How Gratitude Can Heal

WHAT IS GRATITUDE?

According to Psychology Today, gratitude is a feeling we experience when something has been done for us. Practicing gratitude can be good for our mental health. This is a positive emotion that not only feels good inwardly but sends out positive energy outwardly as well. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/gratitude)

HOW GRATITUDE CAN HEAL

Regular acts of thankfulness not only improve our well-being and mental health, but they can also benefit our physical health. We can choose to divert our attention from the unpleasant sensations of what we lack by choosing to concentrate on the positive emotion of gratitude for what we do have. As a result, we can become more emotionally balanced and experience healing in a variety of ways, including: