What: Gratitude is the choice we make to focus on & celebrate the gifts found in our everyday experiences – and the choice we make to not resent what we lack.

Benefits: With consistent practice, gratitude improves your overall quality of life.

Social benefits of Gratitude:

• You become more likeable
• Your relationships will deepen
• Less self-conscious = Reduced anxiety
• Job satisfaction, resulting in you being a better co-worker, manager, and/or leader

Physical benefits of Gratitude:

• Increase in energy
• Sleep better
• Improves heart health
• Reduces symptoms of depression = Making it easier to navigate life through it
• Reduces your blood pressure
• Facilitates recovery from addiction
• Better gut health thanks to our gut-brain connection (psychological stress suppresses beneficial bacteria)

Psychological benefits of Gratitude:

• Resilience: Recover from negative life events faster
• Happier: Reduces toxic emotions
• Reduces loneliness even if/when you are alone as it increases your level of self-respect and self-love

Cognitive benefits of Gratitude:

• Increase in alertness 
• Rewires your brain: changes the molecular structure of the brain in ways that make us both healthier and happier.