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Focus on Gratitude to Build Brain Health

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How can feeling thankful influence your brain?

Identifying reasons to feel grateful benefits your emotional well-being and helps reduce stress. Being intentional about finding gratitude creates a cycle of seeking out positive perspectives.

SCIENCE SAYS:

Gratitude isn’t just an act of kindness. Feeling thanks can also boost your emotional well-being and reduces stress. Research shows gratitude can boost serotonin and dopamine levels, increasing feelings of happiness, even if you do not share these feelings with others.

BEGIN BY:

  • Reflecting on what makes you take pause and feel deep appreciation
  • Keeping a gratitude journal to help document the reasons you give thanks
  • Practicing active listening and meditative strategies for being present in each moment
  • Inventing new ways to express or document gratitude in words, like writing letters, taking photographs and practicing acts of kindness

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