In this episode, I talk about how gratitude can help us particularly in tough times, but how there are also ways that gratitude cannot help us during tough times. Gratitude always helps during all times, and keeping a gratitude journal or just thinking of things we are grateful for before bed can help a lot. And delights can help too, when you need something a little less serious- a peach straight from a tree or bright yellow sunflowers might be/feel too small to be things we are grateful for, but they make great delights! But during tough times, we want to be sure that we don't "shove" gratitude on others- when I tell someone I'm having a hard time at work, this looks like them telling me, "well at least you have a job" or when I'm having a tough time with my family, they'd say "at least you have a family." Instead, we can accept both things- we are going through a hard time and also we have things we are grateful for. If we do this, and also never "shove" gratefuls on others, we are taking some serious positive steps in the world. Finally, normalizing is OK though- what you are going through is/sounds tough, and it's also normal! I hope this helped and have a great week!