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Exploring Gratitude: What Are You Thankful For?

Boss Leap - Dr. Sylvia Morris & Dr. Angela Walker | Gratitude

 

Despite the many challenges and the seemingly endless uncertainties in life, one cannot run out of things to be grateful for. Dr. Sylvia Morris and Dr. Angela Walker look back on the past year to explore different moments of gratitude, not just the big wins but also the most trivial successes. Together, they discuss what they are most thankful for in their toughest moments, what they have chosen to let go, and which people in their lives they are extremely grateful to have. Learn how to find purpose in every moment of your life, both good and bad, through the power of gratitude.

 

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Exploring Gratitude: What Are You Thankful For?

In this episode, we are talking about gratitude. It’s a back-and-forth between the two of us and one of our favorite topics. I love this conversation because gratitude isn’t just about what went right. It’s about what stretched us, what humbled us and what changed us. Many women reading are caring a lot now. Whether its success, responsibility, transitions and there may be many transitions. If this episode gives someone permission to see their life differently, then it’s worth reading. Sylvia, we’ll jump right into it and talk about some of maybe the unexpected gratitude that we’ve had.

Gratitude is my favorite mindfulness practice because you can do it anywhere. It doesn’t take very long even if it’s just for one minute and one day then you have elevated and reframed whatever is happening at this moment. I’m excited to talk about gratitude. It’s not only about the positive things or my house and those things, which we are most certainly grateful for. It’s also for some of the things like our setbacks and for those small wins and even tough moments.

Overcoming Tough Challenges In 2025

Jumping right into it and you led with that. What’s something that was tough in 2026 or in 2025 but you’re grateful for now?

Something tough for 2025 was certainly my new or all evolving caregiving duties or responsibilities. At the beginning of 2025, I hadn’t yet figured out how am I going to provide care or assist in the journey of care I should say for my favorite uncle. He lives in a different state. It was important for me to not only honor his wishes and his desire to stay in his own home. Also, for me to know that he was safe and then how do you do that? I am grateful that our thinking is now in alignment and we both had to give a little. I’m thankful for my uncle and for our ability to move into this next season. What about you?

As our audience knows, we are living parallel journeys here, which a lot of people are in this sandwich generation of navigating. Those that are younger and older in our lives. For me, the tough part was learning to sit with uncertainty because we plan and plan but you can’t plan for every eventuality or everything that’s going to happen. Not being certain about how you’re going to proceed and how that person is going to recover so to speak. My mom suffered a stroke and recovery is going well but there is a moment in time where you’re not sure.

Being comfortable with that uncertainty and what helped 2025 with that is knowing that we had gone down the process of talking about all the things. We had gone through the motions of trying to set things in place. Quite honestly, some of our guests in the show had been very beneficial. Sheia Grant Gibbs talked about her journey with her mom that resonated so much with me. We talked with Michelle Rankin who has a caregiving service and lots of people that are traveling along the same roads, but a different path. Nevertheless, you can learn from and try to learn as much as we can along this journey and be open to what other people want.

Also, learning how to be firm, intentional and making sure that your loved ones know that you have their best interests at heart. I’m grateful for everything that preceded it. I’m grateful for what is happening now as well. I have to say, I’m so grateful for seeing other providers in action. I can’t say enough about people at every stage, whether it be physicians, nurses, caretakers or transporters in the hospital. There’s so many people that do things that go unsung. I’m grateful to be here to see it all and to have the capacity and the bandwidth to help my loved one.

The only thing that is certain is uncertainty. We talk about change is the thing that is always constant. What I will say is that I am so proud of you and you were planning all along to be successful. Although things were uncertain, you had already started having those conversations with your loved one and how you would move forward in those things. I know it was tough, but you were as prepared as one could be. For our readers who haven’t yet read our episode with Sheia Grant Gibbs or Michelle Rankin. Please go to the Boss Leap Podcast. We are on YouTube. Also, wherever you get your show.

There’s very valuable episodes and I’m grateful for that.

Being Grateful To People Behind The Scenes

Who are you grateful for behind the scenes?

That is such a great question, but I don’t have a one-person answer.

