
Gratitude Through Hard Times
Hosted by Chris Schembra · Chris Schembra
4.8from 25 ratings
- 303
- Episodes
- 37
- Transcribed
- 25
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About Gratitude Through Hard Times
Chris Schembra is a dinner host, question asker, and facilitator. He's a columnist at Rolling Stone magazine, USA Today calls him their "Gratitude Guru" and he's spent the last nine years traveling around the world helping people connect in meaningful ways. As the offshoot of his #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling book, Gratitude Through Hard Times, he uses this podcast to blend ancient stoic philosophy and modern day science to teach how the principles of gratitude can be used to help people get through their hard times. By finding the positive benefits from negative situations, and giving gratitude to them, listeners can develop the resilience and optimism needed to get through further trying times. Having used these principles to spark over 500,000 relationships through his workshops and his experiences, this podcast now aims to educate listeners across the world.
- Publisher
- Chris Schembra
- Category
- business · education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Mar 2018
- Latest episode
- 16 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
37 of 303 episodes have a transcript.

16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rick Sems: Heart at Peace

9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Kimberli Carroll: Human Intelligence

30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Philip Anthony Schembra: Sales as an Act of Service
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Rick Sems: Heart at Peace
Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He's an extremely generous person. He's an immigrant. Taught me a lot about competing. He's the most competitive person I know. But he's also the type of person that helps anyone he comes in contact with. And it's just an incredible blessing to me, incredible blessing to our family. And so there's no doubt about it without my father and without the lessons that I learned growing up. And that I'm never more special than anybody else, which is one of the things that I really appreciated, which was that he really taught that we're no better than anybody else. And every single day, you've got to show up. work, and take care of those people around you. […]
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- Rick Sems
- Kimberli Carroll
- Philip Anthony Schembra
- Kevin Jones
- James Farrin
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- 4.8 / 5
- 20 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 5 ratings
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- 98
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- YouTube
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- Engagement
- 85
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