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10 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude

Thanksgiving MealThanksgiving isn’t only about sharing a wonderful meal with your loved ones. It’s also a time to meditate on all of the things you are grateful for.

Gratitude can be a powerfully transformative practice. According to Dr. Robert Emmons, the world’s leading expert on this topic, the practice of gratitude can drastically improve a person’s physical and emotional well-being. In his ongoing Research Project on Gratitude and Thanksgiving, he found that people who kept weekly gratitude journals had fewer physical symptoms, exercised more, slept better, and felt more positive about their lives as a whole. In fact, his findings point to gratitude as one of the strongest contributors to a deep satisfaction with life.

If you could use more gratitude in your life, here are some tips to get you started.

This entry was posted on Monday, November 16th, 2009 at 10:59 pm and is filed under General, Self-Help, Spirit. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “10 Tips for Cultivating Gratitude”

  1. Mary Jane Says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    These are great ideas – when I just slow down and look around – I can always find something to be grateful for!

  2. Cliff Says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Thank you for reminding me about the benefits of gratitude and your tips for cultivating it. It’s been a great help to me. Your message couldn’t have come at a better time!

    I wish you much success with your newsletter. It’s a pleasure to read something so uplifting in these difficult times.

  3. Laura Says:
    October 5th, 2010 at 5:37 am

    I am doing research for my university paper, thanks for your brilliant points, now I am acting on a sudden impulse.

    - Laura

  4. addinascusnef Says:
    January 10th, 2011 at 8:51 am

    thanks

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