You can have more than one person.

It’s the people who consistently show up. They don’t need recognition. They don’t need for you to say thank you. Although I try my best. It’s people like you who asked in the midst of being in the hospital room, “Have you fed yourself? Have you watered yourself?” It’s things that we know we need to do, but it’s the people that are constantly showing up. It’s the friend who I see maybe once a year who sends me posts on Instagram and sends me posts in my texts. Maybe it’s a Bible verse or a song, but something positive every day.

I might not get to like it every day or say thank you every day, but she knows. Behind the scenes, my husband was doing so much reconnaissance and investigative work when we needed to figure out what we were going to be doing next. I didn’t have to ask. I didn’t even know, but it’s those things. It’s my kids who are the biggest cheerleaders. It’s amazing. They can make me laugh when I need to laugh. They can tell me that I’m doing a good job when I don’t know that I’m doing a good job.

It’s the community. The community that I have curated, I’ve built, and I’m trying to pour into. It’s my best friend from the good old days from when I was growing up, Bridget and the girls trip girls. I feel like I’m on an award show and I’m trying to remember to name everybody. It’s not that. It’s just the people that show up consistently and so many along the way. I’m so grateful to have such a fantastic village around me. That is something that I give thanks for every day.

Angela, I got a text from Sebi and Pierre.

It’s the animals who will snuggle up to you when nobody else knows that you’re crying on the inside and can make you laugh. The gut-busting laugh. You are right, Mr. Sebi and Mr. Pierre who I’ve had the opportunity to see a couple of times this year when he’s come to visit with his mom. I’ve got a leg laundry list. How about you? Tell me some of these behind the scenes for you that you’re grateful for.

It is my entire village. There are people that keep me grounded. You pick up the phone or you send them attacks. It may have been three months since the last time you contacted them and it’s like it was a few moments ago. It is my friend from childhood that continued to allow me to grow and to support me. You mentioned the girl’s trip and the girls from med school. I continue to be just grateful. I won’t say surprise had blown away but it is wonderful to have people. You got people. If you have people, then it tells me who you are. I’m certainly not perfect. I’m not always easy to get along with.

You just have to be with the right people.

Exactly. How about that? I’m happy at this season in my life to have people that love me and show up for me.

Turning Failures Into Opportunities

Tell me about a failure that has happened to you that you feel like you needed?

This is going back many moons. It is not getting into the 29 medical schools that I had applied for and being accepted into the Georgetown Experimental Medical Studies program at Georgetown. If that one event allowed me to meet the people that I am bonded to for life, so present company including. At the time, I remember getting all those rejection letters because that was in the last century.

You would get a thin paper letter in the mail and they were like, “Thank you but no thank you.” If not for Georgetown saying yes to me, I wouldn’t have met you or Jessica Diane, Leah, Craig, Dom, and Marla. All the people that have helped me be a better human being and being a stellar physician. That’s seemingly a disappointment that turned into an appointment.

Aren’t they all, though? You went way back and you went to a significant time in our lives because again we have the same path and journey. I wasn’t even thinking that deep. The opportunity to know that was something to be grateful for because there are many people that are traveling now. There are people that are living that have experienced those things that have not yet had the clarity to see that is something to be grateful for. I take care of women that are still focusing on the lost opportunities, but not seeing it as another door that was open for them in another way.

There’s something to be said to recognize the failures. I had a simple one. It was more of a speaking opportunity that I had wanted. It wasn’t aligned with what my message is. At the end of the day, I learned that this probably wasn’t the right time or the right venue for your message anyway. I went through the steps. As you know there’s sometimes a lot of processes that have to happen when you are being courted or applying to. I’m grateful for nos.

One Tiny Moment That Changed Your Path

If I may add on. What I will say, just going through the process, doing what you’re supposed to do at the time is preparation for the next opportunity. We don’t know what is but focus on what you’re supposed to be doing then let the future take care of itself. That all goes back to being grateful for uncertainty. Is there a tiny moment that changed your path?

