Healthy Me Gratitude Challenge 2023 #14 Gratitude improves Health

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Healthy Me Gratitude Challenge 2023 #14 Gratitude improves Health

Try these easy methods of using gratitude for health!

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It has been well-known that gratitude improves health, including heart health. Below are easy methods of using gratitude for health that have been found by research--choose several to work on and tell us how it made you feel in "other" below
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Create a CONSISTENT gratitude habit. Although gratitude is effective for mental health even if only done 3 times/week, the more often you pratice gratitude, the better your mental health will be

Work on having gratitude for the people you live and work with, and TELL THEM that you are grateful for them!

THANK YOUR CUSTOMERS for their business! Too often we treat the very people we are here to serve as if they are an imposition

Daily list your blessings, and minimize thinking about burdens. This creates and upward spiral of positive mood, improving health over time

If you have belief in God that includes giving thanks to him, continue to cultivate your spiritual life because this improves health especially into later life.

A consistent gratitude practice (of any kind) decreases depression!

Try meditations that include gratitude as both of these methods improve health.

Choose activities that combine good deeds with gratitude, as the combination of these seems to be more beneficial than each alone

Learn and use a gratitude prayer that is in keeping with your spiritual beliefs

Post reminders to be grateful wherever you need them

Smile! Our facial expressions are tied to our feelings. Even if the facial expression feels fake, keep doing it and notice how you feel.

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Optimism, via gratitude, has been shown to lower blood pressure, improve sleep and have greater feelings of appreciation toward others.

For one day (or more!) over this next couple weeks, pratice "anticipated gratitude." In the evening, think of one thing that is happening tomorrow and write down your gratitude below, enjoy these anticipated good feelings for at least 10 seconds

Expressing gratitude increases Oxytocin, the "love hormone." Gratitude increases satisfaction with life, which in turn increases Oxytocin. Sometime over the next 2 weeks when in a difficult sitation, CHOOSE to help someone else. Write your experience with this below, and savor these good feelings for at least 10 seconds *

Gratitude lowers problem internalizing, allowing you to worry less. Worry increases Cortisol, the negative stress hormone. Watch this video for a pratical way of avoiding worry and continue in the queston below:

You may have heard a version of this story called "We'll see" where the farmer responds with "we'll see." Whichever version you know (We'll see or Maybe), the result is the same--allowing space between what happens and how you react to it. What sitation do you have in your life where you can sustitute "we'll see" or "maybe" for "Oh No!" Please share your situation below, and the effects of reacting in a "we'll see" way. Spend at least 10 seconds experiencing how this reaction makes you feel in both your body and you mind.

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