Jamie Hess

I was an SVP of a big agency. They never failed to, you know, if you were doing a great job, I would just get an email saying, hey, Jamie, we just want to let you know you have really been crushing it lately, and it has not gone unnoticed. Here's a $250 gift card to go get a massage. Enjoy. And I was floored. And my mom used to say, they are so smart.

I was an SVP of a big agency. They never failed to, you know, if you were doing a great job, I would just get an email saying, hey, Jamie, we just want to let you know you have really been crushing it lately, and it has not gone unnoticed. Here's a $250 gift card to go get a massage. Enjoy. And I was floored. And my mom used to say, they are so smart.

You know, the stupid $250, it costs them nothing. You're never going to leave that company. I said, you're right. because I feel appreciated. And that goes so far, but it also boomerangs back to the appreciator, right? Because this is like a goodwill boomerang that we're doing here. So there's a lot of different ways that we show and express and receive and profess gratitude throughout a day.

You know, the stupid $250, it costs them nothing. You're never going to leave that company. I said, you're right. because I feel appreciated. And that goes so far, but it also boomerangs back to the appreciator, right? Because this is like a goodwill boomerang that we're doing here. So there's a lot of different ways that we show and express and receive and profess gratitude throughout a day.

You know, the stupid $250, it costs them nothing. You're never going to leave that company. I said, you're right. because I feel appreciated. And that goes so far, but it also boomerangs back to the appreciator, right? Because this is like a goodwill boomerang that we're doing here. So there's a lot of different ways that we show and express and receive and profess gratitude throughout a day.

I do like a gratitude list. I think it's a good pen to paper exercise, but I'll tell you, Mick, sometimes when I'm just having a hard moment, I will go, this is, I call it either bathroom prayer. I'll go in the bathroom and say the serenity prayer, or I'll just like pop on YouTube on my phone and type in like Gratitude meditation, five minutes and do the first one that comes up.

I do like a gratitude list. I think it's a good pen to paper exercise, but I'll tell you, Mick, sometimes when I'm just having a hard moment, I will go, this is, I call it either bathroom prayer. I'll go in the bathroom and say the serenity prayer, or I'll just like pop on YouTube on my phone and type in like Gratitude meditation, five minutes and do the first one that comes up.

I do like a gratitude list. I think it's a good pen to paper exercise, but I'll tell you, Mick, sometimes when I'm just having a hard moment, I will go, this is, I call it either bathroom prayer. I'll go in the bathroom and say the serenity prayer, or I'll just like pop on YouTube on my phone and type in like Gratitude meditation, five minutes and do the first one that comes up.

It's just about getting in the habit of taking a contrary action.

It's just about getting in the habit of taking a contrary action.

It's just about getting in the habit of taking a contrary action.

Well, thank you. And I think it's a great point. It's a great point. And I think it's hard for people sometimes to stay in gratitude in general when they're going through a rough time. That's obviously when we need it most, but that's when most people start to slip and be like, you know what? Everything isn't great, you know? And you just want to lean into like, woe is me.

Well, thank you. And I think it's a great point. It's a great point. And I think it's hard for people sometimes to stay in gratitude in general when they're going through a rough time. That's obviously when we need it most, but that's when most people start to slip and be like, you know what? Everything isn't great, you know? And you just want to lean into like, woe is me.

Well, thank you. And I think it's a great point. It's a great point. And I think it's hard for people sometimes to stay in gratitude in general when they're going through a rough time. That's obviously when we need it most, but that's when most people start to slip and be like, you know what? Everything isn't great, you know? And you just want to lean into like, woe is me.

And that's honestly why I started my podcast, Mick, is because my podcast, so I had another podcast for four years prior to this one and it was great. It was a I co-hosted it with a couple other well-known women in wellness, and it was called Off the Gram, and it was everything at the intersection of wellness and social media.

And that's honestly why I started my podcast, Mick, is because my podcast, so I had another podcast for four years prior to this one and it was great. It was a I co-hosted it with a couple other well-known women in wellness, and it was called Off the Gram, and it was everything at the intersection of wellness and social media.

And that's honestly why I started my podcast, Mick, is because my podcast, so I had another podcast for four years prior to this one and it was great. It was a I co-hosted it with a couple other well-known women in wellness, and it was called Off the Gram, and it was everything at the intersection of wellness and social media.

It was a chat show, and it was fun, but I really wanted to do deep, immersive audio theater storytelling, audio narrative with sound design and narration and telling these great stories. And I love true crime, but I don't. Ever since I became a mom, I became a wimp.

It was a chat show, and it was fun, but I really wanted to do deep, immersive audio theater storytelling, audio narrative with sound design and narration and telling these great stories. And I love true crime, but I don't. Ever since I became a mom, I became a wimp.

It was a chat show, and it was fun, but I really wanted to do deep, immersive audio theater storytelling, audio narrative with sound design and narration and telling these great stories. And I love true crime, but I don't. Ever since I became a mom, I became a wimp.