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I don’t know of it as tiny but realizing that I don’t have to do it the way everyone else does. There are a lot of health, wellness, and coaches speakers out there. Some are extremely successful and others are doing their thing and making their way and happy with what they’re doing. We’re in this creative space where you admire the work of some others and you may want to follow that path. Your path is not anyone else’s.

Your path is your path.

Understanding or coming to that realization that what I am doing, putting one foot forward every day in the way that I’m doing it is probably the way I should be doing it. I can still take advice and suggestions, but as I do that, I’ll learn that this process may work for me but this other process may not. That’s okay because it’s the process that I need to be following. Learning that has changed the way that I show up every day for myself and the way I’m moving forward in my business. How about you?

A tiny moment that might have been a big moment is the first time I was on television. I happened to be on the weather channel.

I remember that moment. We were like, “Sylvia.”

A moment that changed my path was when I was on the Weather Channel for the first time and with Stephanie Abrams. The thing that I remember most is her professionalism. She came into the makeup room with me and flipped through the script. That put me at ease so I would know what to expect. When I was on camera, she said, “Don’t worry about anything. Only look at me.” I was like, “I can do that.”

Being on the Weather Channel, the light bulb went off for me. I thought, “I like being on camera. This is fun.” Having that experience on the Weather Channel made me think, “Maybe I can do this. I am a physician by trade. However, I have some other tools in my toolkit. Let’s use my voice in media, television, and writing, and all of the things to shine light on things that are important and are in service and a benefit to the world.” It’s how I look at it. Stephanie Abrams is a phenomenal human being. She was so gracious with her introduction for me.

She sounds like somebody we may need to reach out to, Slyvia.

I know. If she would come on the show that’d be great.

I had no doubt you were going to shine. You’ve always been my Surgeon General from the moment we met you at Georgetown. You were going to be the Surgeon General because you had a message to give to the world. You went on to get your Master’s in Public Health. Now look at you as an ambassador for all good things in healthcare.

You did your holistic medicine. I had no doubt. I was waiting for you to get that foot in the door. We are looking for those things to expand in 2026 of expansion and see what great things are coming to you. It’s good to give a shout-out to those people in our lives that sometimes don’t realize the impact of what they have done in our lives. It’s a good reminder for us to continue to pour into others.

I’m grateful for you as always, my number one hype woman. Thank you.

I’m the biggest cheerleader. I try to be so.

You, too.

Letting Go Of Something You Are Now Thankful For

Thank you. Tell me what did you have to let go of maybe recently or in the past that you’re now thankful for?

This is a continual process every day for me, letting go of my need to be in control. I don’t know if you know this about me, Angela. I’m a little bit of a control freak.

You’re very cooperative, though. You got to get together.

That is the only child in me I think. I like it my way.

We’re driven.

Again, very kind but I need to control letting that go. Specifically in spaces where it doesn’t matter how it happens as long as it happens, especially at work. You can’t control other people or how they’re going to do things. All I can do is document and move forward, and for me learn to pick my battles. You don’t need to respond to everything. Don’t need to write an email about everything. It’s that internal like, “Am I going to allow this to stress me when that person has moved on?” My blood pressure is still up.

You don’t have time for that.

I can’t control when the planes are going to leave. All I can do is be on the plane. That’s my thing. I’m continuing to work on that. Is there something that you have let go of?

Over-committing. Saying yes because that I should be and doing this and I can’t.

There’s that word. Should is a dirty word on the show.

When you asked me about an opportunity, I was like, “Let me think about that.” You’re like, “No. Aren’t you doing this, this and this?”

Those were just the things that I know about.

Sometimes, we just need that voice of reason but it’s over-committing. When you eliminate some of the excess, then you can shine in the things that are meaningful and are meant for you. Trying to grasp that and make that a commitment in my life of not over-committing is something that I’m looking to do more of. That is something I’m thankful for.

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The other thing about that is we’re not going to miss our good. You’re not going to miss your good. I’m not going to miss my good. The show and we as a collective are not going to miss our good. If the answer is not yes immediately in my soul then I am trying not to do it because that word should gets me in trouble.

All the time.

Who has pushed you or challenged you in a way that you are now grateful for?

