Are you grateful for your good health? For the project that you completed? Be kind to yourself by being thankful for making it through a difficult year, even if you weren’t able to accomplish everything you wanted to.
Think of someone who did something or said something that changed your life for the better; Someone you never properly thanked; someone you may not have thought about or seen for a while. Write a letter of gratitude to this person.
Leave a meal, a plant or a card on a friend’s doorstep. Consider volunteering for an organization or activity where you can help others, while safely distancing and wearing masks.
Send a letter to a hero serving on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic (at your local hospital, nursing home, school or grocery store) or in the military, either via mail or electronically.
Once a week, give yourself 10-15 minutes and write down people, places, objects, memories, or events you’re grateful for. Or try this gratefulness app.
An overview of the benefits and ideas of practicing gratitude.
Feeling gratitude can improve health and happiness. This exercise encourages individuals to express gratitude in a thoughtful, deliberate way.
Feeling gratitude can improve health and happiness. This exercise encourages individuals to express gratitude in a thoughtful, deliberate way.
An article on how practicing gratitude is a key coping strategy for feeling less stress.
Feeling gratitude can improve health and happiness. This exercise encourages individuals to express gratitude in a thoughtful, deliberate way.
From worksheets and quizzes to short exercises and examples, find resources for practicing gratitude to improve physical health and emotional wellbeing.
For some of us it is hard to be grateful at this time. Many of us are facing different types of loss at this time. We may experience loss of control, loss of income or a job, or loss of connection with family and friends. Many of us have lost someone we love to COVID-19. Seek help and find resources here.