{"product_id":"the-gratitude-adjustment-with-becca-anderson","title":"The Gratitude Adjustment with Becca Anderson","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMP3 Download\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eIn 2024, UC Berkeley studies showed that gratitude is a key component of our happiness. People who are grateful about the events in their life and even experiences from the past can help us transform our fears into courage, our anger into forgiveness, our isolation into belonging, and the pain of others into healing. However, this may not be our default mode, and most of us need to work intentionally to increase our feelings of gratefulness and have it become a way of life. Gratitude, says author Becca Anderson, is not positive thinking, it's inner work. Raised on a modest West Virginia farm where her father greeted every stranger as \"neighbor,\" Anderson learned simple contentment early, later surviving on apples, potatoes, and Lipton tea while building a new life in San Francisco. A turning point came when she discovered children lacquering products in a factory she was set to visit for her import-export job. She quit on the spot and, on a friend's advice, found her true calling in book publishing. In this dialogue Anderson shares her morning intention-setting ritual, the \"gratitude adjustment\" she uses to counter negative auto-pilot thinking, and affirmations written as \"I am\" rather than \"I want.\" She describes small random acts of kindness, from her \"Take What You Need\" flyers to a chance gift of cookies that changed a stranger's day, along with journaling, vision boards, and the practice of deep listening, including letters from a friend on Ukraine's front line who thanked her simply for hearing him. \u003ci\u003e(hosted by Justine Willis Toms)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eBio:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBecca Anderson is an American writer, teacher, and gardener based in the San Francisco Bay Area, best known for inspirational books celebrating gratitude, women’s lives, and spiritual wisdom. She comes from a long line of preachers and teachers from Ohio and Kentucky. The teacher side of her family led her to become a women’s studies scholar. She credits her spiritual practice with helping her recover from cancer and wants to share this with anyone who is facing difficulty in their life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBecca Anderson’s books include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eThe Book of Awesome Women: Boundary Breakers, Freedom Fighters, Sheroes and Female First\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e(Mango Publishing Group 2017)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eEvery Day Thankful: 365 Blessings, Graces and Gratitudes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e(TMA Press 2017)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBadass Affirmations: The Wit and Wisdom of Wild Women \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e(Mango Publishing Group 2018)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eI Can Do Anything: Positive Affirmations, Inspirational Thoughts and Motivational Words Card Deck \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e(Mango Publishing Group 2021)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBadass Gratitude: Affirmations for Slaying Your Way to Contentment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e (Andrew McMeel Publishing 2025)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"\u003eTo learn more about the work of Becca Anderson go to: \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"In%202024,%20UC%20Berkeley%20studies%20showed%20that%20gratitude%20is%20a%20key%20component%20of%20our%20happiness.%20People%20who%20are%20grateful%20about%20the%20events%20in%20their%20life%20and%20even%20experiences%20from%20the%20past%20can%20help%20us%20transform%20our%20fears%20into%20courage,%20our%20anger%20into%20forgiveness,%20our%20isolation%20into%20belonging,%20and%20the%20pain%20of%20others%20into%20healing.%20However,%20this%20may%20not%20be%20our%20default%20mode,%20and%20most%20of%20us%20need%20to%20work%20intentionally%20to%20increase%20our%20feelings%20of%20gratefulness%20and%20have%20it%20become%20a%20way%20of%20life.%20Gratitude,%20says%20author%20Becca%20Anderson,%20is%20not%20positive%20thinking,%20it's%20inner%20work.%20Raised%20on%20a%20modest%20West%20Virginia%20farm%20where%20her%20father%20greeted%20every%20stranger%20as%20\u0026quot;neighbor,\u0026quot;%20Anderson%20learned%20simple%20contentment%20early,%20later%20surviving%20on%20apples,%20potatoes,%20and%20Lipton%20tea%20while%20building%20a%20new%20life%20in%20San%20Francisco.%20A%20turning%20point%20came%20when%20she%20discovered%20children%20lacquering%20products%20in%20a%20factory%20she%20was%20set%20to%20visit%20for%20her%20import-export%20job.%20She%20quit%20on%20the%20spot%20and,%20on%20a%20friend's%20advice,%20found%20her%20true%20calling%20in%20book%20publishing.