This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple a Day. Sixty seconds on wisdom, success, and personal growth. We’re focusing on 30 days of growth with gratitude and Thanksgiving.

What am I taking for granted, that if I stop to think about it, I am grateful for?
I love to go out on a morning walk. I learned to be very mindful of the smells around me; of the sites; of the sound of my feet as it walks across the sidewalk; of the dogs barking; the school bus stopping to pick up the children; the roses just blooming on the rosebush; the fresh cut grass on the golf course. It would be very
easy to take these things for granted. I’ll admit, I used to. But I have learned, that daily gratitude for even the smallest things, it adds up to a lot of things to be
grateful for.

What do you take for granted? Why don’t you think about it, and make a list. It could be something as simple as taking for granted that you have running vehicle, a roof over your head, food in your refrigerator, clothes to wear, good health. We take these things for granted on a daily basis. Today, stopped to think about it, be grateful for the things you usually take for granted.

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple a Day. Sixty seconds on wisdom, success, and personal growth. We’re focusing on 30 days of growth with gratitude and Thanksgiving.

What insights have I gained that I am grateful for? Life experience, when we decide to learn from it, can provide us with great insight for future events. I have learned, that past experiences have prepared me to be a therapist and a coach. I have gained great insight into the business world, how people behave, and why
they do what they do. You don’t have to be experienced to gain insight, however.
You can gain insight in a variety of ways. Read it inspiring books, pay attention to those around you, learn from others, listen and observe. All of these are great ways to gain insight.

What kind of insights have you come across lately that you can be grateful for? I try to learn something new about myself and others every day. I’m a work in progress. I grow from experience. And for that I am truly thankful.

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple a Day. Sixty seconds on wisdom, success, and personal growth. We’re focusing on 30 days of growth with gratitude and Thanksgiving.

Whenever I do a workshop or coaching course on the benefits of gratitude, I teach about how the brain reacts, and the chemistry changes. The dopamine and serotonin levels change in our brain chemistry when we think positive thoughts.
Just like our bodies respond to healthy nutrients, so does our brain to healthy thoughts. When you are depressed, feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and uptight; stopping to smell the roses has multiple benefits. First of all, you activate your olfactory senses, which activates positive centers in your brain, and besides, the roses look pretty. While you’re smelling those roses, you’re doing something
positive for yourself. That includes, slowing down, being aware that there is more than what is going on inside, you are appreciating nature, growth, life. And your brain chemistry begins to fire up in a positive way. The act of gratitude, being thankful for the simplest things – like a rose will have a positive impact on your day, your week, your month, your life. Take a chance. Today, make the effort to stop and smell the roses.

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple a Day. Sixty seconds on wisdom, success, and personal growth. We’re focusing on 30 days of growth with gratitude and Thanksgiving.

I am very grateful for clients! Lately, I’ve had women in pretty high powered positions reach out to me for advice, counsel or just coaching support or mental health support in their struggles in their career path or just something that is going on at work. It’s really important to know that it happens to all of us. I may not always have every answer, and occasionally I still experience stress and get
help from my friends too. Don’t be afraid to reach out, ask some questions, and be thankful for your friends. Often times, we get caught up in feeling as though we have to put on this persona, or put on this mask that we’re not experiencing stress. But when personal problems or financial issues, issues with our children,
and demands from our boss or from our staff get to us and start piling up on us like pancakes – sooner or later, you’re going to break. Talk to somebody. Reach out. Even if it’s me. Send me an email. I’d love to hear from you. Because I’m always thankful for you.

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple a Day. Sixty seconds on wisdom, success, and personal growth. We’re focusing on 30 days of growth with gratitude and Thanksgiving.

True gratitude cannot be faked. When you choose to be mindfully grateful, even for the smallest things, it modifies your attitudes and behaviors. Imagine your response to a grateful customer, client, employer, friend, or loved one. When they show they are grateful for you, doesn’t it completely change your attitude, for the entire day? It give you a sense of well-being. Practice being grateful, as it is a positive emotion and filled with goodwill. And remember this, “The more anger you carry in your heart towards the past, the less capable you are of loving in the present.”

