Gratitude With A Bronx Twist

Ever feel like the day got hands and it’s running you? This episode pulls the camera back on gratitude, Bronx-style—honest, unpolished, and actually useful when life starts remixing your plans.

I’m joined by my sister in pod, Haydee Baby from the Ladies Pitch Podcast, and we break it all the way down. No fluff. No forced positivity. Just real talk about how gratitude doesn’t erase chaos—it keeps chaos from erasing you. We get into how entitlement fades once you start paying attention to what’s already on your plate, and why grounding yourself isn’t settling—it’s stabilizing so you can move smarter and stronger.

We dig into practical, real-time resets you can use when life is loud:  the pause when everything’s going left, the “I asked for this level up” check-in, and a quick journal sweep that separates what’s working from what needs work.

There’s a personal story about losing a job, finding your breath, and realizing the room you landed in was better than the one you were fighting to stay in.

And because this is The Pour Report, we turn the message into a ritual. The Grateful Glow Spritz—made with Prosecco, peach, orange, cranberry, and mint—makes gratitude something you can smell, sip, and sit with while you regain control of the day.

This conversation is built for busy minds and grown ambition:          how to recalibrate ego without shrinking your goals, how to water gratitude so clarity grows, and how small, repeatable habits shift momentum.

If you’ve been praying for pace but side-eyeing the climb, this episode is both your mirror and your map.

Pull up a chair. Take a breath. Let’s get grounded enough to glow.

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What’s one overlooked win you’re grateful for today?

Chapters

• 0:00 Gratitude As A Discipline
• 0:42 Meet Brunch Behavior And Today’s Vibe
• 1:12 Reframing Chaos Through Gratitude
• 1:56 Ego Check And Entitlement Reset
• 2:18 The Grateful Glow Spritz Breakdown
• 3:04 A Story Of Loss And Perspective
• 4:02 Final Takeaways And Free Pour Offer

Transcript

Styles: 0:00

What's going on, people? Listen, Brooklyn taught me early, gratitude is muscle. You gotta work it, stretch it, maybe crack your back a little. My fault. I'm sorry, I gotta grow up. Pause. Because life will always take your flexibility and it just keeps going. Anyway, you get the gist of that. Gratitude isn't about pretending everything is sweet. It's about catching yourself before you let the world convince you that you already don't have something worth holding on to. It's the quiet reminder in the middle of the noise telling you, yo, breathe. You're good. Today we're gonna talk about that.

Haydee Baby: 0:42

Welcome to Brunch Behavior, The Poor Report. I'm your girl, Haiti Baby. And today's vibe, gratitude with a Bronx twist. Loud, honest, and straight like that. Let me break this one down for you. Gratitude is one of those things we forget until life throws a plot twist. We'll have everything we prayed for for two years ago and still complain because somebody didn't text back fast enough. Or that one coworker keeps breathing too loud in the morning. The funny thing, gratitude doesn't remove the chaos, it just stops the chaos from removing you. When you really tap into gratitude, you start catching yourself mid-meltdown like wait. Hold on. I used to want this life. I asked for this level up. I begged for this blessing.

Styles: 1:26

Side note, gratitude recalibrates the ego. It reminds you you're not starving. You just forgot to taste what's already on your plate. Think about that.

Haydee Baby: 1:36

But here's the real sermon. Gratitude doesn't mean you settle. It doesn't mean accept crumbs because it could get worse. It simply means you stop acting like the world owes you a refund you never paid for. It's a grounding force, a reality check, a whispered bronze. Relax. When gratitude steps in, entitlement steps out.

Styles: 1:58

Yo, H, let me break this down in the glass for them. This drink is inspired by the Brunch Behavior Summer Pack, the book, get yours, Amazon. Shameless plug. Anyway, since today we're talking about gratitude, it's only right that we pour Grateful Glow Spritz. The kind of drink that reminds you that even on days that you feel drained, you still shine harder than most people's best effort. Here's what's going in the glass. Prosecco, because sometimes blessings don't explode, they rise slow and steady like bubbles doing their quiet job. Peach nectar, that's a new one. That softness that shows up when life finally decides to give you a break. A squeeze of orange, a hit of brightness representing those moments that pull you back into the light. A splash of cranberry because gratitude isn't always pretty. Sometimes it comes with a little edge. And one mince sprig on top. The fresh reminder that today is still yours. Gratitude won't fix your whole life, but it will make the sip go down smoother while you figure it out.

Haydee Baby: 3:02

This is what it looks like in real life. A homegirl of mine used to complain about everything. Her job, her apartment, the dating pool, the Bronx pigeons, all of it. One day she lost her job unexpectedly, and out of nowhere she started saying, Yo, I miss my annoying manager. I miss my desk. I even missed the co-workers who stole my lunches. Life hit her with the remix. But when she finally sat down and grabbed the journal, the same one she said she didn't have time for, she realized she already had blessings she never acknowledged. The job she got after, better pay, better people, better peace. But it started with one thing. Gratitude correcting her vision. What's the lesson? Gratitude doesn't change what happens, it changes how you show up when it does.

Styles: 3:49

Side note, whatever you nurture grows. If you water complaints, they multiply. If you water gratitude, clarity shows up like sunlight. I'm just saying.

Haydee Baby: 4:00

Final pour. So what's the takeaway? Gratitude is not a personality trait, it is a discipline. It keeps you grounded when life is spinning and it keeps you humble when life finally gives you what you asked for. The more grateful you are, the more you notice what's working and the easier it becomes to fix what isn't. Sip happens. Every sip tells a story. That's your pour for today from your girl Haiti Baby.

Styles: 4:23

Haiti Baby, better known as H to me. Don't you guys call her that. She doesn't like it. Anyway, Bronze Royalty, my ace, one of the real ones in this creative world. Thank you for pulling up and pouring this one with me. We built a lot, we definitely laughed a lot, argued like siblings at times, more times than I care to remember. But every time the work gets sharper and the stories get deeper. I appreciate you for showing up in the ways that you do. Always. Love is love. Also, grab the free paw pack, five mood-based drinks on the house. Then tap into the summer pack, the full mix mixtape. I'm not editing this either. I'm just gonna start pre-recording this shit. How about that? Anyway, the full mixtape. I did it again. The full mixtape of 30 flavors and 30 stories. To get the free paw pack, go to siphappens.info and type free pour in the message section, and I'll get that out to you. Gratitude keeps the cup from running empty, even on days when the bottle's low. From your boy Styles. Catch you on the next pour.