176 Thanksgiving: There's Triumph & Gratitude In 'Just' Being OK, Too

Conventional wisdom in personal growth circles used to include the adage: “Don’t just survive, thrive!” As if ‘surviving’ was undesirable, and as if the opposite of surviving was thriving. But the opposite of surviving is not thriving, it’s dying, it’s croaking, breathing your last, kicking the bucket, giving up the ghost.

In this episode, were inspired by the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, to engage in some “straight talk” about the pressures surrounding how one should feel about the holiday, and about gratitude, about accomplishments, and yes about surviving and thriving.

Related episode: Gratitude 2.0