How to Have More Gratitude Every Day with Kristi Nelson

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If we can cultivate not taking things for granted now, we are going to be so grateful when this is over because we will bring such joy to the other things in life." - Kristi Nelson</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feeling grateful for life, your home, family, and friends may not come easily this year. But in the new book -</span> <a href= "https://gratefulness.org/wake-up/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wake Up Grateful</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">- author Kristi Nelson gives insight into what it truly means to be grateful. Rather than focus on finding happiness in every moment, Nelson encourages you to embrace the entirety of your experience, just as it is.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we talk with her about her experience as a 25-year Stage IV cancer survivor, which challenged her to find gratefulness even in the face of daily despair. She shares how you can learn what it means to live gratefully and bring awareness into every moment of every day.</span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Wake-Up-Grateful-Transformative-Practice-ebook/dp/B08519H6JT" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/131998/41LqS6pDSIL.jpg" alt= "" width="169" height="250" /></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have had a collective wake-up call this year with the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on every part of our lives. Events like this bring the important things in life into perspective. Despite the challenges and anxiety 2020 has brought to so many lives, Nelson shows you how to uncover and cultivate gratefulness through questions for reflection, daily exercises, and perspective prompts for appreciating the fullness of life as it is, right now.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">About the author: KRISTI NELSON is the executive director of</span> <a href= "https://gratefulness.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Network for Grateful Living</span></a><span style= "fo