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Give Thanks

Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:26:48 +0000

Thanksgiving, the holiday, is often lost in food and family. What is lost? Our opportunity to experience gratitude. The chance to really give thanks.

Many times, it can feel like an obligation. Instead, I suggest we see it as an opportunity. Even in tough moments (actually, especially in tough moments), we can make a shift from fear to thanks, from lack to sufficiency.

Over the years of my podcast, I have repeated this theme, both on Thanksgiving episodes and elsewhere. Below is a list of the various episodes around thanksgiving and gratitude. Just click each one to listen to the episodes.

>> Why Thankful?

>> Why Being Thankful Matters

>> Giving Thanks: Thriving Through Gratitude

>> What Thriving People Know About Gratitude And Appreciation

>> Living Your Engagement

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Does Gratitude Matter?

Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 15:03:26 +0000

If you are in the States, we are on the cusp of the Holiday season, kicking off with Thanksgiving in just a few days.

For me, the Holidays throughout the year are moments to step into gratitude. Not just in a little “thank you for that gift,” but in a gratitude for being alive. For being here. For experiencing life.

Each morning, while walking the neighborhood with my dogs, Ziggy and Clementine, I reflect on 5 things for which I am grateful. That starts my day with an attempt to shift my attention to thankfulness, to gratitude.

Granted, some days, that feeling quickly evaporates when the work piles up.

But I try to remember to be grateful on a daily basis.

How about you?

Did you know that research shows how simple gratitude habits can re-wire the brain… away from fear and threat? Away from depression and anxiety? Just by thinking with gratitude. Just by focusing on things for which you are grateful.

In this episode of the Thriveology Podcast, I discuss the power of gratitude to shift your thinking and re-wire your brain… just in time for a day we set aside to be particularly Thankful.

Know that I am thankful for you, my reader/listener. Wishing you the best of Thanksgivings!

Giving Thanks: Gratitude and the Season

Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 21:56:44 +0000

Thanksgiving, the holiday, is often lost in food and family. What is lost? Our opportunity to experience gratitude. The chance to really give thanks.

Why Thankful?

Why Being Thankful Matters

Giving Thanks: Thriving Through Gratitude

What Thriving People Know About Gratitude And Appreciation

Living Your Engagement

And if you want to find my books on thriving, CLICK HERE.

3 Moves for a Better Day

Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 10:55:56 +0000

Sometimes, it seems that any change in life has to be a 180° turn… starting or stopping something you were not doing or doing. And sometimes, that is important. You might stop smoking, start exercising, or make some other major shift in life.

But in reality, more of growth in life is really about continued improvement. This matches the Japanese idea of kaizen, or “change for the better.” This is the concept behind many manufactoring processes — small incremental changes that amount to bigger cumulative improvement.

That can apply to your life! It probably already does, but can you make it more intentional? For example, let’s say I start exercising. I go for a 20 minute run/walk. That might be a 180° change — I started doing something I wasn’t doing. But then what? I would likely not just stay with that. I might add more time, more distance, or maybe run for a higher percentage. Gradual improvements that add up to more change.

Which leads to this episode of the Thriveology Podcast. I cover 3 moves you can make for a better day. Two of the moves involve one tool I have used with my coaching clients for years. It is a powerful process that has led to some pretty amazing transformations.

The other is just one to add in… or constantly improve… depending upon whether it is already a part of your life or not.

If you are ready to build a better day, these 3 moves can be the key. And guess what? It will only shift 30 minutes of your day. All for a huge shift in life!

You can listen below.

Why Thankful?

Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 16:00:52 +0000

In the States, this Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. What’s the point, right? Let’s just jump on into Christmas season! The stores are already bustling and everything seems to be bursting with green and red.

I have nothing against Christmas. But I do think there is an important pause, a moment. A time to be thankful. Not to just say a quick word of thanks, then dive into a gut-busting meal. But to be thankful.

To practice gratitude.

Why?

Because our brain’s default is on scarcity, not abundance — what we DON’T have, not what we HAVE. Where we AREN’T, not where we ARE.

It’s a matter of mindshift. A choice to shift to abundance, gratitude, and thankfulness. Not just allowing our default setting to take over, looking at the scarcity and the lack. At what scares us.

In this week’s Thriveology Podcast, I discuss “Why Thankful?” Why should we even make the shift?