I can think of two instances in life that people have asked me hard questions. One was Carl, my husband, when I was trying to decide, do I want to go down this road or trying to get into medical school? When I know I’ve got to do a lot of work to get in. I was working at the time. I got a good job. I had a company car, good money, benefits and all that. It was a reminder of what I had shared my vision to be for so many years.

A setback derailed that. It was a question. It’s like, “Wasn’t that your dream? Are you going to give that up at this point?” It wasn’t like a shame. It wasn’t like, “I think you should.” It came across as genuine like, “Have you thought about that again? You know that you’re capable of it. I want to know how you are planning to proceed here?” It was good. It may have come later or delayed or not have happened at all, but I knew. You and I both had this dream of being Physicians.

Sometimes it’s not always the easy route. That was a push for me. I’m grateful for that. The second one was you in terms of my dream of the health style of speaking and coaching. I was working full-time and trying to get that off the ground, which was becoming a hurdle I couldn’t get over. You’re like, “Is there another way you can do this?”

I was like, “Can you quit your job?”

That was basically what you said. I was like, “Not quite but I can modify this. I don’t have to do the standard call every eighth night or fifth night and work 40 hours and then plus, adding up to eight hours and then trying to do a job on the side. I’m at a point where I can make adjustments.” Which I did and I’m grateful for that. Those were hard questions. The people that truly know you can ask you those things. Those that don’t, would never think to. I’m grateful for those. How about you?

My favorite cousin, Rochelle, would always ask me about the book when we were writing the book over the course of almost a decade. She would say, “How is the book going? How is the writing going? When can I buy it on Amazon?” In my head, I was like, “Cousin, I don’t know because it’s not going as well as I thought or as easy as I thought it was going to.” She was persistent and it was from a place of love. It was like, “You talked about this. You said you wanted to do this. You were excited. Please remember that excitement and keep pushing forward because it’s important. Your voices, all five of us, are important and we have a story to tell.”

One other person is Sheia Grant Gibbs who is also a friend of the show. She too would ask me about the book. “How’s it going with the ladies and the books?” I was like, “I don’t know, Sheia.” I am grateful to my cousin Rochelle and Sheia for continuingly to ask me about our book, The Game Plan: A Woman’s Guide to Becoming a Doctor and Living a Life in Medicine, which is available on Amazon.

I would be remiss you bringing that up if I didn’t speak my mom’s name, Beatrice Barnes and my girls. The important things in your life are the things that mean something to you. You usually share those with others that you love and trust. If you are spending time, sweat and tears in a project, people see that you’re doing that. My mom and my girls were those people that would ask and particularly my mother. “When is your book coming out?” Imagine she was thinking, “I want to see this before I go meet my maker.”

It was constant between them and my girls. They’re like, “Are you still doing the book?” From my mother, it was something I know that she had written a book herself when she was younger. I knew it was something for her that she was super proud that we were doing it and doing it together. For my girls, it was more certainly a motivation because you want to be an example for somebody. You say you’re going to do something and you do it. You want to finish it.

You don’t want to set that example of something that you’re passionate about, you just can’t get it over the finish line. Especially if it’s meaningful. The project that we did was super meaningful. We could go on and on about the book but I can’t put my people out on that as well. It’s always good to have those people that hold your feet to the fire. Whether it’s in a loving way or in your face, “What are you doing?” That pushes you.

Leaving An Old Version Of Yourself

Is there an old version of yourself that you are glad that you left behind or grateful that you’ve left behind?

The version of not speaking up for myself when I’m trying to save someone else’s feelings. That’s ongoing. As I reflect on it, that was just a learned behavior. Not necessarily that somebody made me learn but how I grew up. I was a people pleaser and I don’t rock the boat. I am not confrontational. I am a peacemaker. I know that that’s a good quality but not to the point where you are compromising yourself. When you can’t move forward in a decision or in life and feel good about the things that you’re doing or not doing, then there’s a problem when you can’t speak up. I’m learning to let others know what makes me happy and what doesn’t.

That’s a hard one.

