Ep106: A Life of Gratitude: Elevating Happiness and Positivity - With Charlson Gaines

OVERVIEW

Most people are having a hard time sleeping at night because of numerous reasons, one of the most common ones is stress. It is when negative thoughts start to run around in your head the moment that you lay on your bed at night. But don’t you know that there are also lots of ways on how you can promote a good night of sleep. Yes, there is a way and it won’t require you to take any type of sleep medicine or exercise, it is simply learning how to show gratitude. A gratitude practice can be your sleep saver, not only that it can also help you in elevating your happiness that will allow you to lessen your stress and create a world full of positivity.

For this week’s episode, I am so delighted to have on the show Charlson Gaines an international speaker and a life coach for people suffering from emotional stress and trauma. His mission is not only to prevent people from committing suicide but also to teach people how to replace misery with happiness. In this interview, Charlson will share the importance of practicing gratitude and how it can help in promoting a good night of sleep. He will also talk about how you can regulate your emotion that can help you in lowering down your stress level and help in elevating your happiness. Tune and let us help you live a life full of gratitude, happiness, and positivity!

WHAT WILL WE LEARN

00:48 Who is Charlson Gaines
03:08 Why people come to see a therapist: Knowing your happiness baseline
05:33 Replacing misery with happiness
09:00 How to regulate your emotion: Mindfulness meditation and gratitude practice
11:18 What happens if you can't have a good sleep vs. having a restful sleep at night
14:18 What is gratitude practice and how it can help in reducing stress and promote a good night of sleep
20:30 How expressing gratitude can help build connection and good relationships with the people around you
24:18 Identifying what you are grateful for: Everyone deserves to be happy
27:47 Recognizing your intentions and value
31:08 Judgment vs. Accountability
34:27 Emotional Intelligence "Self-awareness": Why do you do what you do
39:54 Recognizing what you feel and why you feel that way
46:50 Follow a negative thought with something positive: Elevating your happiness
49:38 How to reach Charlson and his coaching services