Hey, everybody, welcome. And thank you for listening to this episode of Marriage Therapy Radio. My name is Zach.

Brittle, I'm here with Laura Heck. You know, at the top of every episode, I always say,

thank you for listening. And every once in a while I pause long enough to remember, like, I really am

grateful. I'm grateful that you're here. I'm grateful that you're giving us our time and your attention.

It's not just a cliche that we utter. And I'm glad that you're focusing on your relationship.

Today we're talking about gratitude and generosity, particularly in the face of the idea that basically everything we do is made up.

And we have some options and some choices about what we make up.

And it's a really cool.

It's a really cool chat.

I'm excited about it.

Before we start, though, I do want to make one request.

It's not quite a serious request, but it is a sincere request. I would love it if you would pause right now. Go over to iTunes and leave a review for Marriage Therapy Radio. Leave a five-star review for Marriage Therapy Radio. Tell us what you like about what we're doing, what we're getting right. If you don't like the podcast, you don't have to listen to it. It's a free thing and there's no reason to waste your time on something you don't like.

But if you want to let us know what you don't like, just shoot us an email or, you know, write us and tell us what you'd like to see more of. We want to meet you where you're at. We want to talk about the things that are interesting to you. So please do that. But adding reviews and adding

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helps us keep our sponsors, and that makes it easier for Laura and I to keep going.

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We have a sponsor of this episode, Factor, it's a meal plan service that I've newly discovered that I really enjoy. It makes it really easy for me to eat and run in the middle of a busy week. So check them out for sure. We're just trying to figure out the best way to meet you where you're at while staying energized and excited about the podcast. This episode does that for me. Again, we talk about gratitude and generosity, which are huge on my heart right now and I'm trying

to explore that with clients. And Laura and I explore that together. I would say in this episode,

we meander for a little bit before we get into the meat of it, but I hope you'll consider that

a feature, not a bug. We're trying to stumble through the world and through conversation like

everybody else. And occasionally we stumble on things that are actually kind of helpful.

And I think we do that today.

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