{"id":8317,"date":"2021-02-10T08:02:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T08:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gocohospitality.com\/?p=8317"},"modified":"2021-09-07T16:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T16:02:43","slug":"the-health-wellness-benefits-of-gratitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gocohospitality.com\/zh-hans\/the-health-wellness-benefits-of-gratitude\/","title":{"rendered":"The Health &#038; Wellness Benefits of Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would seem common\nsense to suggest that being kind and grateful would have a positive effect on\nyour personal wellbeing. However, it\u2019s only recently that research has begun to\ndemonstrate this to be true, linking being grateful with overall improved\nhealth and wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research from The\nGreater Good Science Centre UC Berkeley suggests that being grateful instead of\nungrateful or jealous can have many health benefits \u2013 from an appreciation for\nwhat you have to an improved quality of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/11\/27\/7295851\/gratitude-health-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vox<\/a>, gratitude is a kind of \u201cVelcro\u201d. Robert A. Emmons, a\nprofessor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, and author of\nthe book Gratitude Works! A 21-Day Program for Creating Emotional Prosperity\nshares that better mental and physical health practices will stick when\nembracing gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gratitude\nAlleviates Pain<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As more evidence comes\nto light, the connection between mind and body is more significant than we\ncould ever have imagined. How we think directly influences how we experience\nthe world, including how we interpret pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Studies have shown\nthat people who are of a grateful personality report&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/11\/27\/7295851\/gratitude-health-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feeling healthier<\/a>&nbsp;and experience fewer aches and pains\nthan less grateful people. The jury is out on whether that\u2019s because positive\nthoughts affect the body directly, or it\u2019s simply because grateful people tend\nto take better care of themselves. Still, either way, the results are\nsignificant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gratitude Improves\nSleep<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adequate sleep is crucial for a healthy body and a healthy mind. Research has shown that&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/minding-the-body\/201111\/how-gratitude-helps-you-sleep-night\" target=\"_blank\">poor sleep makes people less grateful<\/a>, and making a nightly practice of listing things to be thankful for that day improves sleep and leaves people feeling more refreshed in the morning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, mental health\nexperts have connected a host of psychological benefits to practising genuine\ngratitude. In addition to sleep, gratitude can physically change the brain,\nimproving relationships, reducing anxiety and depression, reduces feelings of\nenvy and resentment and enhances empathy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Dr.Madiha Saeed, MD, author of&nbsp;<em>The Holistic Rx: Your Guide to Chronic Inflammation and Disease<\/em>, explains the science behind gratefulness and brain chemistry:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cHeart-felt\u201d emotions\u2014like gratitude, love, and caring\u2014produce sine wave or coherent waves radiating to every cell of the body, all determined through technology that measures changes in heart-rhythm variation and measurements of coherence. Research shows that with \u201cdepleted\u201d emotions\u2014like frustration, anger, anxiety, and insecurity\u2014the heart-rhythm pattern becomes more erratic, and the brain recognises this as stress. This, in turn, creates a desynchronised state, raising the risk of developing heart disease and increased blood pressure, weakening the immune system, impairing cognitive function, and blocking our ability to think clearly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ways to Make Gratitude Stick<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cultivating a grateful\nattitude is possible, and is one of the most effortless changes to make for\nbetter health. Writing a daily list of things you are grateful for (from the\nsmallest of things to the biggest), helps to focus on the positive changes to\nyour life that day and improves mood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For some, a gratitude\njournal is used to collate these thoughts into more details and be referred to\nagain in the future, allowing you to further cement the positive things in your\nlife regardless of whether it\u2019s a good or bad day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mindfulness also goes\nhand-in-hand with gratitude, so encouraging mindfulness practice or simply\npractising regular acts of kindness can improve the mind and body in a wealth\nof ways. From personal goals to changing a workplace environment, gratitude\ntakes time to envelop, but a physical transformation to health and outlook will\nbe seen once it takes hold.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would seem common sense to suggest that being kind a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[120,119,117,108,92],"class_list":["post-8317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mental-wellbeing","tag-wellbeing","tag-mindset","tag-goco-hospitality","tag-health","tag-wellness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Health &amp; Wellness Benefits of Gratitude - GOCO Hospitality<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Research from The Greater Good Science Centre UC Berkeley suggests that being grateful instead of ungrateful or jealous can have many health benefits.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocohospitality.com\/the-health-wellness-benefits-of-gratitude\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Health &amp; 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