This week I talk about deal breakers.

Plus I explain how you can quickly figure out

whether you are trying to take ownership of something that is not your

responsibility. I'm Natalie Lou, a writer based in southeast London who is

dedicated to helping people to improve their emotional and relationship literacy.

Let's kick this off.

Do you take a little bit of time each day, whether it's 30 seconds, a minute, several minutes,

to acknowledge what is good about your day or about your life or what you are thankful for.

What I want to talk about in this first part of the show is about gratitude.

Now, before you roll your eyes and I know there will be somebody out there rolling their eyes,

I don't want to talk about it in some sort of

happy, cappy way and like, oh, we've all got to be skipping through the meadows and be like

super happy all the time and be talking about our blessings. But what I do want to talk about is how a shift in

focus where you acknowledge what you are thankful for or what is good about your life or about your day can make a significant impact

on how you feel and how your day goes.

Because one of the things that I've noticed through my own experiences but also from talking to others to find out about like do they go for a similar thing is that what you think about before you go to bed or what you've influences what you think

about first thing in the morning but also what you think about first thing in the

morning does have an impact on your

time,

and also what you spend the bulk of your time dwelling on over the course of the day also has a significant impact on how you feel.

So if you can be more mindful about the way in which you are going

to bed, waking up, or where you are spending your energies over the course of the

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