This week on the anxiety Slayer podcast, we're discussing the practice of

tuning up your personal awareness by practicing one of our favorite

daily rituals to relieve stress and anxiety.

Hi Ananga, hey Shen. It's good to be with you this week to share a conversation

about joy spotting and the benefits of gratitude and curiosity.

Many in our community are feeling stressed about what's happening on the world stage,

whether it be political, environmental, or related to the pandemic,

there's just a lot of intense and heavy energy trying to push its way through to each of us.

And JoySpotting will help you change your internal dialogue.

Today we're going to walk through the benefits of curiosity and generosity and

gratitude as well as the joy spotting practice that we recommend.

Would you like to begin with curiosity Ananga?

Yeah, I think curiosity is such a wonderful practice to adopt.

Sometimes we just read it as a static word, but it can be a living word but it can be a living practice and it helps keep

our mind engaged and active within our lives it can go very nicely with

mindfulness and presence it makes

learning new things an adventure. It keeps our attitude light and playful. It's an

open nice state of mind for learning new things.

And instead of worrying about what we don't know,

curious people always put their focus on what they love to know and then seek it out. I always really enjoy being around curious people,

people who are open and explorative about learning.

And for me, curiosity is a really powerful antidote to anxiety even in the

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