gratitude

I'm approaching the anniversary of my major nervous & health breakdown of one year ago. I'm doing well, making progress, including some very big things. I feel ready for 2026 and happy about the possibilities ahead. My husband will be on sabbatical and I have the opportunity to rethink how I...

It's Thanksgiving today in the U.S. where many of us are celebrating and perhaps enduring one of the biggest stressful family events of the winter holidays if not all year. This short article came across my newsfeed a few days ago which is relevant on this day of giving thanks...

Thought I would put this here as a place to share anything, regardless of how small, that just comes to mind that you're thankful for. Today I am thankful for Pistachios The rediscovered trail near my home Smell of the honeysuckle and jasmine Water Kindness Among other things. :)

How to say No! When to say No! Why I can choose to say No! That I can live with symptoms without stressing over them. That ignoring my symptoms usually diminishes them. Writing is sooo therapeutic! I never knew I could out-cuss a sailor! To redirect negative thoughts into the nearest trash can...

Hello all. Curious if anyone here has incorporated gratitude in their emotional health regimen. A lot of the journaling (SEP, etc.) that helped me heal years ago tended to focus directly on trauma, unresolved issues, and strong emotions, like anger, and fear. That’s super important and...

Hi All, I dear friend of mine, Deborah Sevy wrote this, and I want to share. This is based on her direct experience using Sach's work. Andy TMS writing exercise (adapted from Nicole Sachs Journal Speak practice) Spend 20 minutes a day writing down a completely raw uncensored version of...

I’m a premium member of Calm and I love it so I thought I’d share these resources that are currently available for everyone. https://blog.calm.com/together?utm_medium=email&utm_source=lifecycle&utm_campaign=newreleases_10252020 (Home — Calm Blog) Much love to you all, plum x

I wanted to make a post here to express some gratitude to a couple of you who helped me immensely earlier this year. @plum and @Baseball65 I came here with aspirations of treating my ulcerative colitis at a mind level, as I was convinced it and other health issues I was experiencing were the...

Hi Folks, Here is piece on gratitude. I place gratitude in the same area of experience as pleasure and connection with self and others. These are powerful treatments for TMS because these experiences soothe the nervous system. I tend to object to "gratitude exercises" because they seem...

Hello! If you follow me on social media, you likely have seen that I'm starting the 100 Happy Days Experiment this Thursday, which will run throughout the last 100 days of 2017. Mood has such a powerful effect on how our brains process pain and this is an excellent way to commit to laying down...

Deliberately cultivating positive emotions is one of the absolute best tools we have in transforming our relationship to pain. Our emotional state is one of the largest forces shaping our perception of pain and positive psychology offers tools to help create neural pathways for more positive...

The practice of loving kindness offers a whole host of benefits, one of the most important being that research shows that the practice produces significant improvements in pain and psychological distress for people living with chronic pain. On a personal note, this practice saved my life. It so...

Has anyone stumbled upon a useful service to help keep a gratitude journal electronically? Establishing a habit is the most difficult thing for me, and a regular notebook on the night stand doesn't cut it. Thanks!

I found this article in Time magazine with four very simple things we can do that help increase our happiness. These are all backed up by neuroscience research. I have used writing in a Gratitude Journal daily for some time and know that it works, and only takes a few minutes every evening...

When I was four years old, my family moved a long way from our birthplace, across an ocean to another continent, and we never saw most of our relatives again. It was a devastating emotional loss for me, including not only the loss of family but everything familiar, and I rebelled at this...

The Morning Ritual That Helps Tony Robbins Stay Positive All Day Here’s how the life coach begins each day with such positivity. Tony Robbins, inspirational author, is a positive person ― indisputably so. As a life coach, the “I Am Not Your Guru” star has spent decades empowering people to...

By Robert Emmons | November 16, 2010 | For more than a decade, I’ve been studying the effects of gratitude on physical health, on psychological well-being, and on our relationships with others. In a series of studies, my colleagues and I have helped people systematically cultivate gratitude...

Mindfulness meditation is proven to reduce pain at a neurobiological level by, Christopher Bergland Nov 11, 2015 Source: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Shutterstock Over 100 million Americans are impacted by chronic pain, which is the leading cause of disability in the United States. The financial toll...

Well, good morning! I am compiling a list for myself to refer to when I start to feel anxious and return my focus to physical symptoms, or start to believe my anxious thoughts. What are your favorite affirmations and/or ways of standing up to your Inner Bully? I find morning the most...