How to be grateful for the pain

Today is Thanksgiving in the US and that’s always a perfect day to think about gratitude.

I’ve hosted three Gratitude Projects and I highly believe in cultivating an attitude of gratitude. And I know it’s usually fairly easy to be grateful for the good stuff.

But what about the things we are not happy with? We can pretend the bad stuff isn’t there but that won’t make it go away.

Instead I recommend you to learn to be grateful for the pain, the sad stuff and the disappointments. Not in an attempt to ignore our hurt or pretend it isn’t impacting us. But to start the healing.

That’s why I’m sharing a powerful healing activation from the Gratitude Project with you. You can listen to it here.

You’ll be grateful you did 😉

PS I’m hosting The Gratitude Project for the fourth time! Join me to embrace an ‘attitude of gratitude’ Read all about it here now.

PPS You now get Early Bird discount!

Iris van Ooyen guides people home to themselves. As a Dutch life transformation mentor with 24 years of experience, she offers hope with a compass—helping you find your way back to who you truly are when life, success, or circumstance have made you lose touch with yourself. She’s the author of Radiant: How to Have All the Energy You Need to Live a Life You Love and the novel Poisoned Arrow. When you feel life should be more than this, contact Iris to come home to yourself—and love your life again.

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