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A Life Of Gratitude: Seven Days Exploring What Is Here
With Anita DucharmeThis course teaches gratitude as a gentle practice of “attention”, rather than a requirement to feel positive. Through an introductory lesson and seven progressive daily lessons, participants will learn to pause, recognize everyday support, receive ordinary moments of goodness, and express appreciation in manageable ways. Each daily lesson combines teaching, a relatable example, a guided meditation, a practical invitation for everyday life, a lesson recap, and a survey question. Before You Begin—Understanding and Practicing Gratitude Explore what gratitude is and is not, including how it differs from forced positivity, comparison, and obligation. Learn the four actions that guide the course—pausing, noticing, receiving, and responding—and understand how to participate with flexibility and respect for your own experience. The Pause That Opens the Heart Learn how a deliberate pause can make room to recognize support without requiring a grateful feeling. Practice identifying one specific thing that is helping you in the present moment and choose an ordinary daily activity as a reminder to pause. Receiving Ordinary Goodness Explore the difference between noticing an experience and allowing time to receive it. Using the senses available and comfortable to you, practice giving a small moment of comfort, familiarity, or enjoyment enough attention to register. Gratitude for the Body That Carries You Explore appreciation for the body without judging its appearance or performance. Practice acknowledging a bodily function, effort, or need and responding with respect and care, while allowing discomfort, mixed feelings, or neutral observations to be present. The People and Places That Support Us Recognize the people, animals, places, and memories that offer connection or steadiness. Learn to name what a source of support provides while distinguishing appreciation from obligation, repayment, or a need to change personal boundaries. Gratitude in Imperfect Times Learn how difficulty and appreciation can coexist without one canceling the other. Practice acknowledging a challenge alongside a possible source of support, or identifying a present need when gratitude feels unavailable. Giving Gratitude a Voice Explore how appreciation can become a specific, genuine expression of connection or care. Choose a spoken, written, practical, or private response that feels manageable and respects your energy and boundaries. Living a Life of Gratitude Bring the course’s skills together to create a flexible personal practice. Choose a familiar daily cue, a small gratitude action, and a gentle way to begin again after forgetting—without requiring a perfect routine or a particular emotional result. What Participants Will Learn By the end of the course, participants will have explored how to: - Distinguish gratitude from forced positivity and obligation. - Pause and recognize specific sources of support. - Give ordinary experiences a few moments of deliberate attention. - Approach the body and relationships with appreciation, choice, and respect. - Allow gratitude and difficult feelings to coexist. - Express appreciation in genuine, manageable ways. - Create a realistic gratitude practice that can adapt to everyday life.
A gentle mindfulness course for building a sustainable gratitude practice through awareness, reflection, and guided meditation.
About this course
This course teaches gratitude as a gentle practice of “attention”, rather than a requirement to feel positive. Through an introductory lesson and seven progressive daily lessons, participants will learn to pause, recognize everyday support, receive ordinary moments of goodness, and express appreciation in manageable ways. Each daily lesson combines teaching, a relatable example, a guided meditation, a practical invitation for everyday life, a lesson recap, and a survey question. Before You Begin—Understanding and Practicing Gratitude Explore what gratitude is and is not, including how it differs from forced positivity, comparison, and obligation. Learn the four actions that guide the course—pausing, noticing, receiving, and responding—and understand how to participate with flexibility and respect for your own experience. The Pause That Opens the Heart Learn how a deliberate pause can make room to recognize support without requiring a grateful feeling. Practice identifying one specific thing that is helping you in the present moment and choose an ordinary daily activity as a reminder to pause. Receiving Ordinary Goodness Explore the difference between noticing an experience and allowing time to receive it. Using the senses available and comfortable to you, practice giving a small moment of comfort, familiarity, or enjoyment enough attention to register. Gratitude for the Body That Carries You Explore appreciation for the body without judging its appearance or performance. Practice acknowledging a bodily function, effort, or need and responding with respect and care, while allowing discomfort, mixed feelings, or neutral observations to be present. The People and Places That Support Us Recognize the people, animals, places, and memories that offer connection or steadiness. Learn to name what a source of support provides while distinguishing appreciation from obligation, repayment, or a need to change personal boundaries. Gratitude in Imperfect Times Learn how difficulty and appreciation can coexist without one canceling the other. Practice acknowledging a challenge alongside a possible source of support, or identifying a present need when gratitude feels unavailable. Giving Gratitude a Voice Explore how appreciation can become a specific, genuine expression of connection or care. Choose a spoken, written, practical, or private response that feels manageable and respects your energy and boundaries. Living a Life of Gratitude Bring the course’s skills together to create a flexible personal practice. Choose a familiar daily cue, a small gratitude action, and a gentle way to begin again after forgetting—without requiring a perfect routine or a particular emotional result. What Participants Will Learn By the end of the course, participants will have explored how to: - Distinguish gratitude from forced positivity and obligation. - Pause and recognize specific sources of support. - Give ordinary experiences a few moments of deliberate attention. - Approach the body and relationships with appreciation, choice, and respect. - Allow gratitude and difficult feelings to coexist. - Express appreciation in genuine, manageable ways. - Create a realistic gratitude practice that can adapt to everyday life.
Meet your Teacher
Anita Ducharme brings 26 years of teaching experience, a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) in education to her work as a meditation teacher. Her background includes 500-hour yoga teacher training and further studies in trauma-informed yoga, yoga for neurogenesis, and restorative yoga. With a warm, accessible approach, Anita guides participants in exploring gratitude—not as forced positivity, but as a gentle practice of noticing moments of kindness, connection, and support amid everyday life.