JUST BE: November 2022

“Compared with the participants who wrote about negative experiences or only received counseling, those who wrote gratitude letters reported significantly better mental health four weeks and 12 weeks after their writing exercise ended. This suggests that gratitude writing can be beneficial not just for healthy, well-adjusted individuals, but also for those who struggle with mental health concerns. In fact, it seems, practicing gratitude on top of receiving psychological counseling carries greater benefits than counseling alone, even when that gratitude practice is brief.” – Brown, Joshua, and Joel Joshua Wong. “How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain.” Greater Good Magazine: Science-Based Insights for a Meaningful Life, Great Good Science Center, 6 June 2017.

General:

• • • Giving Thanks Can Make You Happier, Harvard Health Publishing7 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Gratitude, Psychology Today

    • 7 Scientifically Proven Benefits of Gratitude, Psychology Today
    • Can Expressing Gratitude Improve Your Mental, Mayo Clinic

Research:

• • • Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    • Neural Correlates of Gratitude, Frontiers in Psychology