I wish you a very thoughtful, thankful day filled with gratitude, wherever you are!

Look Up!

Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 15:00:09 +0000

World got you down? Maybe even looking down? It can feel overwhelming, like you just need to keep plodding ahead, keeping your head down.

But often, that is just the time we need to look up.

To the sky.

Physically and metaphorically.

When I am feeling a bit overwhelmed and flustered, when it seems there is just too much going on, too much to get done… I take a step back and look up.

And then I have a little more perspective. Little ol’ me in this big ol’ universe. In a world with lots more troubles than I have. Not that mine aren’t important. They just aren’t as grand as I can make them feel.

And metaphorically, I look up. To a higher perspective. My higher Self. I remember that it really isn’t all about me, but how I bring myself into the world.

It also reminds me to be grateful. To be grateful for being in this moment, in this space. Who I am, with what I have, where I am. And to see that as “enough.” It is too easy to let the “not enough’s” call out to me, call me down, scare me.

But then, I look up. To pivot me out of my little thoughts and into bigger thoughts. From a higher perspective. From a place of connection. From awe.

Look up.

I discuss this more in this week’s Thriveology Podcast. Listen below.

Amped Engagement: Amplifying Your Engaged Life

Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:45:29 +0000

The Engaged Life Series

In the last episode of the podcast, I started a series on living The Engaged Life. We continue that series in this episode.

If you have focused on living those 3 P’s of Passion, Purpose, and Presence, you can amplify your Engaged Life with attending to 3 areas. All 3 come from within you. You can bring more engagement, more connection, more depth, and more meaning into your life.

Amplifying is all about adding Power to those 3 P’s. And all about enlarging that Engaged Life for yourself.

Listen in to this episode of the Thriveology Podcast, so that you can amp your engagement.

Charging Into The New Year

Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. — Mon, 31 Dec 2018 16:00:23 +0000

The New Year. It is upon us. And along with the start of a new year is an opportunity for us to re-start. To make some changes. To find some ways to charge into the New Year, with a new approach. Maybe even a new attitude!

Many people make resolutions around this time. And most of those resolutions are broken by February. Gyms are full in January and quiet again in February. Health foods fly out the doors in January, only to be tossed to make room for cookies and chips in February.

Change is a tall order… unless you have some clarity to your change. Some simple approach that makes your hopes and dreams a part of your life.

Let’s make a 4 step plan for charging into the New Year. (And even if you listen to this episode at some other time in the year… guess what? You can use the exact same 4 steps at any time!)

Start the year right… by making a fresh start!

Listen to the podcast episode below.

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Why Being Thankful Matters

Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:00:45 +0000

If you are in the States, we are on the cusp of the Holiday season, kicking off with Thanksgiving in just a few days.

Each morning, while walking the neighborhood with my dog, Ziggy, I reflect on 5 things for which I am grateful. That starts my day with an attempt to shift my attention to thankfulness, to gratitude.

Granted, some days, that feeling quickly evaporates when the work piles up.

But I try to remember to be grateful on a daily basis.

How about you?

In this week’s podcast, I discuss the power of gratitude to shift your thinking and re-wire your brain… just in time for a day we set aside to be particularly Thankful.

Know that I am thankful for you, my reader/listener. Wishing you the best of Thanksgivings!

Surviving To Thriving

Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:00:50 +0000

We always start at survival. You have to survive to do anything else. Surviving is based in dealing with scarcity and threats.

Sometimes, people get stuck in survival mode… whether it is necessary or not. For most people, survival mode is less a necessity and more a habit.

Then, we live. Living is about finding comfort. People to support you, work to do, things to enjoy. And for many people, this is the stage that feels like success. The paycheck and opportunity gives enough comfort to enjoy life.

So, many people get stuck in the live mode.

But then, there is the opportunity to thrive.

Survive >>>> Live >>>>> Thrive

What makes the shift? Realizing that the living isn’t enough. There is something more. Something deeper and more satisfying. It’s about finding your purpose, finding your deeper meaning, making an impact in the world.

It requires taking on the challenges, looking for the opportunities… growing and stretching.

While surviving is about scarcity, living is about comfort, thriving is about abundance. It isn’t a change in what is around you, as much as a shift in perspective.

Listen to this week’s episode to learn more about making the shifts.

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