Episode 10 - Tweak Your Gratitude

You DO have a gratitude practice? Right?! You’ve probably heard it 100000 times - be grateful, focus on your blessings, write down your gratitude in a journal each day. Maybe some of you are doing this… but maybe some aren’t.

First - I HIGHLY recommend starting one for a few reasons:

• It’s impossible to focus on negative shit when you’re being grateful
• Being grateful for things makes you LOOK for the bright side, therefore noticing it more often

I’d call both of those things a win. So, my tip for you this week if you are just starting one or have been doing one for a while - add the “why”. For so long I was writing my ten things each day… “I am grateful for my car”, “I am grateful for Ryan and Zeke” etc. and it was becoming very rote and without feeling. I began reading the book The Magic (more on that under how I’m up-leveling my mindset, below) and for 28 days they recommend writing down 10 things you’re grateful for and WHY you’re grateful for them.

Game changer.

This helped breathe life back in to my gratitude practice AND allowed me to track WHY I was grateful for things. I began to see patterns - things that offer me security, make me feel heard/seen, things that make me laugh… kept coming up again and again in different forms.. It’s ALL about the tracking (which is what I always coach / preach about) and doing your gratitude practice with WHAT you’re grateful for followed by WHY is powerful.

If you’re interested in doing a more deep and guided gratitude practice be sure to read the book below. If you own it or are ordering it - let me know, I’d love to be your gratitude buddy!

New Age Tool of the Week: Human Design, ya’ll. During my New Age Tools group I hosted Kristen Jett who is a business coach that uses a tool called Human Design. If you haven’t seen the video - be sure to join The Alchemy Community on FB and watch it. It’s like astrology meets high-level energy work in a SUPER fascinating way. She does 1 on 1 readings, too - you can find her at www.starlitstrategies.com

Up-Leveling My Mindset: As mentioned above, I am now doing a 28-day guided gratitude practice using The Magic book as my guide. It’s written by the same folks that did The Secret so you know it’s going to be all woo-woo and all the things I love!

As always, find me at www.craftyourlifecoaching.com - can’t wait to help you craft YOUR life, 200 feet at a time. Got ideas for future topics? Questions you want explored? Email me at jennifer@craftyourlifecoaching.com

*Remember - it's craft YOUR life. Not your mom's, not your judgy Aunt Susie's life... yours. Yank that hand back, put it on your heart, listen. Craft your life.