Even a former "most positive student" can hit a negativity streak. Even a well-practiced gratitude journaler can catastrophize. Even the most spiritual among us can spiral into negative self-talk.

Indeed, even the host of Begin Within: A Gratitude Series, who has a front-row seat to the life-changing nature of thankfulness, has days where the mind runs wild and the thoughts self-betray.

I want to step softly here because negativity can appear bristly, but there's a tender underbelly.

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