The Power of Expressing Gratitude (with Nancy Davis Kho)

Edit Your Life | Simplify + Declutter Your Home, Time, and Mental Space

Edit Your Life Show

Society & Culture

4.6 • 530 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Gratitude has the power to heal and delight. Christine talks with Nancy Davis Kho, author of The Thank-You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time” about personal lessons learned and the science behind the power of expressing gratitude. The Thank-You Project: Cultivating Happiness One Letter of Gratitude at a Time by Nancy Davis Kho Greater Good Science Center at Berkeley: Nancy’s recommendation for resources on the power of positive psychology Edit Your Life is an award-winning podcast that shares practical ideas for decluttering your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection. Visit edityourlifeshow.com for show notes and to connect with host Christine Koh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Edit Your Life, a podcast to help you edit the unnecessary from your life so you have more room to enjoy the awesome.
0:12.5	Through episodes with me, your host, Christine Coe, and a range of super smart, compassionate and thoughtful guests,
0:18.8	you will come away with big picture insights and practical ways to declutter your home, schedule, and thoughtful guests, you will come away with big picture insights and
0:21.6	practical ways to declutter your home, schedule, and mental space without getting bogged down by perfection.
0:26.6	I have always believed that small moments and actions matter tremendously.
0:31.6	My goal is to help you find agency and space in your life through doable baby steps that will leave you feeling accomplished
0:38.1	instead of overwhelmed.
0:40.9	Hello, friends.
0:42.3	Today's episode is inspired by another great listener note I received in the call for lessons
0:47.9	learned from Edit Your Life last fall.
0:51.3	The listener writes,
0:52.8	Hello, Christine, I wanted to send a message of gratitude.
0:56.7	I started listening to the podcast in the thick of my mid-30s in new
1:00.5	parenthood and the first years of my career out of medical training.
1:04.4	I can't communicate to you how comforting, supportive, and uplifting your work has
1:09.0	been through what can potentially be times full of self-doubt
1:12.4	and comparison. I recently went back to binge listen a bunch of older episodes this fall and was
1:18.1	constantly floored by how many tips in parenting and time management I seamlessly adopted
1:23.4	over these years, and I quickly remembered from re-listening where I got these amazing tricks.
1:29.0	I really had to pause to reflect on how many cool little life habits I had picked up all from
1:34.5	this incredible podcast. Apologies, I'm having trouble picking just one. Lots of delicious
1:40.4	simplified meals, editing of extracurriculars, and self-compassion all around,
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