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Gratitude, grateful, thankful, gracious… are they all the same? No and also yes. In this episode we show our gratitude and discuss what we are thankful for. We also discuss the importance of practicing how to give and receive thanks. Why is that? Well, it makes us all feel better. Welcome to oxytocin.

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As we wrap season 2, we thank you all. We are so grateful for all our guests and listeners around the world who value the skill of listening and feel that if we all listen just a little bit more, the world will be better for it.

Until next time and with gratitude,

Brandt and Drew

Oxytocin: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22618-oxytocin

Thanksgiving: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)

Gratitude: https://positivepsychology.com/neuroscience-of-gratitude/

Trevor Lawrance: https://www.tigernet.com/clemson-football/news/watch-trevor-lawrence-waits-in-tunnel-to-encourage-teammates-after-playoff-loss-41689

Contributors: Kristen, Tiana, Jamee, Brandy, Yerson, Joshua, and Ian.

Music: https://incompetech.com/
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The creation of the phone, aka the cell phone, was a really, really big deal. It allowed anyone to communicate from wherever, whenever they wanted. Listening to a friend or a family member was limitless for the first time ever. Yet today, the evolution of the phone has created a dramatic shift in listening. With all of the apps, games, and information, it can be a tremendous distraction. It has become a great barrier to listening. So what can we do remove that barrier? Take a listen.

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Lament is the expression that things are not right and sadness is a part of that healing. In this episode we discuss sadness. Its ok to be sad, but what can you do to work through that sadness AND what can you do to help others work through it as well? Bottom line, be there for others. And if not right now, follow up.

“I know that pain is the most important thing in the universes. Greater than survival, greater than love, greater even than the beauty it brings about. For without pain, there can be no pleasure. Without sadness, there can be no happiness. Without misery there can be no beauty. And without these, life is endless, hopeless, doomed and damned. Adult. You have become adult.”― Harlan Ellison, Paingod and Other Delusions

Awfulness in baseball - https://youtu.be/HN3fL9JX3nQ?si=5FpYlTBDLjvnMGsm

Willie nelson – Shotgun Willy – Sad Songs and Waltzes - https://youtu.be/SM3E-x3nQe4?si=5eUxCNU5Fre4nOXC

Peter Framton – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Frampton

Music:
"Country On The Menu" the Caffeine Creek Band (pixababy.com)

"March of the Spoons" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Study - https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/saddest-song-of-all-time/

Nirvana - Something in the way – MTV Unplugged - https://youtu.be/1YhR5UfaAzM?si=YVqfS97xoNKmBf7t

Everything happens for a reason and other lies I loved – Kate Bowler https://katebowler.com/books/everything-happens-for-a-reason-and-other-lies-ive-loved/