Chris Schembra

Great question. And I do want to call out Scott and Caitlin, Sean and Leslie, Alec and Shauna for being there in those early days. A researcher by the name of Philip Watkins from Eastern Washington University did a wonderful research study he would eventually call the grateful processing of unpleasant memories.

Great question. And I do want to call out Scott and Caitlin, Sean and Leslie, Alec and Shauna for being there in those early days. A researcher by the name of Philip Watkins from Eastern Washington University did a wonderful research study he would eventually call the grateful processing of unpleasant memories.

And it's a wonderful study that shows he took a number of participants and he said, think about a negative experience. And he split them up into three groups. There was one group who thought about a negative experience and let it ransack their brain and then just carried on with their life. That was group number one.

And it's a wonderful study that shows he took a number of participants and he said, think about a negative experience. And he split them up into three groups. There was one group who thought about a negative experience and let it ransack their brain and then just carried on with their life. That was group number one.

And it's a wonderful study that shows he took a number of participants and he said, think about a negative experience. And he split them up into three groups. There was one group who thought about a negative experience and let it ransack their brain and then just carried on with their life. That was group number one.

Group number two thought about a really negative experience and then just wrote about it. That was group two. Group three thought about a negative experience, wrote about it, found the positive benefits in it, gave gratitude to it. That was group three. Group one was miserable. They thought about a negative experience. It ruminated chaotically in their brain.

Group number two thought about a really negative experience and then just wrote about it. That was group two. Group three thought about a negative experience, wrote about it, found the positive benefits in it, gave gratitude to it. That was group three. Group one was miserable. They thought about a negative experience. It ruminated chaotically in their brain.

Group number two thought about a really negative experience and then just wrote about it. That was group two. Group three thought about a negative experience, wrote about it, found the positive benefits in it, gave gratitude to it. That was group three. Group one was miserable. They thought about a negative experience. It ruminated chaotically in their brain.

And then they just carried on with their life and nothing happened. Group two... thought about it chaotically, and then wrote about it. And science shows that when you write down or talk out about a negative autobiographical experience, you de-stigmatize the impact that negative emotion has over you.

And then they just carried on with their life and nothing happened. Group two... thought about it chaotically, and then wrote about it. And science shows that when you write down or talk out about a negative autobiographical experience, you de-stigmatize the impact that negative emotion has over you.

And then they just carried on with their life and nothing happened. Group two... thought about it chaotically, and then wrote about it. And science shows that when you write down or talk out about a negative autobiographical experience, you de-stigmatize the impact that negative emotion has over you.

You kind of organize it and normalize it and talk it out or write it down and say, that wasn't that bad. But group number three, they actually wrote about it and then looked at it and said, hmm, Now, did it teach me empathy? Did it give me family closeness or community closeness? Did it give me self-confidence, self-efficacy? Did I actually make money from it?

You kind of organize it and normalize it and talk it out or write it down and say, that wasn't that bad. But group number three, they actually wrote about it and then looked at it and said, hmm, Now, did it teach me empathy? Did it give me family closeness or community closeness? Did it give me self-confidence, self-efficacy? Did I actually make money from it?

You kind of organize it and normalize it and talk it out or write it down and say, that wasn't that bad. But group number three, they actually wrote about it and then looked at it and said, hmm, Now, did it teach me empathy? Did it give me family closeness or community closeness? Did it give me self-confidence, self-efficacy? Did I actually make money from it?

If you could say yes to a whole host of those positive benefits, it can actually become one of the greatest things that's ever happened to you. See, it's not when your life is perfect that you actually learn. When you pretend like your life is perfect and your ego gets too big, you stop on the constant life learning process. You think like you know everything.

If you could say yes to a whole host of those positive benefits, it can actually become one of the greatest things that's ever happened to you. See, it's not when your life is perfect that you actually learn. When you pretend like your life is perfect and your ego gets too big, you stop on the constant life learning process. You think like you know everything.

If you could say yes to a whole host of those positive benefits, it can actually become one of the greatest things that's ever happened to you. See, it's not when your life is perfect that you actually learn. When you pretend like your life is perfect and your ego gets too big, you stop on the constant life learning process. You think like you know everything.

Then you become miserable to be around. But when you can actually get knocked down into that hole and look around and say, what am I learning? Where can I learn more about what I'm learning? How can I use that as a form of connection with others? So I started... realizing that this scar that I have across my arm, it's actually the greatest thing that's ever happened to me.

Then you become miserable to be around. But when you can actually get knocked down into that hole and look around and say, what am I learning? Where can I learn more about what I'm learning? How can I use that as a form of connection with others? So I started... realizing that this scar that I have across my arm, it's actually the greatest thing that's ever happened to me.

Then you become miserable to be around. But when you can actually get knocked down into that hole and look around and say, what am I learning? Where can I learn more about what I'm learning? How can I use that as a form of connection with others? So I started... realizing that this scar that I have across my arm, it's actually the greatest thing that's ever happened to me.