An Introduction to The 30 Days of Gratitude | ’ask dorothy’ | The WISDOM podcast | S4 E37

<p></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;">An Introduction to 'The 30 Days of Gratitude' ~ 'ask dorothy'</p> <p style="text-align: center;">The WISDOM podcast  Season 4  Episode 37</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;">"In gratitude you draw unto yourself all of the abundance that you wish for."</p> <p style="text-align: center;">💜</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;">~ The Fourth Episode in a Series on Gratitude ~</p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;">Gratitude is the appreciation of what is valuable and meaningful to one’s self. It is a state of thankfulness and appreciation.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">---</p> <p style="text-align: center;">~ Namaste</p> <p> </p> <p>Consider for a moment, what you already know about the practice of gratitude.</p> <p>Maybe you express gratitude easily, as you give thanks to others and acknowledge the good that exists in your life, and now you would like to harness this 'positive' energy, to bring into your life more of what you want - deliberately.</p> <p>Perhaps you are curious to experience how daily gratitude can curate the feelings of positivism, increased levels of happiness, life satisfaction, a greater willingness to be forgiving; and to experience firsthand how gratitude can boost your confidence. Science has shown that gratitude contributes to one's overall sense of wellbeing.</p> <p> </p> <p>Gratitude nurtures adaptive coping mechanisms. When you experience positive emotions such as: satisfaction, happiness, and pleasure, that are associated with holding gratitude, you enhance your emotional resilience which makes you less susceptive to everyday stressors (Gloria &amp; Steinhardt, 2016).</p> <p> </p> <p>At a neurobiological level, gratitude regulates the sympathetic nervous system which activates our anxiety response, and at the psychological level, gratitude conditions the brain to filter the negative ruminations and to focus on positive thoughts.</p> <p> </p> <p>"By displacing ou