Expressing gratitude is a powerful way to improve mental and emotional well-being while strengthening relationships with others. Learn about five methods to help spark gratefulness in your daily life.

Being content isn’t something we “just do.” It takes active perspective work. This TEDx talk provides insight on how to practically strive for contentment AND reach your goals.

While we’re adding to our life skills repertoire more as children, we should always be learning and growing. Don’t be afraid to put yourself in the uncomfortable place of being the rookie in the room just for fear of failure.

Capturing what makes a season special to you will help you pause in that moment and practice gratitude. Even in the rush toward the next thing and all the new beginnings of spring, find time to be grateful for what’s happening in the now.

Flat tires happen, quite literally and metaphorically. When “flat-tire-situations” happen in your life, what’s your go-to response?

Check out this blog for a few tips on repositioning our thoughts when these moments come up.

Learn what it looks like to keep an “Everyone Has Something to Teach You” journal instead of a gratitude journal. The exercise could put breaks to dwelling on negative characters.

When it comes to goals, eating healthier is often top of the list for people. Here are a few recipes I’ve found healthy and helpful. They’re in the regular “rotation” for me. Read the blog to discover a recipe organization tip and downloadable resource!

Contentment can get confused with complacency, blissful happiness or that one-time feeling you had as a child at Christmas. Sometimes to learn what something is, it’s helpful to unpack what something is not. Check out these three things that contentment is not.

Shrugging off wins because “It’s not that big of a deal” is a big deal. It robs us of joy and sweet reminders that triumphs are built, not overnight successes. Discover why celebrating can help you achieve your goals.

Busyness isn’t a game. We shouldn’t be one-upping each other with our activity lists. If you’re treating it like a competition, it’s time to take a step back and think through why you’re doing what you’re doing. Is it a particular season of life or a constant need to feel like you’re important if your to-do list is long? Be purposeful, not just busy.

Excess of any one activity isn’t great. But, we can’t allow ourselves to view rejuvenating rest as something that holds us back. It’s quite the opposite. Rest is purposeful. Find joy in the actual act of resting and know that it will improve those activities that might traditionally feel “productive.” Alertness, increased feelings of connection with others, improved mental and physical wellbeing, enhanced creativity… all these are great benefits of rest.

“You just need to be more content.” This statement is hurled around usually in frustration toward someone who’s always looking for the next thing. The next job promotion, the next gadget, the next phase of life. For the goal-oriented individual, saying, “just be content” kind of sounds like “be complacent,” and that’s a huge no-no for the driven person.

Driven, achiever, bent toward success, to-do list accomplisher… If these are the types of words and phrases you connect with, you probably love the feeling of accomplishment as well. For the goal-oriented person, sometimes the natural bent toward success and to-do list tackling isn’t always a good quality. If taken too far, it can hold you back.

Perhaps you choose for social media to be a place of mostly positive or neutral moments shared. That’s completely fine. But, are you curating the highlight reel of your life, comparing it to others, and choosing to sacrifice real-world authenticity for virtual fame? That’s where the threat lies.

The very thing meant to connect is often a thief of contentment. This isn’t a surprise. We know our phones are a distraction and the accompanying studies with findings like, excessive time on social media can lead to comparison and heightened stress. Still, what do we see when people have a gap of time? Scrolling.

High achievers focus on their goals and ensure completion. The dopamine hit that comes from scratching off to-dos is momentarily fulfilling but can lead you toward a life of people pleasing if you haven’t set up a clear vision and constructed your goals from that vision.