Its official - feeling grateful is good for us!! You always knew that right? Well now it’s been proven. Professor of positive mental health Ernst Bohlmeijer from the University of Twente has recently published a 6-week study with 217 people, showing that training yourself to practice gratitude increases your mental resilience, flexibility and feeling of well-being. Even better, the positive effects remained evident for 6 months after the training finished.
So what exactly is gratitude & how do you cultivate it?
It's planned that the training delivered in the experiment will become available as a free app in September 2020, but why not start now and incorporate some of these simple suggestions into your life.
If you feel there is some self-sabotage or unresolved stress blocking you from feeling happy, Kinesiology may be able to help you clear the pattern. Call Sunshine Coast Kinesiologist Steve Emans on 0412252321
So what exactly is gratitude & how do you cultivate it?
- - Deliberately focusing attention on what’s good in your life
- - Keeping a gratitude journal & recording 3 things that went well each day
- - Consciously taking pleasure in the simple things in life - (beauty, good friends, delicious food...)
- - Appreciating things other people do for you & immediately thanking them
- - Being aware of the abundance you have
- - Writing positively about your life each day
It's planned that the training delivered in the experiment will become available as a free app in September 2020, but why not start now and incorporate some of these simple suggestions into your life.
If you feel there is some self-sabotage or unresolved stress blocking you from feeling happy, Kinesiology may be able to help you clear the pattern. Call Sunshine Coast Kinesiologist Steve Emans on 0412252321