How Gratitude Helps Us and Preview Highlights on 2022

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What if we allowed gratitude into our lives more? What could happen? David reflects on the year and has exciting announcements for what is new and upcoming.

Highlights of this episode:

• How Gratitude helps us
• Ways to Build Gratitude
• What’s next in 2022

Episode Description: 

With COVID having another variant lose, please get yourself vaccinated if you can and have physical contact with close family and friends if you can.

Giving Gratitude and Thanks

David tells his daughter to value and appreciate what you have. He wants to walk the walk, not just talk the talk. That means acknowledging how the little things can make big impact. What little things? How about…having the fingers to write this episode…having the ability to talk to people in a shared language…being able to cuddle with his wife.

No one on their death bed says, I wish I had more time for those emails. Verbalize or write these little “gratitudes.” It may sound silly, but there are scientific, evidence-based, neurological reasons to do so!

And this can apply to food. No matter what you are eating. Yes, even “junk” food or fast food. Not everyone has the ability to eat. Not everyone has access to drinkable water. If you are enjoying life, know that this can positively impact health!

Story about Gratitude and the Little Things

David shares that he has been dealing with anger issues and taking on too many responsibilities. He has big goals, but how to get there? Therapy has been helpful and also recognizing that working on little things add up to big wins. Like our podcast name suggests, one small bite.

By focusing on the little things and holding onto gratitude, big changes can happen. For David and his family, it means having family meals as often as possible. Your small thing to commit to does not have to be the same as David’s. After all, situations can vary from person to person. He encourages you to take some time to think about what your small thing to commit to could be. Consider this quote from Denzel Washington, “Without commitment, you’ll never start, but more importantly, without consistency, you’ll never finish.”

Find that small, simple thing that brings you joy as well. Enjoyment, not punishment, is more productive.

Show Gratitude through journaling or saying it out loud. If you eat with other people, try sharing one thing you are grateful for while sharing the meal.

[11:15] Year 2022: ON TEAM

ON, Orozco Nutrition, Team, get it? ON team? We are ON it! We are committed to building community, starting cohort classes, and more episodes on how to cultivate and practice health in an anti-diet way.

We hope to have more guests on the podcast as well!

Last but not least, David is releasing a book in early 2022, please send him an email if you want to be in the launch team!

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