This was a great book that I think we all need right now! These are challenging times and that is often when it is most difficult to be grateful and thankful for what we have. I like that you can read Wake Up Grateful in segments and does not have to be digested all at once. A beautifully written daily reminder of gratitude perfect for our nightstands! Great information, would absolutely recommend.

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I have already gave my review about the audiobook version of this same book that I have liked and I got to learn some of things about gratefulness in an everyday life as a practice. Being grateful is not an easy task and mainly when times are difficult and to know how to be and stay grateful in each moment and for everything even for the tiniest little things in our lives. Gratefulness is really bigger than what we may think .

Through this book, the author speaks about so many things and each point is detailed in many other points, it's really rich . There are some spirituality of course for it is influenced by Brother David Steindl-Rast. I'm not a big fan of books about spirituality and so on but this apart, the book has some good advice that can help after the last year and in order to start a better year with a new view about your life.

What I can say is that reading this book can not hurt for sure, so why not give it a try and that was actually what I was thinking when I decided to start it. At the end, it didn't hurt and it reminded me about some important things that I should be grateful for.

This is not a book to sit and read cover to cover, but to take your time with and read with thought and concentration.

It’s always helpful to be reminded to not take life for granted and to give thanks for all things.

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Interessanter Ratgeber

Wer nach einem Buch sucht, um mehr Dankbarkeit in sein Leben zu integrieren, ist hier an der richtigen Stelle.

Beachten sollte man, dass das Buch im Unterhaltungston geschrieben ist und auf die Untermauerung des Gesagten durch die Angabe von Studien verzichtet wird. Wenigstens ein paar wissenschaftliche Studien zu den Grundpfeilern des Geschriebenen wären schön gewesen, aber danach sucht man leider vergeblich. Dafür werden wichtige Personen / Organisationen im Leben der Autorin wie "Brother David" und das "Network for grateful living" umso häufiger erwähnt. Das kann man gut finden oder auch nicht. Ich bin da etwas zwiegestalten, wenigstens im Anhang hatte ich eine Liste mit ein paar grundlegenden Studien zum Thema Dankbarkeit erwartet.

Der Inhalt basiert teils auf den persönlichen Erfahrungen der Autorin nach einer Krebsdiagnose. Ihre Erfahrungen haben mich berührt und ich empfand die Art und Weise, wie sie in den Rest des Buches eingebunden waren, als sehr passend.

Der Aufbau ist so gestaltet, dass es immer wieder Tipps und Übungen mitten im Text gibt. Manchmal kam mir das etwas unübersichtlich vor. Es wäre schön gewesen, wenn die Praxistipps am Ende noch einmal auf einen Fleck zu finden gewesen wären.

Aufgrund des Aufbaus und der fehlenden wissenschaftlichen Studien war das Buch für mich nicht perfekt, etwas aus ihm mitgenommen habe ich aber dennoch, dafür gebe ich drei Sterne.

The title of this book and the description piqued my interest because I truly believe gratitude is one of the best prescriptions for dealing with unhappiness and anxiety in our culture. I felt like it had very good information in it, and the premise is compelling. I had a difficult time reading it with enthusiasm, however. I found the style to be a bit dry, and it was difficult for me to focus on it. It is a compelling subject, and I feel like we need more books dealing with the topic of gratitude. This one was a slow starter for me, however.

Sometimes authors write about gratitude, but you can only sense it from them on a superficial level. They don't have the life experience to communicate to the reader how to continue reaching for gratitude even while dealing with long term hardship that doesn't let up. Kristi, on the other hand, is not one of those authors. She writes from real life experience of going through diagnosis and long term treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma. There are a lot of practical tools in this book, but more than anything I think Kristi gives the reader a new way of thinking about gratitude. She introduces the reader to a whole different way of practicing gratitude: proactively instead of reactively and unconditionally instead of conditionally. It's a book with a fresh approach to a topic that's thrown around a lot in today's culture. I like that she admits that gratitude is something she still has to make an active effort to practice every day, even after she got through the most difficult times. I would most certainly think of buying this book for a friend who's facing a challenging season.

My thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for my copy of Wake Up Grateful.
This is an eminently readable book which doesn't divert too much from it's title and thus contains a lot of helpful text. It is a book best kept by the bedside and referred to time and time again.

Think you have nothing to be grateful about? Kristi Nelson will change your mind. She digs deep into gratitude and how waking up with gratitude can change lives. She gives lessons and tips on what what we can be grateful for, as well as sharing her story. Beautiful writing with challenges on doing things differently, being aware and mindful of all the wonderful ways to find gratitude in the every day. Highly recommended.

