Gratitude Benefits: Stress Less, Lose Weight, Work Smarter
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Happy Thanksgiving to all the dads out there. What better topic to cover on Thanksgiving than gratitude? Practicing gratitude may sound like some New-Agey, woo woo fad, but scientific studies prove that being in a grateful state of mind can help you mentally, physically, and emotionally.
Today I go over some surprising statistics about how gratitude benefits your brain performance, hormone levels, body composition, and overall wellbeing.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men. We are warriors. We are dads. Dads with a purpose. Dads with an edge. |
| 0:10.0 | We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.0 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.0 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:29.7 | Hey, what is going on guys? |
| 0:29.7 | Hey, what is going on guys? Welcome to Thursday Throwdown and if you are in the US, happy Thanksgiving. |
| 0:37.0 | I seriously thought about taking today off for Thursday Throwdown since we're celebrating Thanksgiving here in the US. |
| 0:45.8 | But you know what then I thought I was like you know I and four in almost four years I've never missed one deadline. |
| 0:51.8 | Never missed one show ever. We have I think |
| 0:55.6 | 190 something shows in our big show about 10 Q&As and then 133 over here. |
| 1:03.0 | So we are in now the several hundreds of shows that we've done and I've never missed one show. |
| 1:09.0 | Ever, like ever, it's been religious on Mondays and Thursdays and now Wednesdays. Never miss a deadline for you guys. |
| 1:16.8 | That was my goal when I first started this podcast was to never miss a show, to never miss an opportunity to bring you guys some values, some things that I'm learning, |
| 1:25.6 | some things that we're learning in our community and today is no different. |
| 1:29.6 | But today, obviously today is Thanksgiving. |
| 1:32.4 | And I want to talk to you guys just quickly, this is going to be obviously today is |
| 1:33.8 | this is going to be fast today and that's about gratitude. |
| 1:38.2 | Just some simple facts that you may or may not realize about gratitude |
| 1:42.2 | and how it can impact your life, how it can impact my life, |
| 1:46.4 | and no better way to do it, no better day to do it than on Thanksgiving or at least here |
| 1:50.9 | in the U.S. |
| 1:52.4 | So let me share with you guys why gratitude works from a mental aspect as well as an emotional aspect, |
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