Author Archives: Tracey Jackson
“LIVE YOU”
As anyone who has an iPhone knows the auto correct can sometimes be helpful and other times be so steeped in its own interpretations of what you want to say that it can drive you mad and at times humiliate you. Have you ever typed in a word over and over only to have the phone keep correcting you? “No Phone I mean grief not greed.” Lately whenever I attempt to type “Love You” my oh-so-smart phone corrects it to… Read More
Gratitude, Patience, Perseverence
WE DID IT!
We try and be grateful every day. Some days we have to really scrounge around in the corners of our lives and on others you can’t stop grinning from the gratitude. Paulie and I feel that way this week as Gratitude and Trust made it onto The New York Times bestseller list. It is thanks to many of you who have supported us and the book since we started and those who have joined in along the way. I think… Read More
Addictions, Family, Gratitude, Growth, Hanging In There
GETTING THROGH THE HOLIDAYS WITH GRATITUDE AND YOUR SANITY
Here at G and T we try and be grateful every day. We try and give back. We like to think of it like everyday is Thanksgiving here. But today is the real Thanksgiving. The day when families all across the country somehow through bad weather, delayed flights, crowded highways and screaming children make their way to relatives to ostensibly give thanks and not have any fist fights or screaming matches while carb loading and often drinking too much.… Read More
IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
So this Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year. From now until Christmas, Chanukah or whatever you celebrate, gifts are at the top of everyone’s list. You might not have noticed, but we snuck in a new category here at Gratitude and Trust, it’s called SHOP We are selling several Gratitude and Trust items and there are a few more to come. By January we will have Gratitude Journals. Twenty five percent of the proceeds of each… Read More
DREAMS, Giving Back, Goals, Gratitude
GRATITUDE AND BEYOND
Appreciating what shows up in your life changes your personal vibration. Gratitude elevates your life to a higher frequency. ~ OPRAH Goodness. Gratitude. Grateful. Glad. Generous. Pick your positive G- word – it does not begin to describe the feelings we I have today. Back track. Rewind the tape, for all our new members – Thanks to the great Oprah Winfrey and our appearance on Super Soul Sunday yesterday we have many new followers on this site this morning. To all… Read More
INQUIRING MINDS – “GET YOUR CHAI ON”
People have been writing in and asking what time is Super Soul Sunday in their part of the country. Can you stream it? Twitter. Facebook. All the usual. So here it all is…all the ways and places you can find it, hear it, watch it, and respond to it. Let’s all have a SUPER SOUL SUNDAY! And if you want to do it the way Oprah does it you should watch the show and drink a cup of chai. She… Read More
OH OPRAH!
I look at that picture and I still can’t believe it. There we are with Oprah. When I sit here fingers poised over the keys I don’t know what element of this experience to write about, the actual events, the dream that we held onto for so long of getting there, the way we felt throughout the whole experience, or a blow by blow account of the twenty-four hours we spent going to Chicago, taping the show on September 16th,… Read More
DOING OUR THING IN DENVER
One day in Denver. Well, kind of two. We both got in on Tuesday. Poor Paul had serious delays. He could have flown to India in the amount of time it took him to get from Nashville to Denver. But he remains the good sport. No complaints from him. That’s what Gratitude and Trust does for you. Life on the road; people think it’s glam. And you know it’s fun. It is. But there are a lot of hotel rooms and… Read More
TRUST – THE FIREWALL TO FEAR
It’s very interesting on the road as people ask you a lot of questions. One of the things we tend to hear repeatedly is, “I can do the gratitude part, but the trust, that is harder.” This makes sense. When we are grateful we tend to be grateful for things that are tangible: from a sunny day to a good medical report, to the lost possession found, a dogs unconditional affection, a job to go to, a family to… Read More
SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY – NOTHING QUITE LIKE IT
Hope is a pillar of faith. It is pillar which holds our desired dreams.” ― Lailah Gifty Akita When we started writing this book, I told Paul the one thing we have to do, the one place we have to read is at Shakespeare and Company in Paris. For the entire time we were writing I kept repeating this wish. It is not only the most famous bookstore in the English speaking world, it is the most magical. If you… Read More