Our Topic Today: Start Your Gratitude Journey!

Our Guest Today: Georgian Benta

Georgian is the founder and host of “The Gratitude Podcast ”, a weekly show that inspires people to find new ways of making gratitude a habit by interviewing successful people and getting them to share fascinating stories about living a grateful life. Georgian also does gratitude coaching and his vision is to inspire 100,000 people to focus on gratitude.

As an entrepreneur, Georgian builds his business around his unwavering passion for gratitude. Since he created his new habit of gratefulness, his income has tripled, his business has been thriving, and so much more amazing experiences have come his way!

>> The Gratitude Podcast – Georgian’s Show

>> The Gratitude Seekers’ Community – Georgian’s Facebook Community

You’ll learn:

• The gratitude journey of Georgian Benta – the spiritual kick-off moment and HOW he starts off this amazing path
• What gratitude really means and the actionable step to follow
• Why Georgian has chosen to create the Gratitude Podcast
• What positive changes can gratitude bring you and how being thankful has saved Georgian at difficult times
• The Gratitude Dilemma –“Do I recall naturally what to be grateful for OR do I force myself to think hard until I notice something I could appreciate?” and how you can overcome it right away (with us in the show!)
• Gratitude tricks (that you might not have thought of!) you can implement in your daily life
• And so much MORE gratitude gems…!!

Words of Wisdom by Georgian Benta

I chose gratitude, and since then I have enjoyed my journey much more.

You will still have challenges even if you choose gratitude, but the difference is the fact that you can get back up much more easily when you practice gratitude constantly. 

Valuable Tips

• CHOOSE Gratitude – It’s a conscious choice!
• Take a breath, be in the moment, and appreciate this breath
• Start with simple things you are experiencing
• Integrate gratitude into your life as much as possible
• Say thank you and feel the deep appreciation

As a Gratitude Seeker, you can…

• TAKE A BREATH before eating
• Appreciate things that appear normal in your life
• Start gratitude practices in the MORNING & BEFORE you sleep
• Go outside of yourself to seek gratitude

Take-away messages

• Don’t be too harsh on yourself when practicing gratitude
• Gratitude works when it becomes your habit!

Resources Mentioned 

• Hardwiring Happiness– a book by Rick Hanson, lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace. Dr. Hanson’s four steps build strengths into your brain— balancing its ancient negativity bias—making contentment and a powerful sense of resilience the new normal. In mere minutes each day, we can transform our brains into refuges and power centers of calm and happiness.
• Gratitude Works! –  From Robert Emmons, the bestselling author of \”Thanks,\” – A purposeful guide for cultivating gratitude as a way of life. This book explores evidence-based practices in a compelling and accessible way and provides a step-by-step guide to cultivating gratitude in their lives. Living Gratitude also shows how religious, philosophical, and spiritual traditions validate the greatest insights of science about gratitude. Filled with practical tips for fostering gratitude as a way of life. Includes scientific research as well as religious and philosophical insights to show how gratitude can work in our lives
• Man\’s Search For Meaning – By Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. His memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. Frankl\’s theory-known as logo therapy, from the Greek word logos (\”meaning\”)-holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure, as Freud maintained, but the discovery and pursuit of what we personally find meaningful.
• Watch the short film about gratitude and the wonder of life here

Do you have a gratitude practice you do regularly? Share it with me in the comments! I would love hearing from you!

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