In this episode, we speak to Mirjam Luthe about the importance of gratitude, appreciation, deep listening, and connecting to the natural world. She shares about rituals and strategies she has used with her children to​ develop ​skills of listening, compassion, and ​appreciation at home. We also explore the historical roots of trauma, cultural healing, and the deliberate choices she has made to help herself and her family cope during the pandemic. Mirjam Luthe has a masters degree in International Cultural & Business Studies and spent most of her career engaged in consulting before beginning to teach mindfulness-based interventions in 2008. She is a Certified mindful self-compassion, mindfulness based stress reduction, and yoga teacher as well as an “Awake in the Wild” Nature Meditation Teacher. She is also trained in the Mindful Schools Curriculum, and continuously explores Council Practice and contemplative dialog. Mirjam has taught Mindful Self-Compassion in Germany, Italy, Vietnam and the United States. Since its founding in 2012, she is on the core team of the European Network for Grateful Living founded by Brother David Steindl-Rast. She currently lives with her three teenage children in Freiburg, Germany.