Wake Up Grateful: The Transformative Practice of Taking Nothing for Granted

Kristi Nelson, executive director of A Network for Grateful Living, unlocks the practice of living gratefully in a challenging world, with reflections, daily exercises, and life-changing perspective for discovering the gifts of gratitude. What does it mean to truly live gratefully, every day? In Wake Up Grateful, Kristi Nelson, executive director of A Network for Grateful Living, unlocks the path to recognising abundance in every moment, and gives readers the tools to bring this transformational shift in perspective into their daily lives. Nelson goes beyond the proverbial question of whether the glass is half full or half empty, and encourages readers to awaken to the gift of having a glass at all. With questions for reflection, daily exercises, and perspective prompts for appreciating the fullness of life as it is, right now, this book promises profound personal change through the practice of taking nothing for granted. AUTHOR: Kristi Nelson is the executive director of A Network for Grateful Living. She has spent more than 20 years immersed in the rewarding work of non-profit leadership, fundraising, and organizational development. Nelson was the founding director of the Soul of Money Institute with Lynne Twist, director of development at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, and director of development and community relations for the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society. She holds a master’s degree in public administration with a concentration in leadership studies from Harvard University. She lives in western Massachusetts with her family.