2266: Why a Gratitude Practice Will Make You Healthier by Karl Staib of Dig to Fly on Health Benefits of Mindfulness

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🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Karl Staib of Dig to Fly shares why a gratitude practice will make you healthier Episode 2266: Why a Gratitude Practice Will Make You Healthier by Karl Staib of Dig to Fly on Health Benefits of Mindfulness Karl Staib is an author that seeks out growth at every turn. It's why he writes. He wants to process his thoughts and emotions, learn from them and share them with the world. He grew up in a little town in Pennsylvania called Pipersiville. He moved to Austin, TX in this mid twenties and now he is living in San Antonio with his wife and two boys. If you enjoy his writing, he encourages you to reach out to him at DigToFly.com. He wants to hear about how you've learned to grow from your own struggles. When his father passed it was focusing on gratitude that helped him get through one of the most difficult times in his life. It taught him the importance of bringing gratitude to every single situation. Whether it's a difficult situation like his father's death or amazing one like drinking ice cold tea by the river with his son. That's why he wants to bring more gratitude into the workplace. His work inside a fortune 500 company that regularly ranks in top 10 for best place to work has shown him the importance of gratitude and how it increases productivity and communication. If you want to learn more just go to DigToFly.com. He is also a big fan of traveling, meditation, Yoga, hikes in lush terrain and his family. The original post is located here: https://digtofly.com/why-a-gratitude-practice-will-make-you-healthier/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalHealthDailyDietNutritionFitness Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Health Daily, Episode 2266, Why a Gratitude Practice will make you healthier.
0:07.1	By Carl Stap of dig to fly.com, and I'm Dr. Neal.
0:11.4	Hey there, happy middle of the week Wednesday, and welcome back to Optimal Health Daily, where I read
0:16.1	some of the best health and fitness blogs to you, usually with a bit of my commentary at the end.
0:21.4	Now, today is Wednesday, and like I do every Wednesday, I like to share a little inspiration
0:25.9	with you. So here we go. Quote,
0:28.5	A good life is not found by providing ourselves with leisure and ease. Rather, it arises from the
0:35.6	act of facing inevitable challenges and from fully inhabiting the moments
0:40.2	of our lives. Drs Robert Waldinger and Mark Schultz from their book The Good Life. All right, and with
0:47.2	that, let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.
0:54.7	Why a gratitude practice will make you healthier by Carl Snape of digtofly.com
1:00.6	The tension was getting worse. The throbbing from my upper back was tightening. As I was driving
1:07.8	home, I could feel my right arm going numb. I pulled over. I felt my heartbeat. My chest was
1:14.1	pounding. I didn't have time for this. I started the car back up and made it home. When I got home,
1:20.4	I said hello and climbed into bed. My wife asked me if everything was okay. I told her everything
1:26.2	was fine, so not to worry her.
1:29.1	Everything was not fine.
1:30.5	I wasn't sure if I was having a heart attack, a panic attack, or something else was happening
1:35.3	to me.
1:36.5	I woke up the next day feeling a little better.
1:39.3	As I drove into work, I could feel the tension in my upper back take hold. Then by the afternoon, my right arm started
1:46.7	going numb again. I called my doctor and tried to see if she could fit me in. She did have a later
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