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Meditations

Encountering the Sacred: Guided Meditation

by Kristi Nelson
This short guided meditation invites you to visualize a place in which you feel connected…
Articles

Gratefulness and the Power of Radical Sufficiency

by Kristi Nelson
Separated from what matters, we more easily get caught in the “more is better” mentality…
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Interviews

Wake Up Grateful: The Psychology Podcast

by Kristi Nelson
This joyful 45-minute conversation provides an in-depth overview of the fundamentals of grateful living.
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Articles

The Wholehearted Journey of Our Lives

by Kristi Nelson
Grateful living directs us toward what matters, what is meaningful, and what will make a…
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Articles

Waking Up to What Is: Grateful in the Face of It All

by Kristi Nelson
The ability to wake up to another new day — one with which we will…
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Articles

Turning New Year’s Resolutions into Revelations

by Kristi Nelson
How about bringing a more gentle form of motivation, rooted in appreciation, celebration, and acceptance,…
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Articles

Look: Cultivate Perspective

by Kristi Nelson
Learning to cultivate a more grateful perspective can make all the difference in how we…
Articles

Awaken the Heart of Relationship

by Kristi Nelson
We are born in relationship, we are wounded in relationship, and we can be healed…
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Articles

Gratefulness: An Opportunity to Practice

by Kristi Nelson
Grateful Living often becomes a chosen practice once we recognize that we may not have…
Meditations

Cherishing the Breath: A Guided Practice

by Kristi Nelson
A guided grateful living practice of stopping and becoming present to this moment through the…
Interviews

How Gratefulness Blossoms into Radical Generosity

by Terry Patten
In his podcast State of Emergence, Terry Patten invites Kristi Nelson to explore the elusive…
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Articles

Stop: Cultivate Presence

by Kristi Nelson
A simple spaciousness of presence can be disarming in its quiet grace and invitations. But…
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Kristi Nelson

About the author

Kristi Nelson is our Ambassador for Grateful Living and the author of Wake Up Grateful: The Transformative Practice of Taking Nothing for Granted. She served as Executive Director at Grateful Living from 2014 - 2022. Her life’s work in the non-profit sector has focused on leading, inspiring, and strengthening organizations committed to progressive social and spiritual change. Being a long-time stage IV cancer survivor moves her every day to support others in living and loving with great fullness of heart.

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