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 Happy Planet Index

Costa Rica Happier Lives Institute

Costa Rica Reforestation

Costa Rica Renewable Energy

"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."-- Will

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