UA-36582162-1 The Generosity of Gratitude - The Good Fail

Episode 7

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2nd Dec 2019

The Generosity of Gratitude

How can we accept the journey we’re on, the struggles we face and how far we have to go while at the same time remaining generous and supportive of other’s happiness and success?

CAN WE UNPACK THAT FURTHER? 

In other words we mean, how can we fight against the struggle not to feel incredibly jealous all the time? Particularly when it’s towards friends and family. We admit that this isn't an easy topic to talk about honestly but go on to point out our focus here is on finding a way to nurture our feelings of generosity rather than indulging our feelings of jealousy. 

SO HOW CAN WE CULTIVATE GENEROSITY?

After confessing that jealousy is something we definitely struggle with, we begin to unravel how being generous to others can help us feel better about ourselves, using our own experiences to build a handy tips and tricks section on how to get a handle on jealousy and encourage generosity. We also mention Oprah Winfrey’s podcast Super Soul Conversations and another podcast hosted by Dacher Keltner called The Science of Happiness; in particular referencing episode 7 (12th Mar. 2018) and his conversation with journalist Tod Zwillich along with research carried out by neuroscientist Christina Karns on the science of gratitude. 

WHAT CAN WE CONCLUDE FROM ALL THIS? 

Increasing our generosity is all about knowing our own life has value. If we can find acceptance for the journey we’re on and be grateful for what we have now then we can become more generous to others. 

WHAT DO WE RECOMMEND? 

Each week we finish by recommending something we think is brilliant that is doing the good fail. Today we bring you:

The Science of Happiness

A podcast hosted by Dacher Keltner, professor of psychology, that utilises a scientific approach to the mindfulness movement, great for all the sceptics out there.

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The Good Fail is brought to you by twin sisters Merle and Abra Hunt, Illustrator and writer/actor respectively, as they navigate life as creators and the struggle to keep going in the face of apparent failure.
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It started with finger painting, progressed to reams and reams of stick figures, scribbles, mother eating ghosts and anatomically incorrect spiders, grew into days spent in our room creating fantastical worlds we would draw and write about in fastidious detail, blossoming exponentially outwards as all encompassing hobby transformed to dedicated passion, when all school work came complete with intricate borders and full page drawings; we found new ways to express our inner world by breathing life into characters on stage and we counted the minutes we had to spend doing sports and maths lessons like they were hours. Later our creative zeal focused into a three year bachelors degree in illustration and a masters in creative writing, with it all finally culminating in a half finished illustrated novel, launching illustrated stationery business Merle Made Tales, collaborating on commissions for wedding and event stationery, getting the first few paid acting jobs and launching this podcast. One way or another, we were always going to be creators.