rest as essential practices for living a balanced and present life.

And if you’re looking for a practical way to add more positivity, peace, and kindness to your own life, my eBook “21 Days of Gratitude: Simple Exercises for a More Positive Life” is now available on Amazon. It’s designed to easily help integrate gratitude practices into your daily life. You can read it on any device and have it with you when you’re on the go!

You can get the eBook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBR3W2RV

Join the G&G Community on the socials and at www.gratitudegrowth.com! Sign up to our mailing list and get 3 FREE TIPS on how to shift your mood with Gratitude today!

I’d so appreciate it if you would take a moment and leave a rating, a review and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Let’s share this inspiring content with the world! 

Much love, 

Sara Mitich 💚

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This week on the Gratitude & Growth Podcast I sit with Ian Tyson (@Iantyson) and talk about finding gratitude in grief. We have a very open and vulnerable conversation about the loss we have experienced in our lives (Ian losing his mom when he was very young and me losing my dad in my early 20s) and how gratitude has shown us a way of accepting and navigating it. 

Ian is a motivational speaker for 30+ years, the author of “Hooray for Everything! The Optimist Manifesto” and, my favorite title, a Silver Lining Prospector. 

This is the first time I’ve ever spoken publicly about the last three months of my dad’s life, and I’m very grateful to Ian for holding that container for me. I didn’t realize how vulnerable I would feel and I can hear it for myself as I listen back – there are parts of this episode where I talk SO fast -- and I’ve learned that’s a defense mechanism of mine. I actually tried editing the speed of the podcast in those parts, but I decided to leave it be and allow my own vulnerability to come through.

For those of you who are going through any kind of grief right now – I hope you find hope and empowerment here.

Connect with Ian on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iantyson/

Connect with Ian on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IanTysonSpeaker

Connect with Ian on his website: www.iantyson.ca 

I’d so appreciate it if you would take a moment and leave a rating, a review and subscribe to the podcast. It helps this inspiring content reach even more people!

And if you’re looking for a practical way to add more positivity, peace, and kindness to your own life, my eBook “21 Days of Gratitude: Simple Exercises for a More Positive Life” is now available on Amazon. It’s designed to easily help integrate gratitude practices into your daily life. You can read it on any device and have it with you when you’re on the go!

You can get the eBook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBR3W2RV

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Much love, 

S 💚

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This week on the Gratitude & Growth Podcast I dive into our Level of Tolerance: what it is, how to set it, and how to maintain it while still offering others Unconditional Love. 

This was something I struggled with for a long time – I always lowered my level of tolerance when I was put in situations with people that did not match it. My people-pleaser tendencies would come out and I would end up letting myself down (and lowering my level of Tolerance) because I thought that is what it meant to unconditionally love people. 

This is not the case. You can Unconditionally Love people and maintain your Level of Tolerance at the same time. Discovering this balance gave me a great freedom to be myself and live life according to my own levels and no one else’s (hint: Boundaries play a great role here). 

Life will always meet you at your Level of Tolerance, and sometimes it will test you to see if you will in fact maintain and fight for that level, or if you’ll consistently keep lowering it.

And if you’re looking for a practical way to add more positivity, peace, and kindness to your own life, my eBook “21 Days of Gratitude: Simple Exercises for a More Positive Life” is now available on Amazon. It’s designed to easily help integrate gratitude practices into your daily life. You can read it on any device and have it with you when you’re on the go!

You can get the eBook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBR3W2RV

Join the G&G Community on the socials and at www.gratitudegrowth.com! Sign up to our mailing list and get 3 FREE TIPS on how to shift your mood with Gratitude today!

I’d so appreciate it if you would take a moment and leave a rating, a review and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Let’s share this inspiring content with the world! 

Much love, 

Sara Mitich 💚

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This week on the Gratitude & Growth Podcast I sit with Michelle Argyris and we dive into everything Breathwork. Michelle is the founder of Windtuition Wellness. She is a Trauma Informed Breathwork Facilitator, Reiki Practitioner, Energetic Intuitive, and above all, a dear friend of mine that has been on a similar journey as I these last few years. 

Breathwork is a modality that has changed both our lives and healed us immensely. Michelle and I dive into our personal stories around breathwork, the foundations of different kinds of breaths, 

and what it has brought us (and continues to bring us): how breathwork brought us to a place of love and oneness, how it helps us push past emotions and evolve, and how it lets us witness the different parts of us and accesses our subconscious mind. 

If you’ve ever been curious about Breathwork, I cannot recommend it enough, and this episode will give you a great glimpse into what you need to know. 

