This Soulful Sunday Ritual focuses on GRATITUDE

Gratitude is an Attitude. It’s a way of being. It’s a mindset. It’s a choice.

It’s focusing on being present in the moment and feeling the emotions of love + appreciation. 

In every moment, there is an opportunity to experience life through a particular lens. You can see abundance or lack. Problems or solutions. Challenges or opportunities. 

It’s where your focus goes. How you see the world.

I believe, the opposite of gratitude isn’t being ungrateful. It’s indifference. Not noticing, not caring, not feeling. It’s a numbness. A focus on what’s next rather than what’s already here now.

(and our brains are designed to do this for survival – no shame!)

This ritual supports you to tune into the present moment and FEEL GRATITUDE in your body. This isn’t another tick-box exercise to say you’ve ‘done your gratitude’. That’s masculine doing energy. We’re balancing with the emotional, feminine being energy.

And that energy is MAGNETIC in this energetic Universe. 

(but that’s not the point… that’s a magical bonus of feeling happy, loving + grateful right now)

Ready?

Gratitude is a way of being. It’s not something you do once in the morning and then you’re a grateful person.

It’s how you think, feel, see the world + show up in the world. It’s doing so with love, appreciation, presence and gratitude.

The focus is on the FEELING. With all of these rituals, focus on having an emotional response. FEEL the gratitude. Connect. That’s where the superpower is.

Here are simple, short ways to tune into gratitude each day to develop your gratitude mindset. Whatever you do repeatedly becomes subconscious + automatic.

Morning Ritual

Every morning, write or speak aloud what you’re grateful for. The key here is to keep it new, exciting + different to avoid it feeling like a “should” or a chore or boring.

Here are gratitude prompts to connect to:

•  something in this moment (different from yesterday/this week)
•  something that’s unfolding beautifully
•  something that makes you happy
•  a simple moment that brings you calm/joy/peace/light
•  something that’s already manifested
•  appreciation for your body
•  something you’ve been taking for granted

There’s power in refocusing your attention during challenging, chaotic or “busy” times too. Often our focus goes on what’s wrong or difficult as our brains are designed to keep us safe. However, in most cases, there’s no real threat. Shifting to gratitude supports your mind, body + energy to feel more peaceful and balanced as you navigate the situation.

Here are gratitude prompts to use when feeling off-balance:

•  see the bigger picture + find gratitude for the journey you’re on
•  find the gratitude in/beyond a challenge you’re experiencing (focus on the light)
•  focus on the gratitude of a recent lesson. life is lessons, you’re always learnings
•  notice what’s currently frustrating you + focus on what you’re grateful for through this experience

Daily Rituals 

Your morning ritual sets your mindset to focus your attention on gratitude. Beyond your morning ritual, the focus is creating moments of presence to pause + feel gratitude throughout the day.

Try these short, simple rituals to tune in + feel appreciation multiple times a day:

1. REMINDERS: create prompts for you to pause, be present, and pay attention to what you’re grateful for. Can be phone alarm, post its on your kettle, message on your mirror, laptop messages.
   Play around and see what works for you.
2. HABIT STACK: what do you do every day that you can add gratitude to? Daily coffee. Work in your office. Dog walk. Build a habit of being present in moments that already happen. Reminders can help you!
3. WITH OTHERS: start a ritual with a loved one or children to express gratitude. Perhaps at the end of your working day or dinner or bedtime.

Evening Ritual

The intention here isn’t to be present 100% of the day. That’s unrealistic. So an evening ritual supports you to end the day reflecting on how your day unfolded + feel gratitude for the day.

Here are some prompts to guide you:

•  what went well today?
•  what am I most grateful for today?
•  what brought me joy + happiness today?
•  what lessons did I learn + how will this support me?

GRATITUDE IS A SUPERPOWER!

Imagine your day with more pockets of presence + appreciation. How would that feel?

Imagine your life when this is an automatic way of being. Pausing, being present + paying attention. Feeling love, appreciation + gratitude multiple times a day for the life you lead. How would life feel?

This is possible. It’s a mindset + a focus. And it starts by consciously creating it now… moment by moment! 

Start this week by introducing more grateful moments into your week!

Tag me in your gratitudes on Instagram here and let’s share a ripple of positivity.

I’m so grateful for you,