Gratitude "Podcast" Interview: Ashleigh Womack

Well, hi everybody. It's David George Brooks, that gratitude guy with the

Gratitude Podcast interview. Today, yet another good friend, my good friend Ashley Womack from back in Indiana, I believe, but that's right, Indiana, right

Indiana, yep. That's right. Anyway, welcome to the podcast, Ashley. Oh, did you hear

that? Oh, yeah. There we go. Okay. I never should have said anything

So, just a couple of quick questions, and you think about Ashley and hubby and

kiddies. What has been your best coping mechanism to deal with this pandemic

I think probably, honestly, just choosing my attitude. We have small kids, one of

who's kind of aware of what's going on and the other one who's just thrilled

we're all home. So, just choosing to have a good attitude. There's a lot of scary

stuff happening in the world right now, but choosing to appreciate that we get

to be together right now. We'll probably never get this much one-on-one time with

each other, which is good or bad depending on how you look at it. But, I

think, yeah, just choosing to be in a good attitude every day. I mentioned that in

talks about things that are a choice. It's a choice to be grateful, a choice to be happy or sad or up or down, and I just, people argue me about that. I go, no, no

no. Every day you get up, you make a choice. That's a great choice. Speaking of that, we've got such uncertain times. What do you think

you're most grateful for today? Everything's green outside. Indiana has a slow spring and it's finally starting to look green outside, which is making being

inside a little bit more bearable. Excellent, excellent. That's a good one

We forget that, too. I live in Seattle and it's so green out here and it does rain a little bit, but green is a predominant color, which is really neat

Any tips, thoughts, ideas for people that are going through this that might

help them that have worked for you? Getting outside every day, if you can

Just getting some fresh air, being somewhere physically different. We've made a big deal a couple times a week. We're trying to support the local

restaurants around us, so we're placing a carryout order. It gets us out of the house

It's a change of scenery. If you can, take a walk. Take a walk just to change up the scenery a little bit because it can get

monotonous. Being in the same environment, being at home all the time. That would

be probably my biggest tip, which is you try to get yourself a little bit of a change of pace. Good idea, good idea. Lastly, does Ashley have a... I love to

talk about people in third person. Does Ashley have a quote or a philosophy that

kind of sustains you, whether it's through this or anything when you're going through challenging times? This is something like kind of a mantra or

anything you kind of go back to that kind of helps you through times like

this? I guess for me, when I'm in a... ...be the big picture and remember is get through a minute or ten minutes or

an hour. So when I've been through stressful situations, that really helps

me that this isn't the ending point. It's just a moment along the road and that

there's going to be more to come. So that's... I really try to keep a big

picture outlook and that usually helps me in stressful situations and stuff

like that. That's excellent. I mentioned that doing these is helping me get

little tidbits and things to help other people and there's nothing better than helping other people. A number of people have said this too shall pass, which is

something so important to remember because this is the biggest thing probably most of us will ever go through. I mean, even being on the planet a long

time, this is gonna be number one for me and you think about I was alive

and Kennedy was killed and 9-11 and so forth. But yeah, this is gonna be at the

top. So just remembering that that's really good. That's really good. Cool. So

excellent. Well, thank you for those sage words of advice and thoughts and all

that kind of stuff and we will chat soon. All right. Sounds good. Thanks so much

Thanks, Ashley