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Gratitude

Gratitude practice is more than counting blessings - it's a way of training your brain to notice what's going well. Explore how mindful gratitude can shift your mood, strengthen relationships, and build resilience over time.
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Gratitude
What Self-Love Really Means 

Mindful editor-in-chief Heather Hurlock explores how calling in our communities both near and far is an essential part of deepening into self-love and gratitude. Read More 

  • Heather Hurlock
  • October 25, 2022
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Gratitude
An Attitude of Gratitude 

What do you appreciate? How do you show others gratitude? Mindful readers share their thoughts and tips. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • October 25, 2022
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Gratitude
Thanks For That?! 

On difficult days, you may find gratitude hard to come by. But when you make it your plan to welcome life’s vast smorgasbord of experiences, you’ll find lots of delightful treasures to be grateful for. Read More 

  • Elaine Smookler
  • October 25, 2022
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Gratitude
Gratitude for the Lousy Ingrate 

If platitudes like “be grateful” tend to light a fire of rage in you, you’re not alone—and you may benefit from a slightly different path to accessing the many gifts of a regular gratitude practice. Read More 

  • Stephanie Domet, Elaine Smookler, Shauna Shapiro, Barry Boyce, Gina Rollo White, and Georgina Miranda
  • October 25, 2022
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Gratitude
Why We Believe in Luck 

Our notions of chance, fate, or fortune really can shape what happens to us—just not in the way we might think. Here’s how our practice reveals a wiser way of “getting lucky.” Read More 

  • Misty Pratt
  • August 4, 2022
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