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