Thanksgiving is a time of reflection and pause around gratitude, sharing this with the people closest to you. Families come together from near and far to share meals, games, conversation, walks and other activities. ...
Tag - Gratitude
Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT
4 Ways to Build Emotional Resilience
Do you bounce back from challenging experiences? Or do you get caught in a whirlwind of difficult emotions, feeling vulnerable, lost or out of control? Emotional resilience is the ability to adapt well to stressful...
People Speak on their Revelations about Gratitude
The topic of gratitude has been on the forefront for some time now, fueled by research that’s demonstrated it’s power to not only improve happiness levels but strengthen social ties, boost self esteem...
Reflections on Gratitude, Even for the Hard Stuff
Linda Graham, MFT, explores the use of gratitude as a buffer and offers tools to help practice gratitude even in the most difficult of times. Gratitude works its magic – to buffer us from falling into swamps of...
Linda Graham, MFT
The Neuroscience of Gratitude
In The Impact of Gratitude on Health and Well-Being, Linda Graham, MFT offered a lot of practical benefits for people who practice gratitude daily. Here she looks more deeply at the neuroscience of gratitude. How does...
The Impact of Gratitude on Health and Well-Being
Dr. Robert Emmons’s research on gratitude began with a fairly simple experiment, asking one group of students to write down three “benefits” a day for 10 weeks – i.e, enjoying a haircut or a car...
4 “Can’t-Miss” Tools for Improved Resilience and Emotional Health
I attended the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium in Washington DC recently and left with some highly useful tools to benefit your emotional health from the workshop, Neuroscience and the Art of Self Care conducted by...
