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Relationships: How Do I Make Meaningful Connections?
Relationships: How Do I Make Meaningful Connections?

To be able to find our way back to ourselves and each other, we must understand how our emotions shape our thoughts and decisions. If we don’t do this, we become “disembodied” from our own experiences and disconnected from others. Sometimes, a barrier in understanding this is that many people struggle to be held accountable without rationalizing, blaming, or shutting down.

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Bridgette Gottwaldconnection, meaningful, relationships, stress, acting out, feelings, emotions, language, brene brown, heart, atlas, human experience, words, labels
The Anatomy of Gratitude
The Anatomy of Gratitude

Recently, I listened to an insightful podcast titled “The Anatomy of Gratitude” with David Steindl-Rast, a ninety-three-year-old Benedictine monk and teacher on the subject of gratitude. He makes useful distinctions about experiences that are “life-giving” and “resilience-making.”

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Bridgette Gottwaldanatomy, gratitude, thankfulness, david steindl rast, anxiety, joy, insightful, podcast, resilience, life-giving, perspective, key points, monk, happiness, wellbeing, opportunity, appreciation, build a culture of appreciation, birth, struggling, breath, deeper level, heart