Like most of us, 2020 has been hard on my household. Much has happened and many tears have been spilled. Howver we have also had the opportunity to learn and grow. We collectively try to react less and act more, we try to think about our actions and their knock on effects.. So in contemplating a constructive way to celebrate the end of 2020, I got the idea to put a simple campaign together to introduce some of my favourite benefits of gratitude -because as we have all learnt, gratitude is a powerful tool
Below is an ongoing collection of short posts that at will appear over the December period. They are designed more as a post-it-note reminder and the opportunity to use my prototype “Gratitude Bot” to help you notice moments where you can practise a little gratitude. To find out more about the idea and the bot, check out my first post.
THE SURPRISING BENEFITS OF BEING GRATEFUL- THE BENEFIT - Gratitude Promotes A Helpful Outlook On LifeForwardAnd so in my final post, on the final day of 2020 what better benefit can we explore than the outlook we have on life and how a little gratitude can make a big...
THE SURPRISING BENEFITS OF BEING GRATEFUL- THE BENEFIT - How Gratitude Can Help Social RelationshipsForwardThis year has brought many social challenges. For some isolation has formed a barrier to social connections. For others life under lockdown has put a strain on...
THE SURPRISING BENEFITS OF BEING GRATEFUL- THE BENEFIT - Gratitude Can Help You Calm Down In Demanding MomentsForwardThank you for joining me as I explore some of the benefits of realistic gratitude. Strikes me that in this very demanding of years we could all do...
THE SURPRISING BENEFITS OF BEING GRATEFUL- THE BENEFIT - Gratitue Can HelpYour Stress LevelsForwardSo now we've covered some of the necessary basics of gratitude, why not finish with a few more examples of it's benefits. Have you ever felt stressed while grateful?...
THE SURPRISING BENEFITS OF BEING GRATEFUL- THE BENEFIT - What About Realistic Gratitude?ForwardIn my previous post I introduced some of the common problems that many report with practising gratitude ... especially in difficult times. I then alluded to an approach...
THE SURPRISING BENEFITS OF BEING GRATEFUL- THE BENEFIT - Gratitude Reality CheckMy Back StoryI'm going be honest that I started out in life more as a unhappy pessimist. I wasn't happy about being unhappy so tried things like PMA and unconditional gratitude as a way...
THE SURPRISING BENEFITS OF BEING GRATEFUL- THE BENEFIT - Neurological Benefits Of Gratitude Grow Over TimeThe BenefitResearch into gratitude writing showed that individuals who wrote letters of gratitude reported "significantly" better mental health after their...
THE SURPRISING BENEFITS OF BEING GRATEFUL- THE BENEFIT - Gratitude Is Good For Your Brain!For those of us who missed that Monday's biology class; the hypothalamus is a part of our brain that regulates a wide array of bodily functions including our appetite, sleep and...
THE SURPRISING BENEFITS OF BEING GRATEFUL- THE BENEFIT - Gratitude helps things get better … and stay that wayTo be honest, gratitude is something that I’ve had periods not engaging with simply because things were really pretty horrible .. no less so than this year,...