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Practical Gratitude: Rewiring Your Brain for Positivity

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In this episode, Shailey and Katie dive into the real, practical side of gratitude — the kind that actually rewires your brain, improves your relationships, and helps you show up as a calmer, less-reactive human (science says so). They unpack how neuroplasticity works, why your brain loves repetition, and why gratitude isn’t about ignoring hard things — it’s about training your mind to notice more than just the problems.

Katie jumps in with research on gratitude, self-awareness, and why “toxic positivity” isn’t the goal — acknowledging the real stuff is part of the healing.

Together, they introduce a simple experiment to help listeners practice gratitude in a way that feels doable, not delusional.

The Practical Gratitude Challenge

Pick a trigger category — a person or area that normally sparks frustration — and choose your challenge level:

Light:

Do a one-time brain dump of everything good or redeemable about that challenging area/person.

Medium:

Write one genuine gratitude each day for two weeks.

Intense:

Write three specific gratitudes daily plus one “first-person goal” (a sentence you want to be true about you, written as if it already is).

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