 

Boss Leap - Dr. Sylvia Morris & Dr. Angela Walker | Gratitude

 

It’s very hard. It’s easier to be quiet.

It builds up in ourselves, our spirit, and our hearts.

There’s a song on my playlist that I can’t even think of the artist, “Say what you want to say and let the words fall out.” Now I’m learning you can’t say lyrics to people’s songs. I had no idea about copyright and stuff. It’s not like a birthday song.

We don’t have money on this yet. We’re going to have money soon.

It’s something that resonates. Once you have enough confidence to speak up, it feels good and people respect you. How do they know how you feel if you don’t say it? I’m grateful for that version of myself. How about you?

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I am grateful for not owning who I am and that is such an evolution. You talked about pleasing people and I too suffer from that. Being unapologetic is probably the best description. I’m not always that woman but that is my intention. I know that I’m much more intentional about it now. Not in a way that other people or makes other people feel less. It’s holding space for me and shining my light and understanding that I have something important to add and contribute to the world. There’s only one me.

Only one life.

Absolutely. Let’s make sure that we take full advantage of that and be my most authentic self. I’m grateful for learning how to be unapologetic.

I love that for you. You are a once-in-a-lifetime person to meet and I feel like you’ve always been genuine and authentic. I certainly feel like you have potential in terms of reaching large audiences with the important things that you have to say. The growth is exponential that I’ve seen and what I see is coming for you.

Thank you. From your lips to God’s ears and say amen.

Amen.

Did all for you.

A Habit You Are Most Grateful For

Tell me one habit or ritual that you’re grateful for, maybe something that you’ve done for a long time or something that’s new.

My morning practice has evolved. It’s the thing that grounds me for every day. I always start off with reading my spiritual daily bread reading. I listen to our guy Jay Shetty every morning and I do a little stretching with the Calm app. I use Headspace as well to do some breathing exercises. I make my bed. For me, having that morning ritual of grounding myself in preparation for the day. Since we’re talking about gratitude, I’ve added on a gratitude practice. I write down ten things that I’m grateful for.

That’s a lot. Can you duplicate because that’s a lot for every day?

When we were on a girl’s trip, I think we’re going to talk about that a little bit later. When we did the floating sound bath at Salamander in Washington DC.

That was amazing.

There were little cards there for 30 days of gratitude. I’ve been starting to use it. Day one is habit. Day two is something in nature day. Day three was a person. It forces me to be very specific about what I’m grateful for at that moment. That makes ten things easier.

I like that.

Thank you for asking me that.

I’m just thinking. I can think of three and then I start, “Am I grateful for the fork and the knife?” I think because sometimes we make things so complicated and just simple. I’m grateful for the air that I breathe. I might need those cards, though, because sometimes I just need the prompting.

What ritual or habit are you grateful for?

Creating quiet space. Certainly, I have some of the same morning practices that you do. I am the bed maker in the morning but before that, it’s prayer and guided meditation. Also, at lunchtime, take the quiet. Sometimes I will replay the guided meditation or at least do some breathing exercises.

I love that. At lunch time?

Whether I have a lot of time or whether I have a short period of time. I took an extra yoga mat to my office so I can sit there.

Why do you do that?

There are certain times during the day that no matter what you’re doing but certainly, in my line of work where you need to pause. Whether it’s to regroup or give thanks. That’s something I can say from gratitude on a daily basis. I never ever leave the office not being grateful for something. Whether it’s because I see something that has happened to a patient or with a patient. There’s always something to be grateful for because of how I’ve been blessed. Sometimes, it’s just to regroup and to quiet my mind from all the things that I need to be doing.

Oftentimes, you do it more effectively if you are able to regroup and just quiet down the noise and understand what’s most important. I might not get the ten things on the list done but after that quiet space, I can then prioritize the top three and make sure that those things are done. It doesn’t always work perfectly. Creating quiet space other than just the morning time and the time before going to bed.

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What To Be Grateful In This Season Of Life

That was a real pearl. That’s fantastic. Angela, what about this season of life are you grateful for?