Putting life into perspective, more than the usual self help guide and certainly a book for the present time of pandemic. Exercises and ideas to rewire the brain to gratitude is such a powerful process. Excellent book.

Full of wisdom, raw honesty, deep analysis and practical guidelines, this book is an excellent tool to change your life through gratitude.

I always hear about the power of gratitude in everyday life, but I used to disregard it because of course I'm already grateful for everything in my life. What I didn't know is that being passively grateful is not nearly as powerful as making a conscious effort to Wake Up Grateful every day, This book educated me on why seeing little joys in life can be so powerful, even neurologically, and how to do it.

I liked how it is divided into the following sections: Part I- Five Guiding Principles: Life is a Gift, Everything is Surprise, The Ordinary is Extraordinary, Appreciation is Generative, and Love is Transformative. Part II is about bringing the grateful practice into areas we need support. The organization is definitely a strong suit of this book.

I love the practicality of this guide, but I personally don't feel like I've taken full advantage of it since I didn't stop to journal, which is highly recommended. Journaling is probably the only way you can really sit with your feelings to such depth. But for me, somehow I can never get into writing - something that this guide could have certainly covered for a 5-star ranking.

*Thank you to the Publisher for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

The timing of this book could not be more perfect since some are under a forced lockdown and even more live in fear. Many people have lost sight of the big picture and this book helps right the perspective of what’s truly important. Wake Up Grateful helps remind us to be grateful for many things, even the smallest of them. The author of this book, Kristi Nelson is an inspiration herself, becoming grateful while overcoming tragedy.

The book includes exercises that will help make the reader more grateful and this is so important at a time when we feel like victims of this horrible virus. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It teaches us to change our perspective — for example, viewing obligations as opportunities.

Thank you to Storey Publishing and NetGalley for an advance reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

In this book, Kristi Nelson reminded me what it means to be thankful every day. Great quiet time book in the mornings before coffee! Very reflective. Let's continue practicing gratefulness!

The main positive I got from this book is 'life is a gift'. As much as we all know this, we can forget and a reality check is needed sometimes for us to be grateful.

I did struggle with this book, I'm trying to be more open minded and some of the sections I couldn't get to grips with.

Does encourage you to wake up and take stock of all the things you are grateful for.

Thank you so much for allowing me an advanced copy of this book. Kristi’s story is so inspiring and empowering. I have always tried to practice gratitude but this book takes it back to basics and gives some fantastic tips and insight in to how to bring living a grateful life in the present. There are some fantastic quotes which I have jotted down and stick around my house to remind me how very lucky I am. This is such a pertinent book for the times of COVID. I would highly recommend this book.

This was an inspiring read, written by an author who recognised the need for mindfulness in her fight against cancer. I great reminder to us all that things can change seemingly overnight and we should appreciate what we have and not dwell in what we don’t have. Thanks to Netgalley for a digital copy for review.

This title did not grab me. It didn't have the personal stories that connected me to the idea that gratitude is important.

I’m a big fan of all kinds of self-help boos and I was really happy to get a change to read this one.
Now I have a huge problem with rating it.
The author explained all the gratitude process based on her own experiences and her battle with cancer. It was really uplifting story and the real story was a great help to understand how does the gratitude work yet I feel like she was going back and forth explaining the same thing again and again.
There wasn’t anything new and innovative. It was good but just as good as hundreds of other books about the topic of gratitude.
It didn’t change my life but at the same time I’m sure that’s only my personal experience and the perception of this book will be different for everybody.

This book is definitely worth checking out. It might not change your life but I won’t be a wasted time.

I didn't love this book. It's a good reminder, but what is talked about can be found anywhere. Nothing new or innovative, just same old stuff.

Kristi Nelson came incredibly close to losing her life to cancer. She recovered and wrote this book to remind us all that life is worth living and that we should be grateful for every day. Living with gratitude is not a new theme in the self-help advice genre, but Kristi's personal experiences bring something original to this genre. With the beginning of the book, I was afraid that this was another book that was just going to repeat "live with gratitude" over and over again in different ways. However, when Kristi brings her own story into it, it gives the book greater meaning. She can take the worst day and find the tiniest sliver for which to be be grateful If she can do it, surely I can do it, too. Kristi writes about separating your emotions from your day and that it is okay to live without a plan. As someone currently living through grief, I found these two items extremely helpful. I recommend this book to anyone who needs a reminder that life never goes as planned, and that is okay. There will always be something to be grateful for, even if it just that you woke up today. Life is tough for all of us right now and it is important to live with gratitude in our lives.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a nice, light reading. I didn't find it earth-shattering, but it could be helpful to give it a read if you're on your own mindfulness/gratitude journey.