# 244 Gratefulness Practices for Teens (and for us)

This podcast is published the week of Thanksgiving and so we pause to consider what we are thankful for. In the book - WAKE UP GRATEFUL: THE TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE OF TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED- author KRISTI NELSON provides a groundbreaking exploration of what it means to live gratefully and bring awareness into every moment of every day. When 33-year-old Kristi Nelson was diagnosed with stage IV cancer, her entire perspective changed. In Wake Up Grateful, Nelson describes how this wake-up call about the brevity of life helped her reframe her existence as a gift full of welcome surprises and love, teaching readers how to similarly transform their mindset and daily practice of living.  Kristi's guidance, drawing on 5 core principles, teaches us to cherish our connection to ourselves, others, and the world to practice and embody a grateful life. She gives us 5 practices that will help our teens cultivate gratefulness. Kristi discusses the difference between gratitude and gratefulness and why this distinction is important. KRISTI NELSON is the executive director of A Network for Grateful Living. She has spent more than 30 years in nonprofit leadership, development, and consulting, working at the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, and the Soul of Money Institute. Nelson is a Stage IV cancer survivor and lives with her family in western Massachusetts. To learn more about Kristi: https://grateful.org/kristi-nelson/   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Colleen O'Grady, MA. is a speaker, trainer and author of the award-winning and best-selling book Dial Down the Drama: Reduce Conflict and Reconnect with Your Teenage Daughter---A Guide for Mothers Everywhere. Colleen shares her wisdom from twenty-five years of experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist which translates into over 50,000 hours of working with parents and teens. Colleen, known as the parent-teen relationship expert helps you raise the bar of what's possible for the teenage years. Colleen not only knows this professionally she has been a mom in the trenches with her own teenage daughter. You really can improve your relationship with your teen and dial up the joy, peace, and delight at home and work. Every episode is geared to uplift you, give you practical parenting tips that you can apply right away and keep you current on the latest in teen research and trends.