%20In%20this%20dialogue%20Anderson%20shares%20her%20morning%20intention-setting%20ritual,%20the%20\u0026quot;gratitude%20adjustment\u0026quot;%20she%20uses%20to%20counter%20negative%20auto-pilot%20thinking,%20and%20affirmations%20written%20as%20\u0026quot;I%20am\u0026quot;%20rather%20than%20\u0026quot;I%20want.\u0026quot;%20She%20describes%20small%20random%20acts%20of%20kindness,%20from%20her%20\u0026quot;Take%20What%20You%20Need\u0026quot;%20flyers%20to%20a%20chance%20gift%20of%20cookies%20that%20changed%20a%20stranger's%20day,%20along%20with%20journaling,%20vision%20boards,%20and%20the%20practice%20of%20deep%20listening,%20including%20letters%20from%20a%20friend%20on%20Ukraine's%20front%20line%20who%20thanked%20her%20simply%20for%20hearing%20him.%20(hosted%20by%20Justine%20Willis%20Toms)%20%20Bio:%20Becca%20Anderson%20is%20an%20American%20writer,%20teacher,%20and%20gardener%20based%20in%20the%20San%20Francisco%20Bay%20Area,%20best%20known%20for%20inspirational%20books%20celebrating%20gratitude,%20women%E2%80%99s%20lives,%20and%20spiritual%20wisdom.%20She%20comes%20from%20a%20long%20line%20of%20preachers%20and%20teachers%20from%20Ohio%20and%20Kentucky.%20The%20teacher%20side%20of%20her%20family%20led%20her%20to%20become%20a%20women%E2%80%99s%20studies%20scholar.%20She%20credits%20her%20spiritual%20practice%20with%20helping%20her%20recover%20from%20cancer%20and%20wants%20to%20share%20this%20with%20anyone%20who%20is%20facing%20difficulty%20in%20their%20life.%20%20%20Becca%20Anderson%E2%80%99s%20books%20include:%20The%20Book%20of%20Awesome%20Women:%20Boundary%20Breakers,%20Freedom%20Fighters,%20Sheroes%20and%20Female%20First%20%20(Mango%20Publishing%20Group%202017)%20Every%20Day%20Thankful:%20365%20Blessings,%20Graces%20and%20Gratitudes%20(TMA%20Press%202017)%20Badass%20Affirmations:%20The%20Wit%20and%20Wisdom%20of%20Wild%20Women%20(Mango%20Publishing%20Group%202018)%20I%20Can%20Do%20Anything:%20Positive%20Affirmations,%20Inspirational%20Thoughts%20and%20Motivational%20Words%20Card%20Deck%20(Mango%20Publishing%20Group%202021)%20Badass%20Gratitude:%20Affirmations%20for%20Slaying%20Your%20Way%20to%20Contentment%20(Andrew%20McMeel%20Publishing%202025)%20%20To%20learn%20more%20about%20the%20work%20of%20Becca%20Anderson%20go%20to:%20Instagram.com\/beccaandersonwriter%20%20Topics%20Include:%20%20%E2%80%A2%09What%20is%20gratitude%20and%20how%20does%20it%20differ%20from%20positive%20thinking%20%E2%80%A2%09How%20can%20a%20daily%20morning%20intention%20practice%20change%20your%20day%20%E2%80%A2%09How%20can%20hardship%20or%20a%20setback%20become%20the%20doorway%20to%20your%20true%20calling%20%E2%80%A2%09How%20do%20affirmations%20work,%20and%20why%20write%20them%20as%20\u0026quot;I%20am\u0026quot;%20instead%20of%20\u0026quot;I%20want\u0026quot;%20%E2%80%A2%09What%20is%20a%20\u0026quot;gratitude%20adjustment\u0026quot;%20and%20how%20does%20it%20interrupt%20negative%20auto-pilot%20thinking%20%E2%80%A2%09What%20are%20simple,%20low-budget%20acts%20of%20kindness%20that%20can%20change%20someone's%20life%20%E2%80%A2%09Why%20keep%20a%20journal%20and%20a%20vision%20board,%20and%20how%20do%20they%20support%20manifestation%20%E2%80%A2%09What%20makes%20deep%20listening%20one%20of%20the%20truest%20acts%20of%20love%20%20Host:%20Justine%20Willis%20Toms%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Interview%20Date:%207\/11\/2026%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Program%20Number:%203868\" style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInstagram.com\/beccaandersonwriter\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTopics Explored in This Dialogue\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eWhat is gratitude and how does it differ from positive thinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; font-family: Symbol; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem; font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eHow can a daily morning intention practice change your day\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eHow can hardship or a setback become the doorway to your true calling\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eHow do affirmations work, and why write them as \"I am\" instead of \"I want\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eWhat is a \"gratitude adjustment\" and how does it interrupt negative auto-pilot thinking\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eWhat are simple, low-budget acts of kindness that can change someone's life\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eWhy keep a journal and a vision board, and how do they support manifestation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eWhat makes deep listening one of the truest acts of love\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003eHost:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;\"\u003e Justine Willis Toms\u003cspan\u003e           \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterview Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\/11\/2026\u003cspan\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eProgram Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 3868\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMusic 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