Hitting 100 episodes feels wild. I started The Grateful Podcast as a 16-year-old kid in France with nothing but curiosity and a mic. Today I’m looking back at the biggest lessons from this journey—the ones that reshaped how I think, how I live, and what I want to build going forward.
Key Discussion Points
• Gratitude rewires your brain for joy
• Do the hard thing, not busywork
• Beliefs put ceilings on our potential
• Non-attachment means embracing all of life
• Anxiety is an engine light, not the problem
• Fame and money don’t equal fulfillment
• Balancing gratitude with ambition daily
This is a thank-you episode—for every single person who has tuned in, shared an episode, or just reminded me why I keep going. I’m nowhere near done.
00:00–03:24 Why 100 episodes matters
03:24–06:49 Gratitude rewires your brain - @today.iam.grateful | 33
06:49–10:21 Stop polishing the pedestal - @JonathanGoodmanCoach | 41
10:21–13:28 Beliefs that cap your ceiling - @Jbirdfit | 53
13:28–17:19 Non-attachment, eyes-open practice - @susan-piver | 65
17:19–20:30 Anxiety is a check engine light - @RuggedCounseling | 91
20:30–23:06 Fame and money won’t fill you - @DavidMeltzer | 99
23:06–27:30 Gratitude and ambition, one path
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🎙️ About Jack:
I’m an 18-year-old high school student with a big dream: to show the world that you can be grateful and ambitious at the same time. Through The Grateful Podcast, I explore what it means to live a meaningful life—one deep conversation at a time.
