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A simple formula for Happiness=Gratitude+

Published by: Eileen Lichtenstein - Peak-Performance-Success Coach on 5th Aug 2011 | View all blogs by Eileen Lichtenstein - Peak-Performance-Success Coach
 Is there really a simple formula for happiness? Gratitude is an often overlooked yet powerful approach to increasing positive emotions.  Over the past 2 decades scientists have discovered many nuances for using gratitude as a tool for affecting your physical and emotional health.  When you  learn to shift from a negative or neutral emotional state into a positive one and learn to FEEL grateful rather than just think about gratitude, you are on your way to happiness.

Let's say you've mastered gratitude- or think that you have- yet you are  restless, impatient, frustrated...


What gives? What do you need to do to master happiness? What do you need to feel inner peace? Being grateful is important- and to complete the simple formula for happiness there are the additional modern challenges of

  • releasing stress
  • being in the moment-mindful 
  •   understanding  your anger triggers 
  •  communicating effectively and  appropriately
  • acknowledging when you need help and asking for it 

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Find out about my services and master this equation!

 

"Practicing mindfulness of gratitude consistently leads to a direct experience of being connected to life and the realization that there is a larger context in which your personal story is unfolding. Being relieved of the endless wants and worries of your life's drama, even temporarily, is liberating. Cultivating thankfulness for being part of life blossoms into a feeling of being blessed, not in the sense of winning the lottery, but in a more refined appreciation for the interdependent nature of life. It also elicits feelings of generosity, which create further joy. Gratitude can soften a heart that has become too guarded, and it builds the capacity for forgiveness, which creates the clarity of mind that is ideal for spiritual development."     - Philipp Moffitt, Selfless Gratitude

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.   It turns what we have
into enough, and more.  It turns denial into acceptance, chaos
to order, confusion to clarity.  It can turn a meal into a feast, 
a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes
sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a 
vision for tomorrow."
  -Melody Beattie






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  • Dawn Abraham - Motivational Whisperer
    Thanks for sharing this Happiness blog. I get so many compliments all the time from Twitter & Facebook & G+ that we have the so much great information and blogs. And everyone is always saying how much they love our site here. Thanks Eileen you are by far the #1 contributor of blogging. :-D
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