You can all the info regarding Michelle and Windtuition here:

website: www.windtuitionwellness.com 

IG Handles: @windtuitionwellness  @Michelle Argyris

Michelle has a beautiful Women's retreat in Sedona, AZ coming up this fall and just announced Windtuition's new subscription-based platform to join in on meditations, breathwork and sound healing from the comfort of your home.  As well as a new online program called Illumin8 to help calm the nervous system to live your most expansive life! Lastly, her own podcast coming called Conscious Conversations & Donuts! Check out her website for all of their live events, full moon ceremonies, hikes and more! 

I’d so appreciate it if you would take a moment and leave a rating, a review and subscribe to the podcast. It helps this inspiring content reach even more people! 

And if you’re looking for a practical way to add more positivity, peace, and kindness to your own life, my eBook “21 Days of Gratitude: Simple Exercises for a More Positive Life” is now available on Amazon. It’s designed to easily help integrate gratitude practices into your daily life. You can read it on any device and have it with you when you’re on the go!

You can get the eBook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBR3W2RV

Join the G&G Community on the socials and at www.gratitudegrowth.com! Sign up to our mailing list and get 3 FREE TIPS on how to shift your mood with Gratitude today!

Much love, 

Sara Mitich 💚

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This week on the Gratitude & Growth Podcast I sit with Dr. Natasha Kovacevic and we dive into Neuroplasticity, Emotional Regulation, the Subconscious Mind, Mental Hygiene, the (scientifically proved) importance of nature on the brain and SO much more! This was a mind blowing (ha ha) interview for me. 

Dr. Natasha Kovacevic is a computational neuroscientist and serves as the founder of xSensa Labs and holds the position of Senior Director of Precision Psychiatry at Advanced Brain Monitoring. Her research is centered on leveraging contemporary brain imaging and computational methodologies to propel advancements in psychiatry. Through her work, Dr. Kovacevic aims to develop an objective, quantifiable approach to diagnosis and to empower individuals to take control of their mental well-being and unlock their full cognitive potential.

This episode was fascinating for me because I got to finally dive into the science behind positive thinking, gratitude, and our brain’s incredible ability to adapt and change. The science behind what happens to our brains when we think and focus on mainly negative thoughts and patterns vs. when we focus and think on positive mental patterns. We talk about how to keep your brain healthy, how to prevent certain illnesses, and sneaky things our brains are addicted to (like STIMULATION).  

You can find more information about xSensa Labs and the incredible work they are doing here: https://xsensalabs.com/

I’d so appreciate it if you would take a moment and leave a rating, a review and subscribe to the podcast. It helps this inspiring content reach even more people! 

And if you’re looking for a practical way to add more positivity, peace, and kindness to your own life, my eBook “21 Days of Gratitude: Simple Exercises for a More Positive Life” is now available on Amazon. It’s designed to easily help integrate gratitude practices into your daily life. You can read it on any device and have it with you when you’re on the go!

You can get the eBook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBR3W2RV

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Much love, 

Sara Mitich 💚

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This week on the Gratitude & Growth Podcast I dive into Presence, Awareness & The Seat of the Observer. All these words and concepts we hear across the Mind, Body, Soul spectrum, the personal development world, the spiritual community -- that sound different, but I think are actually talking about the same thing! I talk about what Presence is for me, exercises I use to build my presence (or rather, just turn my mind off and enter the present moment), and my overall, never-ending, journey with it. 

Are you always waiting for the future to bring you happiness or relief? Or are you always worrying about a scary or worse future? Are you always replaying moments from the past in your head (good or bad moments)? Do you ever live in the here and now? 

Presence is the key to peace, and at the end of the day, the present moment is all that actually exists. It is also the most powerful and empowering moment in your life. Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now” was the first book on spiritual enlightenment I ever read, and it has stayed with me for over a decade now. I return to it often. It is a book that woke me up to the fact that my mind is the root of my suffering, that my thoughts aren’t who I am, and that there is so much more to us than what our minds think we are.  

And if you’re looking for a practical way to add more positivity, peace, and kindness to your own life, my eBook “21 Days of Gratitude: Simple Exercises for a More Positive Life” is now available on Amazon. It’s designed to easily help integrate gratitude practices into your daily life. You can read it on any device and have it with you when you’re on the go!

You can get the eBook here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DBR3W2RV

Join the G&G Community on the socials and at www.gratitudegrowth.com! Sign up to our mailing list and get 3 FREE TIPS on how to shift your mood with Gratitude today!

I’d so appreciate it if you would take a moment and leave a rating, a review and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube. Let’s share this inspiring content with the world! 

Much love, 

Sara Mitich 💚

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