I have so much. I’m grateful for more clarity than I’ve ever had in my life, even when things aren’t perfect, even when there are unexpected things that happen that I am able to navigate with more clarity. I feel more grounded in who I am, what I’m building and the way that I’m doing it. I feel like I’m making progress.

You are.

At the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026, I moved into the lifestyle medicine practices which I’ve always been aligned with. The tools of lifestyle medicine I just love. They resonate with me and I can translate that into my coaching and speaking.

Where can people find you for that?

At my website DrAngelaWalker.com.

In this season of life, I am most grateful for among many other things as top of my relationships with people. We had our girls trip at the end of 2025. We were at Salamander in Washington DC, and were able to reconnect. We did a floating sound bath and we went to yoga. I had some great meals. There may have been some karaoke, which was fantastic. Our ability to stay connected and prioritize at least once a year. We are going to be in the same space with each other. I cannot not mention our favorite travel agent Jamie who always helps us to curate the most wonderful experiences.

I’m grateful because I didn’t realize that not everyone has long going relationships with their girls. Maybe I took it for granted like, “They’re my half friends.” Apparently, not. There’s a lot of conversation about the importance of connection and how there was a loneliness epidemic. I feel grateful to have people for all the stages of my life. Some of them were for a reason or season. I have some lifetime people.

Certainly, it’s a privilege to have that connection and friendship. The girls from our girls trip, my best friend from childhood, and one of my other friends from childhood who I don’t talk to as often, but when I need her are there. Several people were helpful when I was in Dallas with my mom at the end of 2025. It’s like you said, you may not talk to them for three months or for a year, but when stuff hits the fan, they’re there. It’s not necessarily even needing to ask. It’s just, “This is the time I have. If you need anything, let me know.”

Sometimes you need that person that says, “My schedule looks like this. Let me know if you need anything.” Versus the standard which we say is, “If you need anything, reach out and let me know.” How many times have I said that and that’s coming from a place of purity and truth. Sometimes people need you to say, “This is when I can be there. Let me know if you need me.” I’m grateful for those types of people that consistently show up.

I’m grateful that you can now say yes to that offer of help and the assistance because not all the time can we just embrace that like, “I got it.” I don’t get it anymore.

Perfect examples. I needed to break from my caregiving for a day and a half, do the karaoke and the meals. I had people that could step in for me. There’s also my babies, my family, but having those people in your life. You mentioned having people in your life for a lifetime and we are both blessed in that.

I heard someone on a show that says you go through seasons. Every seven years, you change your friend group. I’m like, “Is it just me?” I am trying to incorporate new friends, which is important. As you move along in life, you’re in different stages and doing different things. You want to, but it becomes harder. Some people don’t have the people from way back. Unfortunately, some people are caring around people from way back that may not be serving you wel,l but that’s for another episode.

Why Drs. Angela And Sylvia Started The Podcast

Sometimes, we need to have people peel off because they no longer are necessary in our life. Again, the word season. No more alignment. Speaking of the show, is there any moment that cemented why we do this?

Anytime someone mentions the episode and they say, “I feel like you were speaking to me,” or it helped them make a brave decision. What I’ll share with you, which was very interesting. I have a mentee, which you know of, a male. He’s young and wants to go into medicine in college, but he is a faithful audience.

Thank you. We need to know his name. Can we say his first name?

It’s Paul. It’s so funny. It’s like the non-traditional audience. He just said he was inspired and it was a random text. I think it was one of the best episodes and mentioned something that he was inspired by. It was a reminder that we know who we are speaking to for the most part. There are so many people that read the show that are not necessarily the audience that we’re supposed to be attracting and still people are hopefully gaining something that they can either pass on to someone else or be inspired by in their own lives. The only other thing I’ll mention is the young people that we’ve had in our episode like Nichele Phillip, Alexis Walker, Britney Clark Harris, and Alexis Phillip.

Those people have number one reminded us of things that we don’t necessarily think of as we have aged and have more wisdom. To continue to stay open to the voices of those that are coming behind us because they do have a lot of valuable information. If we know that we have something to share, sometimes it’s the way in which we share it that helps it to be received in the best way. That has shaped sometimes the way that about episodes and how we share information so that we’re reaching everyone where they are. How about you?

