Reach new heights of calm, focus, and happiness here on Mindfulness Mode with me, your host and mindfulness life coach, Bruce Langford.

Hey, Mindful Tribe, we've been talking about gratitude a lot.

I've been talking about, you know, jotting down your thoughts and your ideas and gratitude that word just keeps coming up

over and over and over and I am so grateful right now today to have a guy with me who is

absolutely passionate about gratitude from the word go and I'm so excited to have Carl with me today.

Hey Carl, are you in mindfulness mode today?

Oh, yes, I am. I am very excited to be here.

Yeah, me too.

Carl Stabe is a passionate believer in gratitude.

He struggled with staying positive, especially during the time his father

was dying, and he could feel old habits starting to creep back, including a tendency towards

being insensitive and kind of complaining. Carl decided to challenge himself to be more grateful,

and to take his gratitude

even further, he began to journal and adopt a daily gratitude practice. Now guess what?

His new writing routines turned into a book called Bring Gratitude. And I can highly recommend this book, Mindful Tribe. He kind of moved forward and his lost joy

began to magically slip back into his life. Now science indicates that a healthy gratitude practice can improve relationships,

resilience, and even sleep patterns. And even more impressive, regular gratitude can help

deliver momentum during times of challenge. And these times are certainly times of challenge,

aren't they, Carl? I mean, man, what a time.

How are you doing?

Doing okay.

Doing okay.

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