Solo Episode: Gratitude
Gratitude
What is Gratitude? What does it mean to be grateful? Why does it matter?
Gratitude is a conscious, positive emotion one can express when feeling thankful for something, whether tangible or intangible.
Gratitude is so much more than just showing good manners. It’s a practice that requires acknowledging someone else's gesture towards us or the things that are going well in our lives. It involves both a process of recognition of the positive and its outcome.
It's one of the most amazing emotions we can have. Our energy Vibrate at the highest level
And when you feel excited, elated, energized, you don’t have room to feel emotions like depression, anxiety, fear, disappointment
Gratitude has long-term benefits when practiced on a regular basis - it literally changes your brain.
The research found that people who tend to be more grateful have more brain activity in the medial prefrontal cortex, the part of our brain associated with learning and decision-making. This brain activity persisted an entire month later, which suggests that gratitude has long-lasting effects. So the compound effect & ROI on feeling gratitude for things in our lives builds over time having a long-term effect on our mood and behavior and then that just snowballs.
The benefits of Gratitude - this is not my research
· It instantly increases your happiness by 10% AND decreases depressive symptoms by 35% That’s amazing
· Over time if you make gratitude a daily habit a part of your daily practice, it prevents anxiety and depression
· It improves your health, MORE RESTORATIVE sleep, and boosts your immune system
· Something that absolutely necessary to combat illnesses keeping you more protected from viruses or anything else out there
· LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE
· Fewer aches and pains
We can increase our capacity for FORGIVENESS
Now this is huge – this is a big one because they go hand in hand
It starts with our ability to forgive ourselves in order to have gratitude for ourselves.
I’m talking all this time about being grateful for other people and things outside of us and now I want to bring the attention back to where it all has to start.
Love, compassion, kindness, and GRATITUDE & FORGIVENESS for ourselves.
When we can truly love ourselves and hold space for ourselves, we can find forgiveness for ourselves and be grateful for who we are, what we stand for, and how we show up in the world.
Imagine more love & gratitude in the world, for what we have & each other, we’d be healthier, happier & smarter.
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