Travel with Gratitude · Gratitude Travel Tips · Gratitude and Travel Stories
In this special episode, I explore how gratitude transforms our travel experiences and our lives. I share personal stories from Costa Rica, practical tools , and science-backed benefits of gratitude that can help you navigate both holiday travel stress and life’s bigger challenges.
Episode Highlights:
- How gratitude can reframe even the hardest travel moments.
- Simple, science-backed practices you can use before, during, and after travel.
- The surprising ways gratitude improves health, relationships, and resilience.
- Insights from Costa Rica’s culture of Pura Vida and everyday gratitude.
Next Step:
Try shifting one I have to into an I get to every day this week.
Reflection:
“The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” -- Brother David Steindl-Rast
Links & Resources:
Trip Scholars Post: Cultivating a Heart of Gratitude for Better Travel
The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley: The Science of Gratitude
Gratitude increases empathy and reduces aggression
Gratitude helps build connections
Gratitude enhances health, brings happiness — and may even lengthen lives
Costa Rica Happier Lives Institute
"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."-- Will
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