Chip Franks believes the world has enough people grinding through their days without joy. What it needs more of are Joyful Savages — people who’ve done the work to genuinely love being alive, even in hard seasons. After a stroke at 45 left him broken and depressed, Chip rebuilt his brain through a gratitude practice so systematic and neurologically grounded that it became something others could replicate. He’s now on a mission to help high performers transform from success without satisfaction to lives fully savored. Through The Joyful Savage Movement and the A-OK a Day Foundation, Chip is building a cultural shift — one where gratitude isn’t fluffy, it’s fierce. Chip has been endorsed by Hal Elrod (author of The Miracle Morning), James Altucher (author of Choose Yourself), and Emily Fletcher (founder of Ziva Meditation). He lives in Texas with his family.
❤️👍 Blessings on a day for Alec
Howdy Reader!
It was a pretty big day for us as we had Alec tested for a few things (nothing medically serious). My wife and I went and it was wonderful to be with her, even if we were just sitting in the waiting room or our car.
Let's get to the BLESSINGS!
- The healing power and innate intelligence of our bodies. I've probably mentioned this one before--but it is just amazing how our bodies know how to take our energy from food and translate that to new cells and ways of operating. That's just amazing to me.
- Cell towers most everywhere to get our signals to phones. We just take it for granted that all of this was done on our behalf.
- I'm feeling icky physically right now, and that's seeming to affect my energy and mood. I had a fever last night, and my heart rate was elevated. My sleep wasn't that restorative, and it felt like a little malaise was hanging over my soul.
I love that our spirits are inextricably linked to our physical selves and that one affects the other. I love that we can affect the way we feel with our actions and how we take care of ourselves.
And, if something is wrong--we can usually do something to help fix it! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
- My wife's skill and expertise at her job--she's one of the best mortgage officer's in the entire country, literally. I was watching her handle a tough situation today--and she just does it with grace, character, knowledge, and care. She's just amazing at her job (and most everything else, not that I'm biased). I'm just grateful for that.
- Dancing. I'm not doing it now as I'm hurting a bit, but I love doing it, I love watching it, and I love that we as humans feel the need to move rhythmically when we hear music. So cool. Thank you for this wondrous design!
Thank you for reading!
I will see you right here very soon, and I wish the very best for you. I'm rooting for you!
With love,
❤️👍 Chip
Love * Life * More
Chip Franks believes the world has enough people grinding through their days without joy. What it needs more of are Joyful Savages — people who’ve done the work to genuinely love being alive, even in hard seasons. After a stroke at 45 left him broken and depressed, Chip rebuilt his brain through a gratitude practice so systematic and neurologically grounded that it became something others could replicate. He’s now on a mission to help high performers transform from success without satisfaction to lives fully savored. Through The Joyful Savage Movement and the A-OK a Day Foundation, Chip is building a cultural shift — one where gratitude isn’t fluffy, it’s fierce. Chip has been endorsed by Hal Elrod (author of The Miracle Morning), James Altucher (author of Choose Yourself), and Emily Fletcher (founder of Ziva Meditation). He lives in Texas with his family.
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