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5-MINUTE FRIDAY: An Attitude Of Gratitude · Hurdle with Emily Abbate

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  Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Emily Abadi here, you are listening to five
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  Speaker 1: Minute Friday from Hurdle. I hope everyone listening to this
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  Speaker 1: was able to enjoy Thanksgiving yesterday. I was so happy
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  Speaker 1: to spend it with my mom in Brooklyn. It was
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  Speaker 1: my first ever holiday spent since I've moved here, so
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  Speaker 1: it's been almost eleven years now, I think, and I've
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  Speaker 1: always wanted to do a city holiday, and so this
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  Speaker 1: year was the year that I invited my mom and
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  Speaker 1: her partner and my good friend to come over. We
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  Speaker 1: did appetizers and everything at my place and then went
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  Speaker 1: out for dinner and Chef's kiss. If you have never
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  Speaker 1: been to Evelina in Fort Green, Brooklyn down on a
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  Speaker 1: ten ten out of ten, would definitely recommend anyway. I
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  Speaker 1: just want to talk a little bit today about gratitude.
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  Speaker 1: You know, It's something that we chat about, I chat
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  Speaker 1: about a lot on the show, and I would be
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  Speaker 1: remiss if I didn't say that. It hasn't always been
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  Speaker 1: something that I've been super cognizant of. I believe within
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  Speaker 1: maybe the last three to four years, it's when gratitude
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  Speaker 1: took another role in my life and the importance of
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  Speaker 1: it really and the stress on it. Every single day,
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  Speaker 1: whether it is in my journal first thing in the morning,
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  Speaker 1: or when I sit down at my desk or before
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  Speaker 1: I go to bed, I make it a priority to
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  Speaker 1: be mindful of the things that I'm grateful for. When
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  Speaker 1: I'm journaling, that's literally looking like a something that happened
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  Speaker 1: over the past twenty four hours that I want to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that I highlight that made me feel especially grateful.
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  Speaker 1: When I sit down at my desk, I love to
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  Speaker 1: write down three things then and then before I go
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  Speaker 1: to bed as well, just taking a moment to pause
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  Speaker 1: and reflect on the things that I am thankful for
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  Speaker 1: in my life. And I and I've said this on
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  Speaker 1: the show before, when I have trouble articulating what these
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  Speaker 1: things might be, that's when I really do a pulse
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  Speaker 1: check and I take a step back, and I ask myself,
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  Speaker 1: what am I doing that I'm so busy in my
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  Speaker 1: day to day that I'm not slowing down and finding
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  Speaker 1: the small things right, finding the joy in the minutes
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  Speaker 1: that pass. And these things, these gratitude moments, the highlights,
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  Speaker 1: they don't need to necessarily be big things for me.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sitting at my desk right now, I'm looking at
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  Speaker 1: a weekly planner that I bought at Target last week,
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  Speaker 1: and this is just the smallest thing that brings me joy.
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  Speaker 1: I'm grateful for this. I'm grateful for the fact that
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  Speaker 1: I went on a rum this morning. And running has
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  Speaker 1: been challenging for me lately navigating injury. But I got
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  Speaker 1: out there, and despite my body not being one hundred percent,
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  Speaker 1: I felt so grateful for the opportunity to move for
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  Speaker 1: my health as it looks right now, and instead of
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  Speaker 1: focusing on how things aren't or the things that I am,
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  Speaker 1: without truly just being so content with what is. I
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  Speaker 1: know it's not easy to have that mindset each and
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  Speaker 1: every day, but if you can approach your days with
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  Speaker 1: this grateful lens, with a grateful heart, then I promise you,
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  Speaker 1: when you look around and realize how thankful you are,
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  Speaker 1: there will be more things to be thankful for in
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  Speaker 1: your life. Period. My prompt for you this week, coinciding
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  Speaker 1: with the holiday, what are three things you are thankful for? Again?
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  Speaker 1: What are three things you are thankful for? Now? Before
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  Speaker 1: I go into this week's listener question, I do want
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  Speaker 1: to take a moment and say thank you to some
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  Speaker 1: sponsors of the show and that is because in this
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  Speaker 1: week's hurdle moment, where I spoke about my journey with depression,
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  Speaker 1: it didn't feel right for me to include any sort
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  Speaker 1: of ad messaging. So, as you know, sponsors a huge
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  Speaker 1: part of what helps me keep doing this work, so
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  Speaker 1: I need to give them credit where credit is due.
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  Speaker 1: me to cut out some of the habits that hurt
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  Speaker 1: at any time. And now a listener question.
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  Speaker 2: Hi Emily, it's Kathie. I'm looking for my next good book.
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  Speaker 2: I thought I knew everything about Tunday from taking her
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  Speaker 2: Pelton classes and listening to her on your podcast. Then
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  Speaker 2: I got her book on Tuesday and couldn't put it down,
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  Speaker 2: so I was done by Wednesday. I'm looking for the
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  Speaker 2: same kind of read. You have any suggestions, I am
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  Speaker 2: open to all of them. Thanks so much.
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  Speaker 1: I love this question. And actually there's a woman that
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  Speaker 1: her name is escaping me at the moment, but every
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  Speaker 1: year she dms me and asks for a book recommendation
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  Speaker 1: for an option to give to her co workers. I
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  Speaker 1: think last year I may have recommended to her Shoe Dog,
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  Speaker 1: and the year before the daily Mantra meditation reader that
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  Speaker 1: I have. It's called Journey to the Heart, which is
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  Speaker 1: a goodie. And she just popped in the other day
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  Speaker 1: and I recommended her speak actually, so this made me
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  Speaker 1: laugh a little bit. The book recommendation I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: offer right now is from the one, the only, Michelle Obama.
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  Speaker 1: I'm about a halfway through her new title, The Light
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  Speaker 1: We Carry, and I am absolutely loving it, absolutely loving it.
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  Speaker 1: So that is probably what I would recommend if you're
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  Speaker 1: looking for another great book to gift, I would say
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  Speaker 1: Untamed by Glennon Doyle or always a classic, The Alchemist
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  Speaker 1: by Palo Kuelo. That's it for this week. Thanks all
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  Speaker 1: so much for all of your kind words to me
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  Speaker 1: over the last few days. It means the world and again,
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  Speaker 1: talking about gratitude, talking about being thankful, you are surely
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  Speaker 1: on the top of my list. Another hurdle conquered. Catchy
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  Speaker 1: all next time. The mos