044: From Near Death Experience To Spreading Gratitude In Her Whole Family - Annabel Abbs

Published: June 26, 2017, 9:41 a.m.

Annabel Abbs grew up in Wales and Sussex, with stints in Dorset, Bristol and Hereford. She has a degree in English Literature from the University of East Anglia and a Masters in Marketing from the University of Kingston. After fifteen years running a marketing consultancy company she sold it and took a career break to bring up her four children, before returning to her first love, literature. Her debut novel, The Joyce Girl, won the 2015 Impress Prize for New Writing and the 2015 Spotlight First Novel Award, and was longlisted for the 2015 Caledonia Novel Award and the 2015 Bath Novel Award. Her short stories and journalism have appeared in various places including Mslexia,  The Guardian, The Irish Times, Weekend Australian Review, Elle, The Author, The Daily Telegraph, Psychologies and the Huffington Post. She has been profiled in Writing Magazine, Sussex Life, Next NZ, Litro and Female First, Her blog, www.kaleandcocoa.com, featured in the Daily Telegraph in August 2015 and May 2016. She lives in London and Sussex with her family and an old labrador. You will hear how she went from having a near death experience, to spreading gratitude in her whole family, what she was thinking and feeling while she was in the hospital, not being able to walk and what she did to keep her gratitude practice even after getting out of the hospital and many other surprising tips. DIRECT LINK TO THE MAIN IDEAS AND MENTIONED RESOURCES  Please feel free to SUBSCRIBE RATE AND REVIEW ON ITUNES Looking for an easy way to be more grateful and happy during workdays?  Get the Daily Checklist with the Best 5 Ways To Easily Supercharge Your Gratitude During Workdays! Thank you so much for listening and feel free to contact me at hello@georgianbenta.com, I’m reading every email! :) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-gratitude-podcast/support See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.