Abundant Gratitude
Hi Reader,
Thanksgiving week is upon us and I want to share my deep gratitude for you all allowing me to do the work I do. I couldn't do this without you all trusting me and allowing me to learn and practice week in and week out. I hope you also find time to share gratitude with yourself for yourself - for your body, your breath, your emotions, your intellect, your spirit. And let that gratitude ripple out - gratitude for who or what allows you to have time and money for our shared work, gratitude for the reliable car you have to transport you or reliable internet when/if we meet virtually, on and on; noticing that the gratitude becomes nearly endless. When we shift to gratitude and an abundance mindset, even if only for a brief moment, we can often find respite and relief.
Here are a few other practices to support your nourishment and wellness as we enter the holiday season and the season of darkness allowing for more inward practices:
- 5 P's for Recovery to practice slowing down
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These two podcasts:
- to reflect on why and how we gather with Priya Parker on We Can Do Hard Things
- and to honor that we can be thankful AND something else (sad, grieving, etc) on It's Going to Be Okay
- A Breathwork Session hosted virtually on Monday evening the 27th, by my mentor, Dr JPop and Jasmine Rae Stromburg with donations to World Central Kitchen
- This handout for a Soft Landing as we wind down 2023 with practices and an end of year workshop with my greatest teacher on rest, Octavia Raheem
Here's to gratitude, giving, and receiving.
Erin
Erin McCabe Wellness
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