Gratitude begets gratitude. It will build exponentially on your day. Try something simple today, be grateful for the worker at the drive-through coffee place, be grateful for that penny you find on the ground, show gratitude for a coworker.
See what happens. Gratitude grows, gratitude builds others up, gratitude just feels good.

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple a Day. Sixty seconds on wisdom, success, and personal growth. We’re focusing on 30 days of growth with gratitude and Thanksgiving.

As a consultant, coach, mentor, mental health professional – I’m often in the “let’s look at what you want to do and what your dreams are” mode of counseling. I really love that aspect of my job – being an expert at something and being able to really help people gain insight and focus on their true, authentic self. I’ve done it myself. But, no matter how well you are navigating a new path, a
new approach to life, a new idea, career, relationship, and so on… eventually we find ourselves stuck in the mud of a problem or obstacle that we hadn’t counted on. I encountered many professionals who became a mentor of some kind or another to me. Over the course of the years, I’ve had so many individuals who
have given me sound counsel and advice that I cannot even name them all anymore. And, in the same manner, I too, have been that mentor to someone else, even when I didn’t realize that that person considered me to be a mentor.

Be thankful for mentors in your life. Be grateful for lessons that you’ve learned, and give back by being a mentor to someone else.

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple a Day. Sixty seconds on wisdom, success, and personal growth. We’re focusing on 30 days of growth with gratitude and Thanksgiving.

What are the benefits of gratitude? I went to my number one resources, Psychology Today. This is what I found, “Gratitude is an emotion expressing appreciation for what one has—as opposed to a consumer-oriented emphasis on what one wants or needs. Gratitude is getting a great deal of attention as a facet of positive psychology: Studies show that we can deliberately cultivate gratitude, and can increase our well-being and happiness by doing so. In addition, grateful thinking—and especially expression of it to others—is associated with increased levels of energy, optimism, and empathy.”

“You must learn a new way to think before you can master a new way to be.”
~Marianne Williamson

Wise words. Even wiser thoughts. Practicing gratitude will increase your well- being, happiness and personal and professional growth. Today I want you to say this, “Starting today, I will forget what is gone, and appreciate what still remains, and look forward to what is coming next.”

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This is Kelly Orchard’s Apple a Day. Sixty seconds on wisdom, success, and personal growth. As we wind down our 30 days of growth with gratitude and Thanksgiving; how has your 30 days of gratitude gone for you? I know that for me, preparing these Apple and Day Audioblogs for you has helped me immensely.
Some of these things have been repeated for me over and over again, but some of the quotes that included have planted seeds as reminders, to refill my cup, to stay motivated, and to go about my day with gratitude and Thanksgiving. Now I want to share my gratitude for you. Those who listen to my 60 second audio blogs
on wisdom, success, and personal growth – you’re the one I do this for. So here’s me, saying thank you. Thanks for listening, thanks for participating, and thanks for being you. We are all on a journey, and our purpose is to grow, and I appreciate that you are growing alongside me. Are you ready for the next 30 days of growth?
I know I am!

I’d love for you to send me an email and let me know how this series has helped you. I’d also be thankful if you told me what you need for the next series.

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Today, I want you to just say yes! When we say yes, we live more, we love more, we are much more creative!  Make sure you start to keep a list, write them down, practice it. You will find that by saying yes to one wonderful new idea, or a new attitude or an opportunity will change your life!

What can you say yes to today?

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Today, I want you to just say yes! When we say yes, we live more, we love more, we are much more creative!  Make sure you start to keep a list, write them down, practice it. You will find that by saying yes to one wonderful new idea, or a new attitude or an opportunity will change your life!

What can you say yes to today?

Available in books too, with journal pages for you to write your thoughts. Click here to consider purchasing your copy or copies today!
https://kellyorchard.com/apple-a-day-books/