Episode 48

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27th Nov 2025

Gratitude Feels Good: A Thanksgiving Special with Sandra Bargman

What is Gratitude? 

How do we connect with Gratitude in challenging times?

Today we are #LiveInTheHive with your host, Sandra Bargman, to share her thoughts on Gratitude and what the Thanksgiving holiday means to her. Hint: It’s her wedding anniversary!

In this solo special episode, Sandra…

  • Talks about the inherent paradoxes of Thanksgiving Day. The emotional nostalgia that edges up to the myth upon which the holiday is based.
  • Reads a story written a few years back about her Thanksgiving wedding.
  • Shares her understanding of gratitude and the practices she uses to ground herself in gratitude.
  • Science and bioresearch of the frequency of gratitude.
  • Power vs Force by Daniel R. Hawkins 
  • Gratitude is good for your mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
  • Concise summary: Focus on what you have, not what you lack.
  • Closing prayer: This Land Belongs to No One by Hila Ratzabi 

Connect with your host Sandra Bargman:

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About the Podcast

The Edge of Everyday with Sandra Bargman
Actor, Inter-spiritual minister and Storytelling Teacher, Sandra Bargman leans into the understanding that life isn't black or white, but rather it's where these two intersect where we find the most creativity, chaos and ultimately, understanding.
Based on her hit one-woman show of the same name, The Edge of Everyday with Sandra Bargman explores the transformative moments where everyday life meets uncertainty, growth, and deeper meaning. Through intimate, thought-provoking conversations, the show examines identity, paradox, spirituality, and social change, inviting listeners to reflect on the edges between fear and courage, comfort and expansion. It’s a space for authentic storytelling and soulful inquiry into what it means to live fully and consciously in a complex world. Real talk with real people that spark provocative invitations to leap out of what’s safe.

About your host

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Sandra Bargman

Actor, Inter-spiritual minister and Storytelling Teacher, Sandra Bargman leans into the understanding that life isn't black or white, but rather it's where these two intersect where we find the most creativity, chaos and ultimately, understanding.
Based on her hit one-woman show of the same name, The Edge of Everyday with Sandra Bargman explores the transformative moments where everyday life meets uncertainty, growth, and deeper meaning. Through intimate, thought-provoking conversations, the show examines identity, paradox, spirituality, and social change, inviting listeners to reflect on the edges between fear and courage, comfort and expansion. It’s a space for authentic storytelling and soulful inquiry into what it means to live fully and consciously in a complex world. Real talk with real people that spark provocative invitations to leap out of what’s safe.