We want to reach the broadest possible audience. I am always floored when people spontaneously say to me, “I listen to Boss Leap.” It’s not that I forget that I have a show but it still amazes me. I’m so grateful when people say that they listened and got something useful or heartwarming from listening to our conversations. My neighbor as an example. She says she listened to the show and there was a connection with one of our guests. I was like, “Thank you.”

We certainly know that we get something out of it but with every guest, there’s something that we learn. It’s nice to be able to share that with others.

How about a little rapid-fire?

Answering Rapid-Fire Questions And Closing Words

Let’s wrap it up. Some rapid-fire questions, I’m ready for you.

Morning ritual you can’t skip.

We’ve already talked about it. It’s that quiet time before everything gets loud. For me, it’s the quiet time before I even step out of bed. How about you?

I’m going to say I’ll walk. Although, I sometimes skip it. I shouldn’t skip it or I want to not skip it, if that makes sense.

You do it on a regular consistent basis, too. That’s the point. You do. A book or show you’re grateful exists.

Top of mind, Therapy for Black Girls and The Happiness Project.

A show you know, Mel Robbins. She’s one of my favorites. I just love the guests. She’s very intentional about the guests that she has on the show. Always walk away with something that I’ve written down. As for the book I read, I would love to be that person that reads all the autobiographies and the extensive self-help books. Mostly I like something that takes me somewhere that takes me away. It’s usually fiction. I read what’s called Sandwich. I felt like I was the woman. Anyway, she is my age, has kids, elderly parents, dealing with menopause, dealing with frustrations in marriage, but loves her husband or partner. It was a good book. Good read. Favorite comfort food?

I don’t know if coffee is a comfort food. A good espresso of my favorite drink is something called a Cortado. That always makes me happy. That first sip of espresso is all right with the world. Favorite comfort food that makes you happy?

This is so lame, but I have to put Mediterranean, because there’s pretty much anything in that salad, olives, tangy, lemony, vinaigrette. Whatever. It puts me at ease. It gives me comfort. I’m trying to figure out a better answer to that question but that’s mine.

That’s perfect. Let me just be transparent. It used to be French fries and ice cream. It may still be that but at this moment, I was thinking about coffee. Is there something small that you know now that made you smile?

Probably a check-in from my best friend who I know is extremely very busy. I’m so super proud of her. Hopefully, we get to talk more about what she’s doing but the fact that we can put a wave or an emoji in a chat. It’s a way of saying, “I’m thinking about you. Are you okay? I may not have time to talk, but you’re on my mind.” That would be mine. How about you?

We talked about how I ran into my neighbor coming out to go on my morning walk and that was nice because I got to catch up with her. The other thing was the sun came out for just a brief moment. It’s overcast here and I was like, “There’s a sun.” That always inspires me to want to do more and to be outside. That made me smile.

One word that sums up how you’re feeling now?

I have to say I’m grateful. I know we’re in the gratitude episode, but I do feel grateful for you, for the show and for all of our listeners. Also, for the people in my life. I’m grateful for the work that I’ve done to get here. What one word sums up how you feel?

Blessed. Abundantly blessed. That would be mine.

Take a moment to notice things you are grateful for, both big and small. Share on X

Many little things that make a difference when we notice them. We’ve spent the last few moments talking about gratitude. I am grateful for you and grateful that we’ve had this moment.

Exactly how I feel. The main thing gratitude isn’t just about the big moments. It’s about all the tiny ones too. I’m happy to share them with you and with you as you’re reading. We hope that you will use this as an opportunity to share your gratitude with those that mean something to you.

Let’s take a moment to notice things that you are grateful for. It could be big or small because it changes everything.

We thank you so much for reading. We want you to keep leaping, keep growing, and above all keep being grateful. You can reach us at BossLeapPodcast.com with any questions, concerns or certainly ideas for future episodes. You can check us out on all streaming services. Certainly, you can see us on YouTube at Boss Leap Podcast. We would love for you to subscribe and share with those that you think might gain something from the episode. Until we meet again. May you be well.

May you be well.

 

 

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