First 'good', then 'bad'. Then back to 'good', and then returning to 'bad'. In this episode, Matthew uses 'celebration' and 'loss' as entry-points into a discussion on 'duality', and how the 'yin and yang' of our lives are indirectly dependent on each other!

'Indians', 'Wahoo', and a lifetime of baseball memories! In this episode, Matthew says 'goodbye' to his beloved baseball team, reflects on the difficulty of new beginnings, and why 'baseball' is still the greatest game ever invented.

Did that person thank you?  In this episode, Matthew ponders the reasons we do what we do and the impact on our 'gratitude expectations'.

'Solitude' vs 'Being Alone'.  How much of a difference is there? And in the midst of bone-crushing loneliness, can any gratitude be found? That's next, in the episode of the 'The Gratitude Journal' podcast! 

Your house is burning down...what do you take? What's most important? Is this episode, Matthew gives thought to the things of 'value' and the things of value that we may even part with, so that other can derive value from them. Is it even possible?

Anyone ever help you 'change direction'? Anyone force you off the road you were on? Was it for the better? Or worse? In this episode, Matthew chats about the people who helped him 'veer off course', and the effect that that fork in the road had on his life.

Either/or? Could be or could not be?  Can 'past' be 'present' again? In this episode, Matthew reflects on being appreciated by former employers, consuming exceptional pizza, and carving up the roads on a Triumph...but maybe not in that order.  If things like these can no longer be experienced, is being grateful that we had the chance to have them in our life enough?

When crap turns to...not-so-crappy?  In this episode, Matthew ponders the 'bad'...and how, potentially, we can dig deeper to find the 'good'.  Just maybe.

Prior to hitting the road for his sister's wedding, Matthew urges subscribers and non-listeners alike: get vaccine, people!

Can a nun lay the groundwork for standing up for yourself? In this episode, Matthew gives 'gratitude props' to Sister Mary Dorothy, the young, intelligent nun who encouraged questioning the teacher and the teachings.