​As a child, he was taught to be polite — to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’. You could say, “he learned gratitude at an early age.” Years later, a mentor recommended he “give thanks for three things you’re thankful for before your feet hit the floor as you’re getting out of bed each day.” On most days, he complied.

However, it was during a bout of depression in early 2018, when Kevin began discovering the power of gratitude and embracing gratitude as a lifestyle.

He realized that his early expressions of gratitude were anemic and bordered on robotic. As such, they failed to tap into the power of gratitude that neuroscientists and positive psychologists talk about.

As he adopted gratitude as a lifestyle, he began incorporating gratitude into his work. Whether that was speaking engagements, training or coaching sessions, or his podcast — he started sessions by asking people to pause and express gratitude for something.

Then, in June 2019, he had an inspired idea to host a gratitude challenge. So he did. At first, it was in conjunction with his podcast. He hosted a 10-Day Gratitude Challenge to celebrate the 100 episode milestone.That challenge was a tremendous success with almost 300 people participating. By the second day of the 10-day challenge, there were 100 people on a wait list. So, they launched a second session of the challenge. And so it grew. Globally. By the fifth session, more than 1,000 people from 40 plus countries of the world had participated. By the tenth session, that number grew to over 2,000 people from more than 50 countries had participated in a Gratitude Challenge. All of that growth was organic.

Somehow, Kevin had tapped into the power of gratitude and people’s hunger for it.

Then came the pandemic. And with it, new opportunities to help people discover the power of gratitude. He continues to host The Gratitude Challenge. He also created and hosts Gratitude Encounters — guided explorations and interactive experiences into the practice of gratitude for private groups, companies, and monthly public sessions.

He co-created The Gratitude Challenge Card Deck, a resource that shares 52 of the creative prompts from The Gratitude Challenge for people to use to grow and guide gratitude in their life, work, or family.

His latest endeavor, is 30 Days IN the Power of Gratitude, an app-based journey helping people explore and embrace the power of gratitude in a 30 day journey.

He is the founder and host of This Extraordinary Life Global Community and Podcast.

Kevin is a graduate of Gonzaga University with a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership. His undergraduate work resulted in a degree in theology from Mercer University. He is a Fellow with Creating the Future and The Colson Center. He lives in Woodstock, GA where he enjoys being a husband, father, grandfather, friend, creator, and gratitude guide.