Your Gratitude Practice Elevated

Shift your relationship to yourself and others. Establish a writing practice and focus your attention on the things you value

All you need is a quiet place, a pen, a journal, an open heart, and a curious mind.

What is Grassroots Gratitude?

Grassroots Gratitude is a social purpose venture with one BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal): to shift our relationships to others and to the planet by building habits that focus our attention and caring about our things that matter.

Founder Lorraine Widmer-Carson believes that writing in the privacy of your journal is a good place to start making changes. With positivity and a deeper understanding of your personal reasons for being grateful, everyday leaders become more reflective, confident, considerate, and resilient in the face of challenge and chance.

Of course, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. That’s why Grassroots Gratitude offers insights and resources to support a gratitude practice that is as individual and unique as you are. The resources on this site are Lorraine’s legacy gifts to you, the everyday change makers. Let’s get started.

Customize Your Personal Practice

Find the habit-forming tools that work for you.

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Small Group Mentorship

Online sessions, customized and tailored to the needs of each small group of individuals.

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Workplace Training

Workshops for leadership teams to improve efficiency, empathy, productivity, and positivity.

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Events

Refresh your gratitude practice in the company of strangers as we socialize, at various times of year – including Earth Day and GivingTuesday!

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Books

Two books full of prompts that encourage readers to recalibrate with writing habits that exploring the power of gratitude.

Get to Know Lorraine Widmer-Carson

Hi, I’m Lorraine.

With over 10,000 hours of morning musings, I’ve been honing my writing practice since 1995. I am a seasoned journal writer, and by some measures, a master of the craft. My daily habit of thoughtful introspection and written reflection has kept me grounded in my commitments to family and community while also working in a variety of leadership roles.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I put my head down to read, research and write my first book. In November 2021, I launched An Ecology of Gratitude: Writing your way to what matters.

In November 2023, I launched a second book: Gratitude Ignition Guide: Notes to My Everyday Self.

Writing, reading, socializing and facilitating conversations keeps me excited and energized to continue my legacy journey. This work is cultivating confidence, hope, optimism and possibilities in a spirit of “great-fullness”. Let’s infuse the work from a place of abundance, not scarcity. Let’s believe in the power of positivity and find ways to tackle the big issues of our times – social connections and supportive scaffolds that meet us where we are, ready to climb.

Ready to explore how writing, creativity and gratitude can add kindling to your fires? Get in touch today.

Gratefully yours,

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Lorraine Widmer-Carson

“Leadership excellence is a priority at Rocky Mountain Soap Co., and we believe strong leaders are first able to lead themselves. Journaling is a way to build clear, growth-oriented thinking and a path forward. I’m excited to work with Lorraine, master journal writer and gratitude thought leader, as we grow our leadership capacity. Her skills and experience enable us to unlock the secret strength of personal leadership, and simultaneously develop a caring and growth-minded workplace culture.”

  • Karina Birch
    CEO and Co-Owner, Rocky Mountain Soap Co.
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