Wellbeing Wednesdays Episode #21
“The one about… Gratitude”
An episode devoted to the topic of GRATITUDE: an inbuilt feeling state that somewhere along the way, we have innocently turned into a doing! So we picked it apart: what is it, where does it really come from, and how hard do we have to work at it? As well as a full hour on Gratitude, we had segments on the joys of being in nature, and a look at spirituality vs. psychology. A 90 minute bumper edition!
Here's what we covered, over an hour and a half:
When getting lost in thought is ok (and when it's not)
Why being in nature has so many excellent properties
The pivotal role of presence/awareness of the now
Why the dictionary definition of gratitude is wrong
Gratitude practice and gratitude stones (remember those)?
Gratitude journalling … any good?
Quantifying how much control we have over our behaviour
Seeing the role that ego plays in gratitude
What life looks like when you've got your “Gratitude goggles” on
How the Inside-Out understanding is rocket fuel for gratitude
Natural feelings vs. Artificial/learned feelings
Why thinking about happiness is a bad idea
The surprising mechanism behind using our feelings as a guide to our wellbeing
Being grateful for bad things in bad times
Three words of advice from one of the most grounded teachers in the field
The balance of spirituality & psychology
