Thanksgiving is sneaking up on us again here in the USA, and there’s just so much to be thankful for this time of year! Or is there? That’s the question. Well, maybe not exactly. Are there things to be thankful for? Sure. If you look hard enough you can always find something, but you know what’s often even easier to find? Things you’re not thankful for. When life gets really challenging, we’re not generally overflowing with appreciation for how awful things feel. That’s why gratitude journaling is so often recommended in pop psychology. That’s pretty vague though. I mean if you’re struggling to be in a positive mind set, just sitting down with a blank sheet of paper and the expectation to be grateful you probably won’t get very far. But what about journal prompts, questions intended to make you look closer or broaden your perspective? Join us as we explore and discuss some journal prompts intended to inspire gratitude. Do they work? Let’s find out.

Also we’re starting a new series! Consider this episode a pilot. We didn’t announce it in the episode because we’re silly gooses who didn’t decide on it until after this episode was finished and we were preparing it for release. The series will be called Futile or Functional, and we’ll be reviewing pop psychology concepts, giving our thoughts as to their effectiveness as neurodivergents who have been deeply entrenched in the world of psychology for most of our lives.

If you took a fancy to the same gratitude prompts that we did you can find them here: https://christieinge.com/gratitude-journal-prompts/   We are not in any way affiliated with this creator, we just liked her list of questions.

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