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Do you have a gratitude practice? Ready to level up? Here’s how to embody gratitude to heal yourself and the world.

Learning about Gratitude

When I first started coaching, I had a business coach named Teri. She was wise, firm, and not one to indulge negativity and panic. I’d show up to our sessions, ready to blurt out all the things that were going wrong.

Before I could launch into my dramatic monologue, she’d stop me cold. “First, tell me three good things you are grateful for.” she’d say. Ugh.

At the time, I wanted to strangle her.  I was barely keeping my head above water—what on earth was there to be grateful for? I was overwhelmed, not making enough money, and caught in a nonstop loop of “What if this never works?”

But that’s the thing, Gratitude doesn’t come naturally when you’re in a funk. It fact, sometimes it’s really it hard. That’s why it’s called a “practice.” At the time It felt like I was rolling down hill at a breakneck pace, never to climb up again.

Gratitude Practice

Looking back, I can see her brilliance. Teri wasn’t trying to be annoying, but teaching me to shift my energy. Honestly I haven’t always kept up with the practice, but there have been many times when I put this to use.

There isn’t much else that I have found that will shift my perspective to see what is actually working and that I almost always have plenty to be grateful for.

Even now, I still have to work on this. Gratitude isn’t a one-and-done deal. It’s a way of being and it improves your health. And recently, in a healing session, I was told something quite unexpected.

“You need to embody gratitude.” My first reaction was, “Um, what does that even mean?” Okay, time for more research!

What Does Embody Gratitude Mean?

To embodying gratitude goes far beyond saying, “Thank you'” checking off a list, or scribbling a few nice things in a journal. Certainly, these are great starters.

But for me right now, it’s time to level up. That means I need to allow the energy of gratitude to take up residence within me so fully that it reshapes my thoughts, my nervous system, and the way I walk through the world.

It’s time to start feeling gratitude in my bones, in my breath, in how I show up on a random Tuesday afternoon. I’ve been assured, when I get there, that’s when the big shifts will start appearing.

The High-Vibe You Want

Let’s start with this basic idea – Everything is energy. You. Me. The chair you’re sitting on. Your emotions. Even that pile of laundry staring at you from across the room.

Every emotion has a frequency. Low-vibe feelings like fear, grief, or frustration hum at a slower, heavier rate. But grati