The Power of "Y" Podcast with Yvette Simpson

The Power of Gratitude


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This episode is all about being grateful for what you have. As we approach the time and season that is often more about buying things, let’s focus on the importance of gratitude, and appreciating what we have already. This is the time to take a moment to be grateful for the people and things you have in your life; the experiences you get to have, and the life you get to live. 


Question Why: Why is gratitude something we have to practice? How does being grateful impact your perspective and relationship to your life and the world around you?


Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. The food, fellowship with family and friends, and time to slow down and appreciate all the things and people in my life. Because of this, I try my best to really take the time to enjoy it and resist the temptation to skip Thanksgiving and rush to Christmas, focusing more on appreciation than acquisition. 


Three Points on Why This Matters:

1. Gratitude helps you see what is going well in your life, rather than what isn’t working or what is negative.

2. Gratitude when expressed externally, is a two-way street. The more you give, the more you get. 

3. Gratitude reminds you what is important.


Gratitude has to be personal to you. And it should be more than material. What would it look like to share publicly, in your own words, your appreciation for the non-material things: love, life, health, family, friends, your gifts, your compassion, your generosity? We often don’t appreciate these things until we lose them. 

 

Three Tips on How to Do the Thing:

  1. Change  your “gots” to “gets.”
  2. Create a gratitude practice — journaling, meditation, and get in the posture of appreciation.
  3. Express your gratitude externally, reminding people what they mean to you. 

  4. Homework: As you gather around the table with people you love next week, be sure to tell the people you love how much you value them, and how much they mean to you.


    Encouraging Word: Look at your life and be grateful for what you have, even as you look to make it better. 



    Additional resources: 


    Link to my website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠yvettesimpson.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


    Link to the book: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠authoryvettesimpson.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


    Link to my IG page @⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theyvettesimpson.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and  DM us your comments and show ideas @powerofypodcast


    Show credits:

    Producer: Nathan Ivey IG/FB @nathaniveycreative


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