{"id":9004111222241778,"date":"2019-10-08T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthcoachinstitute.com\/?p=9004111222241778"},"modified":"2025-04-02T06:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:13:01","slug":"attitude-of-gratitude-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthcoachinstitute.com\/articles\/attitude-of-gratitude-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Create An Attitude of Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Thanksgiving and the holidays roll around, thankfulness and gratitude tend to shoot to the top of our to-do lists. We\u2019re reminded to be thankful, to help others, and to tell our loved ones how much we appreciate them. But what about the rest of the year? What would happen if we had an attitude of gratitude all year long? Would it be difficult to stay motivated<\/a><\/strong>?
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It\u2019s not always easy to actively express gratitude in our everyday lives, especially when we get busy, are bogged down with a mile-long to-do list, or things aren\u2019t going well. We may occasionally express feelings of gratitude or understand the power of positivity in theory, but actively practicing gratitude is totally different.\u00a0
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Adopting an attitude of gratitude every day can have a profound impact on every aspect of your life.<\/b> It has the power to radically change your life\u2014and we\u2019re going to tell you how.\u00a0<\/span>
Why Is Gratitude So Powerful?
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Gratitude changes your mindset<\/b><\/span>, which can, in turn, change how you feel about everything. <\/span><\/i>It can positively impact your relationships, mental health, physical health, and more.\u00a0
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An <\/span>article on NPR<\/span><\/a> cited several studies linking the practice of gratitude to better sleep, lower stress, improving relationships, decreasing materialism, and even healthier eating.\u00a0
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Gratitude can also be a vital component of our mental health. <\/b>Consider these findings from a <\/span>study conducted at Berkeley<\/span><\/a> that evaluated the power of gratitude for students seeking mental health care:<\/span>
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.
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Make Expressing Gratitude a Habit
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Ideally, gratitude should be an <\/span>active <\/span><\/i>practice. We all have fleeting moments of gratitude in the day\u2014thanking someone for holding the door open, your partner for taking out the trash, or at the end of a phone call. But<\/span> the real power of gratitude happens when we practice it knowingly and intentionally. Or, in other words, when we make it a habit.<\/b>\u00a0
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At Health Coach Institute, one of the main components of our <\/span>Become a Health Coach <\/i><\/b>program is Habit Change.\u00a0
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We are creatures of habit.\u00a0<\/span>According to this Harvard Business Review article<\/a>, 40-45% of our behavior occurs out of habit, either unconsciously or in reaction to external demands.<\/b> Since we are creatures of habit, then it follows that if we can change our habits, then we can change the very things that determine how happy and healthy we are.
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Habits are the little things we do every day, like getting up at the same time, always leaving your shoes in the same spot, getting a little caffeine \u201cpick me up\u201d at 2pm every day, etc. No matter what they are, our habits are either health <\/span>promoting<\/span><\/i><\/span> or health destroying<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0
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In order to create healthy habits, we teach coaches to help clients bridge what they know they <\/b>should<\/i><\/b> do, with a way to <\/b>actually<\/i><\/b> do it, every single day.<\/b>\u00a0
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Changing habits isn\u2019t easy, but it\u2019s worth it. And implementing a gratitude practice in your life is no different. <\/span>Below you\u2019ll find our best tips and tricks for making gratitude a daily habit that will change your life!\u00a0
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How to Make Your Attitude of Gratitude Second Nature
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Here are several ways to create an attitude of gratitude, that you can incorporate into your life on the daily.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n