Weekly Gratitude Check-In
Why It Works
Dr. Robert Emmons, with the University of California-Davis, has been at the forefront of research into gratitude interventions.
His research
[T-3]
shows that people who kept gratitude journals on a weekly basis
exercised more regularly, reported fewer physical symptoms, felt better
about their lives as a whole, and were more optimistic about the
upcoming week compared to those who recorded hassles or neutral life
events.
A related benefit was observed in the realm of personal goal
attainment: Participants who kept gratitude lists were more likely to
have made progress toward important personal goals (academic,
interpersonal and health-based) over a two-month period compared to
subjects in the other experimental conditions.
[T-3]
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Fear.
I thank goodness that I have experienced some forms of fear in my life. Whether it be being afraid of the dark, fearing a scary character from a horror movie, or feeling panic from a chemical imbalance, fear is nothing new to me.
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