“Why can’t I just stop reacting like this?” you think to yourself, while metaphorically banging your head against the wall. Not only do you have the reaction to deal with, you now have to deal with the guilt and shame that comes out of another failed attempt to act differently.

Orlando Counselor Providing insight on Gratitude by Going Beyond the Boring Ole Gratitude List

My point is, it is easy to be grateful for the positive things in life. This year, this November, I am asking you to dig a little deeper into your well of gratitude and go beyond the obvious. Search the times in your life that felt like hell. Where you felt doomed and stuck there until the bitter end. Times in your life that sucked with a capital S. And now ask yourself, “Am I still there?” “Did I make it out alive?” “What did I do to survive?”

Orlando Therapist Providing insight on Gratitude by Going Beyond the Boring Ole Gratitude List

In this rendition of Gratitude with Some Attitude, I focus on having gratitude from altitude. Ok, maybe I am having way too much fun with the play on words with this series, but seriously y’all, there is something to be said about looking back on your life from the perspective of the bird’s eye view (altitude).

Orlando Therapist Providing insight on Gratitude by Going Beyond the Boring Ole Gratitude List

Welcome to November, the ubiquitous month of gratitude. This is the time of year that we take a moment and give thanks for all the good fortune in our lives big and small. We’d all fare better to extend this attitude of gratitude throughout the year, but November is the month we seem to put it on blast (on social media, at least).