Jamie Hess
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130 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard Apr 2025
Jamie Hess’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And your peace is going to be making your mess your message. You can only do that once you've healed. Jessie, I am so excited that you are finding peace and that you've been brave enough to make your mess your message. This is what we do on the Gratitudology podcast. But you can only do that once you've healed.
And we're so proud of you and your journey and your ability to not only survive, but to thrive. If you want to learn more about what Jessie is up to, you can follow her on social media. It is her name at Jessie Buttafuoco on all platforms.
It's also important to mention, should you or anyone you know be experiencing thoughts of self-harm, you can contact the National Suicide and Crisis Hotline by calling or texting 988 or visiting 988lifeline.org. I want to send out a huge thank you to my thousands of loyal listeners, maybe a few new ones today as well. Welcome to this space. We're grateful you're here.
And I'm grateful to have had the honor of sharing these amazing stories with you all for the last year. And let me tell you, you ain't seen nothing yet because we only just begun. Don't forget to follow me at Jamie Hess on Instagram and follow the podcast at Gratitudeology on Instagram and YouTube. That's all for today.
Remember, if you like what you heard, if it impacted you in any way, and if you think it's a message other people in your life might like to hear, I'd be so grateful if you'd give me five stars, leave a quick little comment. Those things really help. And share this podcast with your friends, either on social media or just word of mouth.
I'm on a mission for us all to help each other focus on expanding our attention towards what's good in the world rather than focusing on what's bad, one person at a time. If we all did that, even to our own little sphere of influence, the world has the potential to be a much more radically awesome place. Stick with me, friends. I've got your back.
We're in this together, and it's a great day to see the greatness in the day. See you next time. The Gratitudology podcast is written, executive produced, and hosted by me, Jamie Hess. Sound design and studio production by Gotham Production Studios. Our theme song is Maze by Hills, sung by Nadia Ali. And don't forget to follow us on Instagram at Gratitudology.
You know, I've done a lot of cool things as an adult, but the fun mic drop moment is that I was an addict and alcoholic. And growing up, wow, I made life hard for myself. I made it hard. I made it dark. And I didn't see any other way out.
Well, you know, it's really easy to have this big philosophical idea that like we should be grateful. But what does that actually break down to? Like that's hard.
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-toothed tiger. It is what kept us alive as a species.
I'm amazing.
I'm feeling amazing. And I very much believe in the reticular activating system of our brain. So I've taken to saying I'm amazing. I've taken to saying, you know, as I'm walking down the stairs in the morning and my mind wants to say, You know, oh, I'm so tired. It's so early. I say, wow, why is everything so amazing? Why does everything work out for me? How is my life so incredible today?
And the more you call it out like that, the more you believe it.
Well, this is always kind of my fun mic drop moment because usually people read a description of the podcast episode or they read my bio. And I've done a lot of cool things as an adult. But the fun mic drop moment is that I was an addict and alcoholic. And growing up, wow, I made life hard for myself. I made it hard. I made it dark. And I didn't see any other way out.
And the interesting thing about recovery is that they say that addiction is the only disease that once you get the treatment, you actually end up better on the other side. Like if you have cancer and you go into remission from cancer, you just go back to not having cancer. But with addiction, when you do the work in recovery, you come out a different person on the other side.
And everything that I learned about gratitude, about having a daily spiritual practice, about not being a victim and taking accountability for things and having integrity, that That was all news to me. Like that was like a blueprint for living I didn't have. And so my why, my because, because I got sober and because I learned a new way of living.
And as a byproduct, I got this understanding that an attitude of gratitude is the heartbeat of happiness.
Well, you know, it's really easy to have this big philosophical idea that, like, we should be grateful. But what does that actually break down to? Like, that's hard. And so how do we appreciate appreciation? How do we remain in abject gratitude for our very breath? And that does come down to the moments. You are absolutely right. It's really how we talk to ourselves.
At the end of the day, I believe that it comes down to how we talk to ourselves because, you know, a lot of people compartmentalize. We read self-help books. And then in that moment when we read the self-help book, we're inspired to be grateful. Or we give advice to others. And in that moment, we're inspired to give somebody else advice to just, you know, really sit back and things could be worse.
And there's starving children in another country and you're here and hey, things are pretty good and be grateful for that. And it's like, that's not enormously helpful. People used to tell me when I was younger and in my addiction. Like, what are you doing? Like, you just be grateful. Like, you have a nice life. My mother is TV journalist Joan Lunden.
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