Morning Gratitude & Growth Mindset Practice

A brief morning practice to ignite gratitude and build a growth mindset. Especially supportive when you are lacking motivation or confidence to pursue your dreams. Most effective when practiced often.

Transcript

Good morning.

Let's greet the day and prime our minds for gratitude and growth.

So finding a comfortable position and just starting to notice your breath.

Feeling your lungs expand on the inhale and contract on the exhale.

Feeling the weight of your hips settling into your chair or your cushion.

Just relaxing your muscles.

What a gift it is to wake up today.

Let's start by silently repeating some positive affirmations.

We know that gratitude is strongly linked with contentment and happiness.

So let's start with gratitude for the day.

I'm grateful for this day.

I am grateful for my body.

I am grateful for my mind.

I am grateful for everything I will experience today.

And let your mind fill in the blanks here.

I am grateful for.

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Let it come from within you.

What is something that you feel deep,

Earnest gratitude for in this moment?

Now there will be many things that you do today and many opportunities for self-doubt to enter your mind.

And as we are programming our minds for growth and trying to increase our confidence and our ability to stick with things even when they're challenging,

We are going to recite some growth mindset mantras together.

I can succeed with determination and effort.

I embrace challenges.

I can overcome them.

I'm never going to stop trying.

I seek out challenges.

I can learn anything.

I haven't figured it out completely yet,

But I will.

I am improving with practice.

On days when I don't succeed,

I try again.

I'm willing to do what it takes to create lasting positive change.

Just notice how your body is feeling.

Notice if your mind is protesting,

If you're particularly feeling fear or imposter syndrome.

Just remembering I can learn anything if I give myself the time and space to practice.

Whatever is on my to-do list,

I can chip away at it.

I can apply myself.

Even if I'm not sure I can accomplish the task,

I can try.

If I'm stuck,

I can reach out to someone who can help me.

I have resources.

I can problem solve.

I can accomplish my wildest dreams with continued effort.

I can bring my worries and fears with me and do it anyway.

Feelings aren't facts,

And they're temporary.

I don't always have to feel brave to be brave.

I am becoming a truer,

More authentic version of myself.

I'm working hard in service of my wildest dreams.

And I'm not alone.

I'm surrounded by lots of people doing scary things and hoping for the best,

And failing and trying and failing again and trying again.

Turning your focus to your breath,

Just allowing yourself to take a few more deep inhales and exhales,

Really filling up on the inhales and as you exhale,

Letting go of self-doubt or frustration or any stagnant feelings.

And as you inhale,

Breathing in the possibility of this day,

Breathing in confidence.

You can keep putting one foot in front of the other.

You can do hard things.

Enjoy this day.

Thank you for practicing.

Reviews

Thank you so much! I have needed to hear that xxx

Very positive yet grounded, this was what I needed as I start my first day in a new career.

Such a positive and productive start to my morning - thank you!

I really enjoyed this meditation, something really struck me at the end. It truly feels like I’m going to enjoy my day. Thank you for this incredible meditation!

The tone and tempo was excellent. Even though I was kind of all over the place, I still enjoyed the meditation.

Really uplifting and helpful! Will be using this daily whilst going through a challenging learning experience. Thank you! 🤩

Beautiful way to start our day with appreciation and intention! Thank you 🧘‍♀️💜💖✨💫💛🧡🤗🙏💚💙

It was a simple yet powerful affirmation(s) that I needed. Thank you. Namaste 🙏🏾

I absolutely loved this! I’m going to listen to it everyday.

A very positive start to the day with great growth mindset mantras that I feel are so appropriate for my life right now - funny how the universe sends us exactly what we need!
Many thanks Christina 🙏🏼
Wishing you a wonderful day ✨️

Such a wonderful way to start my day with the right mindset to face the challenges ahead. Thank you for this, Dr. Spragg. 😊🙏🏼

Beautiful soothing and positive start to the day. Thank you. 🙏🏻

Omg, this was perfect! I was so intune that I was doing the things before being asked...like refocusing on the breath and breathing in confidence. Perfect start to the day, thank you 😊

I thank me for practicing too.
And I thank your being there. 🙏💫

I love it, it resonates so strongly.
I did add my own affirmation toward
the end when people trying and failing and trying again and failing again and trying again was mentioned, I added and succeeding , because success is an option.
You reminded me to remember that as I am trying. Thank you 🙏🌟

Fantastic meditation to give you that extra motivation to keep on pushing yourself forward!

This was very good. I was in a mood of self doubt and anxiousness. It supported me with transitioning out of the mood. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing the power of self affirmation.

Thank you for the positive meditation to commence my day! Leaning into gratitude is essential for my positive energy.

Thank you. Taking these thoughts into my new job. I can do it!! 💚

Absolutely wonderful.. you found yourself a new fan . Thanks so much for sharing your insights!