Hope to Recharge

What is happiness? Is it something that we earn? Something that is dependent on outside circumstances? Is it something that we can experience even in the midst of mental health struggles? This week I had the incredible honor of connecting with someone that I have looked up to for a long time,  the co-founder of Happiness Studies Academy , author, and Harvard lecturer Dr. Tal Ben Shahar. Dr. Tal sh...

Today we are going to talk about being grateful in the midst of disappointment. In the past, when I was expecting something, or excited about an upcoming event, I would be extremely disappointed if it didn’t work out. It would actually affect my mood to a point where I would get into a very negative place.  After practicing mindfulness, I slowly started to rewire my mind that when I now experience...

Are there “good” emotions and “bad” emotions? Should we push away feelings of sadness or anger and seek to immediately replace them with more “acceptable” ways to feel? How about our mental health? Should we admit when we are struggling or hold back our struggles in order to not burden those around us?  This week we are talking with the incredible Zahraa Surtee who is a mental health therapist com...

Today I wanted to share something with you that I have noticed about myself. In the past, I used to ask my extremely positive husband and father to “tone it down” with their positivity. I would question why they were so happy and why they intentionally chose joy everyday.  I did not understand how anyone could live in such a high vibration simply by being alive. I later realized that by questionin...

What do you do when you are struggling with your mental health and you are not feeling supported by your family and friends the way you wish? This is a question that I am often asked and is a common concern in the mental health community. This is our last episode in our solo series where I am diving into my own story of healing which included, finding the right support. I want to honestly share wi...

On today’s episode of Attitude of Gratitude I wanted to follow up on the book that I have been reading, Making Miracles in 40 Days . I mentioned that I was starting this book back in episode six ( listen here ) and that I would be returning to share with you what I learned.  I am almost done with the forty days and to be completely honest I had a difficult time for a while going through the practi...

Do you feel truly supported in your mental health journey? Do you wish that there were more people for you to talk to and lean on when you are going through a difficult time? This week, I am excited to share with you about a company called Squish , which is looking to solve this problem and bring hope to the mental health field. In this episode, I sit down with John Lang and Max Fritzhand, founder...

We lost a giant this week. The loss of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and the other passengers was a trauma that we collectively experienced. Many of us did not know him personally, however we felt as though we did because of the impact that he made on our lives. My son asked me an important question. I was in the middle of my “Smile for the Day” and he asked, “How can we smile during such a tragedy?”...

Sometimes we just need a break. We need to step away, perhaps even go outside, and give ourselves permission to simply BE. This week I had the honor of connecting with a young woman who has learned through her own mental health journey about how powerful a break truly can be. Celina Celeste is no ordinary young person. After walking through her own depression she decided to take her mental health...

Today I wanted to speak about self gratitude and why we should say “thank you” to ourselves. Now when you first hear that, you may be thinking that it sounds self-centered or egotistical to thank yourself. However on today’s episode of Attitude of Gratitude I want to highlight a few critical reasons why you should implement this powerful practice. Over the weekend I was tempted to not show up on a...

Is being sensitive a bad thing? From an early age we are told to “suck it up” and to “stop crying” and are not given permission to lean into the natural emotions that we feel. As a result, when we are adults we often see being “sensitive” as a negative thing without seeing it as the GIFT it really is. This week I had the honor of connecting with therapist and coach for Highly Sensitive People, Pat...

Have you ever had a strong expectation that something was going to turn out a certain way only to be disappointed that it went in a completely different direction? Maybe your hopes were up that something would happen and when it didn’t, you were left extremely frustrated.  In today’s episode I share a new perspective on dealing with change and how we can find gratitude in moments when things turn...

Can you teach yourself to heal? How much power do we really have over our brains and can we truly experience long lasting change? This week I had the incredible honor of connecting with psychologist and New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Rick Hanson . After reading his books, listening to his amazing podcast, and watching his talks I reached out to Dr. Hanson to see if he would be willing to...

For the past several months we have been producing Attitude of Gratitude on Thursdays to encourage you to invite gratitude into your life as a daily practice. Unfortunately, I have seen that there are still so many people who are hesitant to practice gratitude because they simply do not believe that it will work. In today’s episode, I share with you exactly how one moment of gratitude WILL slowly...

He is the author of Fish Our of Water, a mastermind facilitator, podcast host, and successful entrepreneur, but Calvin Wayman openly admits that it has not always been easy and even he struggles with mental health issues.  I reached out to Calvin after being so moved by some of his raw and vulnerable posts on social media about his mental health journey. He authentically shares with his audience b...

Here we are! The first Attitude of Gratitude for the New Year! Let’s start this year with an abundance of gratitude for all that we went through in 2019. What happened to you this past year that made you a better person? What was something you feared in 2019 that ended up being a huge blessing? We have so much to be grateful for! Gratitude is key to our mental health. It creates abundance, joy, an...

As 2019 is coming to a close I wanted to share with you more about my mental health journey. The intention of this episode is to provide you with actionable steps and resources that will help you level up your mental wellness as we embark on a new year. This is part two of our three part series were I am coming to you solo, sharing my personal story of battling with depression and anxiety. We talk...

I am so excited to introduce you to someone who has been instrumental in my own gratitude practice. Gorgian Benta host of The Gratitude Podcast joins us today to talk about why he is so passionate about gratitude and how it pulled him out of a time where he had "hit rock bottom".  Gorgian has dedicated the past three years to extensively studying gratitude. He produces a new show for his p...

Often we do what we feel like we “should do” instead of leaning into what feels truly right for us. Perhaps we do not fully trust what we tell ourselves for fear of being judgement or perhaps maybe mistakes. Or we have simply been conditioned to respond to what is going on around us instead of tuning in to what our intuition is trying to say.   This week I had the incredible honor of connecting wi...

Do you struggle with the “Holiday Blues”? A lot of people struggle during the holidays and it can be especially difficult because most people are celebrating and you feel like you “should” be happy and not feeling the way that you do. In today’s episode, we talk about coping with the holiday blues and even finding gratitude in the midst of it. Although I personally have never struggled with the ho...

What if the thing that you think is a weakness is actually a strength? What if many of the “disorders” that we place on people are actually just their own uniqueness and something they can use to their advantage? This week I had the honor of connecting with Cameron Herold , also known as the “CEO whisperer”, to talk about his journey in mental health and why he thinks you should embrace what sets...

We talk a lot on the show about practicing gratitude through the difficult times. However when gratitude WORKS (which it does!) What do we do then? Today on Attitude of Gratitude we talk about the importance of continuing our gratitude practice even when things are going well. In order to take gratitude to the next level,and truly experience all that it has to offer we need to make it apart of our...

This week I am bringing you one of three solo episodes where I will dive in deeper to my own mental health story and share with you the tools that I used (and still currently am using) in my recovery.  Hosting this show is an incredible honor and I am overwhelmed with gratitude by the response that we have already had in just six short months. I hope that by sharing more concrete tools like what I...

After experiencing a major transition in her personal life, our guest this week success coach and author Heather Vickery says that she discovered the power of gratitude. She learned that when she shifted her energy and made space for her emotions, things began to change in her life. This week we hear her story and learn more about this powerful tool that we all have access to. Heather says that sh...

There are many ways to find relief from depression. There are creative ways to cope with anxiety. As humans there is not a “one size fits all” approach to anything and especially in our mental wellness. This week we are talking all things mental health, creativity, and the power of surrender. In this conversation, I connected with the INCREDIBLE Xandra Robinson-Burns  w ho is an Essayist, Founder...