Jamie Hess

I grew up with a nice life and they weren't wrong. But let me tell you something, Mick. Guess how much that helped me, them telling me just knock it off and be grateful. Zero. That didn't help me. In fact, it made me feel more shame. I'm like, oh my God, they're right. I have a good and I'm privileged and here I am completely blowing everything. I really am a loser.

I grew up with a nice life and they weren't wrong. But let me tell you something, Mick. Guess how much that helped me, them telling me just knock it off and be grateful. Zero. That didn't help me. In fact, it made me feel more shame. I'm like, oh my God, they're right. I have a good and I'm privileged and here I am completely blowing everything. I really am a loser.

I grew up with a nice life and they weren't wrong. But let me tell you something, Mick. Guess how much that helped me, them telling me just knock it off and be grateful. Zero. That didn't help me. In fact, it made me feel more shame. I'm like, oh my God, they're right. I have a good and I'm privileged and here I am completely blowing everything. I really am a loser.

And then I went and used more because like, who wants to live in that? Easier to escape. Okay. So how do we actually sink into gratitude? Well, it's, It's actually simpler than you think, but it's actually a little more annoying than you think. You see, what I always say is the work doesn't really feel like the work when you're in it. It just feels like a series of minor inconveniences, right?

And then I went and used more because like, who wants to live in that? Easier to escape. Okay. So how do we actually sink into gratitude? Well, it's, It's actually simpler than you think, but it's actually a little more annoying than you think. You see, what I always say is the work doesn't really feel like the work when you're in it. It just feels like a series of minor inconveniences, right?

And then I went and used more because like, who wants to live in that? Easier to escape. Okay. So how do we actually sink into gratitude? Well, it's, It's actually simpler than you think, but it's actually a little more annoying than you think. You see, what I always say is the work doesn't really feel like the work when you're in it. It just feels like a series of minor inconveniences, right?

We all like to say, I'm doing the work. I'm doing the deep. I'm doing the work. Are you? Because the work doesn't feel like anything profound. It feels like in that moment when you walk into the bathroom and look in the mirror and you call yourself fat saying, ah, ah, ah. We don't talk to ourselves like that. That is a beautiful woman or a beautiful man I see in front of me. I am fabulous.

We all like to say, I'm doing the work. I'm doing the deep. I'm doing the work. Are you? Because the work doesn't feel like anything profound. It feels like in that moment when you walk into the bathroom and look in the mirror and you call yourself fat saying, ah, ah, ah. We don't talk to ourselves like that. That is a beautiful woman or a beautiful man I see in front of me. I am fabulous.

We all like to say, I'm doing the work. I'm doing the deep. I'm doing the work. Are you? Because the work doesn't feel like anything profound. It feels like in that moment when you walk into the bathroom and look in the mirror and you call yourself fat saying, ah, ah, ah. We don't talk to ourselves like that. That is a beautiful woman or a beautiful man I see in front of me. I am fabulous.

I'm in my power. I'm in my presence. I am a child of God. That's the work. That's literally the work. It is stopping yourself in those micro moments and saying, come on, get back grounded, pull that leash back. We're going to get back in gratitude.

I'm in my power. I'm in my presence. I am a child of God. That's the work. That's literally the work. It is stopping yourself in those micro moments and saying, come on, get back grounded, pull that leash back. We're going to get back in gratitude.

I'm in my power. I'm in my presence. I am a child of God. That's the work. That's literally the work. It is stopping yourself in those micro moments and saying, come on, get back grounded, pull that leash back. We're going to get back in gratitude.

Well, there's a reason they call it a practice, right? You have to practice. It's not intuitive. And in fact, I would challenge that it's the opposite. So our brains are actually wired the way that our neurochemistry is wired. We are wired to look for the bad, the problems, something that might attack us, the saber tooth tiger. It is what kept us alive as a species.

Well, there's a reason they call it a practice, right? You have to practice. It's not intuitive. And in fact, I would challenge that it's the opposite. So our brains are actually wired the way that our neurochemistry is wired. We are wired to look for the bad, the problems, something that might attack us, the saber tooth tiger. It is what kept us alive as a species.

Well, there's a reason they call it a practice, right? You have to practice. It's not intuitive. And in fact, I would challenge that it's the opposite. So our brains are actually wired the way that our neurochemistry is wired. We are wired to look for the bad, the problems, something that might attack us, the saber tooth tiger. It is what kept us alive as a species.

However, what happened or what didn't happen is our brain didn't evolve out of that. In other words, you're not looking to escape a saber-toothed tiger all day. It's not coming. You're good.

However, what happened or what didn't happen is our brain didn't evolve out of that. In other words, you're not looking to escape a saber-toothed tiger all day. It's not coming. You're good.

However, what happened or what didn't happen is our brain didn't evolve out of that. In other words, you're not looking to escape a saber-toothed tiger all day. It's not coming. You're good.

But what we do instead is we react that same way to, you know, the judgmental email from a client or the unhappy email from our boss or the side eye from a coworker or, you know, a weird, you know, kind of glance from our partner or loved one. And all of a sudden we feel attacked. we fall under siege and we get fight or flight. So it's really about having a practice.

But what we do instead is we react that same way to, you know, the judgmental email from a client or the unhappy email from our boss or the side eye from a coworker or, you know, a weird, you know, kind of glance from our partner or loved one. And all of a sudden we feel attacked. we fall under siege and we get fight or flight. So it's really about having a practice.