Everything Is Better Than You Think

In this second episode, the Johns' brothers go deeper with the subject of pain and pleasure and how to balance them in a healthy way in our lives.

A new season begins here with a discussion on pain and pleasure based on Anna Lembke's bookDopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. Pain and pleasure are the two basic driving forces in our lives, but new brain research helps us understand how the brain processes them and seeks to find balance.

In this final episode of the season, the Johns' brothers discuss the intersection of gratitude and spirituality.   Ideally, both can compliment each other, but the brothers deal with the topic of what happens when religion creates negative experiences and hinders our gratitude.  Learn how spirituality, if done correctly, can be a tremendous asset to gratitude and how gratitude can greatly benefit our spiritual journey.

How do you make gratitude a regular and sustainable practice in your life?  Tune in to this episode to learn how to incorporate gratitude into your life until it just becomes part of who you are.

How do you experience gratitude and its benefits?  You practice it.  Learn six simple, but life changing, gratitude practices you can incorporate into your life in this episode.

Are gratitude and pain incompatible?  If we are practicing gratitude, what do we do in the painful times, in the trials and challenges?  In this podcast the Johns brother discuss the relationship of gratitude and pain.

Much of our identity and self understanding is based on the narrative we tell ourselves about our life.  In this episode, you will be challenged to examine your stories, how you create them and how they impact your quality of life.  One of the most powerful things any human can do is start changing the negative story and start living into a positive one.

The Johns' brothers talk about 3 main barriers to gratitude and how they circumvent our attempts to live in gratitude.  Recognizing these barriers can be huge in helping you move past them and into a healthier and happier mental space.

This is the first episode in this new season on the "superpower" of gratitude.  Learn how your life is actually better than you think (and how that is really the fault of how your mind thinks).  Anxiety, depression, discouragement, sleepless nights, all tied to how how our mind thinks.  Gratitude is the antidote and research shows it can significantly change your life for the better.

Best Thoughts is changing its name to the Everything Is Better Than You Think podcast!  Same brothers, just a new name, and great new content coming soon!