Train for Life

Category: Gratitude

  • The Science of Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving is not about a huge turkey and more feast or the grand consumer discounts. While these things may make us happy, will they bring us lasting fulfillment or temporary pleasure? Thanksgiving is about the quality time shared with friends and family counting our blessings and being grateful for all in our lives, no matter how small. Oftentimes, the large…

  • Welcome November

  • Motivation Monday

    When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. — Susan Sarandon  * Knowing what must be done does away with fear. — Rosa Parks * To acquire knowledge, one must study. But to acquire wisdom, one must observe. — Marilyn vos Savant ** Self-Love Action…

  • Welcome October

  • Thankful Thursday

    Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey

  • Motivation Monday

    Self-Love Action Tip Sometimes it is easiest to feel big gratitude for the smaller things in life. Today I will find something small to be really, really grateful for, such as: the pretty soap I love to shower with, the savory almond butter on a banana for a snack, or the porch where I sit on the weekends and savor my morning coffee. What really small activity will…

  • Motivation Monday

    Aim for the high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not the third time. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally you’ll hit the bull’s-eye of success. – Annie Oakley Self-Love Action Tip  Even on…

  • Welcome September

  • Motivation Monday

    Self-Love Action Tip We do not need to label our feelings as right or wrong, good or bad. Instead of overthinking or judging my emotional reactions this week, I will try to just let them be what they are – emotions that I am experiencing and need to process and pay attention to, since they hold information about what is working or not working…

  • Laughter is Medicine