Inviting the Energy of Gratitude for Healing

 

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Gratitude is an attitude!

We often think of gratitude as being thankful. However, living a life anchored in gratitude is more than simply giving thanks when something good happens in our lives. 

While being thankful itself is a worthwhile emotion, gratitude is an attitude of appreciation that holds under any circumstance and is formed by the choices we make daily. Gratitude is being content physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually with the state of your life.

Gratitude has been shown to have powerful energetic and health benefits for those who adopt the practice. More on that a bit later, but first…why does gratitude matter? 

Robert Emmons, Ph.D., a leading scientific expert on gratitude, identifies four key reasons why gratitude matters:

  1. Gratitude allows us to celebrate your presence in the present. Research on emotions shows positive emotions, like giving thanks for something good that just happened, wear off quickly. Gratitude, however, makes us appreciate the value of something, so we’re less likely to take it for granted.

  2. Gratitude blocks toxic, negative emotions like envy, resentment, and regret. Research has even linked gratitude to fewer instances and duration of episodes of depression.

  3. People who practice gratitude are more stress resistant. Various studies show when faced with trauma and adversity, people with a grateful attitude recover more quickly.

  4. Grateful people have a higher sense of self-worth. When you’re grateful you recognize others are looking out for your well-being…because they value you. This can transform the way you value yourself.

Now, about those energetic and health benefits. Research points to multiple individual and social benefits resulting from adopting a gratitude attitude, including:

  • Better sleep. 

  • Less fatigue.

  • Reduced inflammation.

  • Less depression.

  • Greater resilience.

  • Better relationships.

  • Improved self-care.

So, how can you cultivate a gratitude attitude to improve your health and that of others in need of healing?

  • Start a gratitude journal.

  • Meditate.

  • Volunteer.

  • Invest time with loved ones.

  • Give to others.

Practicing gratitude is a form of self-care, as taught in many of the EMS courses. Energy Medicine Specialists recommend that we practitioners use gratitude in our daily rituals and teach our clients how to invite gratitude into their energetic growth work.

What are you grateful for and how do you practice gratitude? I’d love to hear from you.

Explore Gratitude at EMS Call March 21

Please know we are here at Energy Medicine Specialists to energetically support you in developing your practice and personal well-being as a healer.

Our next community support meeting will be held via Zoom on Tuesday, March 21st at 5pm PT / 6 pm MT / 7 pm CT / 8 pm ET.

Our guest speakers for the March EMS networking are Bruce and Kelly Stahlman, who will be speaking on living with intent and gratitude.

 

Bruce, who is CEO of Arc Thrift Stores, shared his philosophy in a first-person story on the LifeSpark website (LifeSpark offers free Reiki and Healing Touch sessions to cancer patients).

 
 

“We don’t get to choose what happens to us but we do get to choose how we respond. Adversity < opportunity and cancer does not know who it’s messing with. Let me tell you why.”

 

Join us on Tuesday, March 21st at 5pm PT / 6 pm MT / 7 pm CT / 8 pm ET to listen to the full story of living with intent and gratitude from this family. They lost their twin sons who had cerebral palsy and then Bruce was diagnosed with brain cancer. The Stahlman’s story is inspirational and shows how living with intent and gratitude can help you survive traumas in your life.  Register in advance for this meeting.

 

Cindy Parsons, RN, BSN, MS-HCA, SEM

Peace and Joy,
Cindy Parsons, RN, BSN, MS-HCA, SEM
Lead Instructor and Mentor
(Read more about Cindy here).

 

Sources:

  1. “Why Gratitude is Good”; article by Robert Emmons, Ph. D.; Greater Good Magazine; November 2010.

  2. The Science of Gratitude; White Paper by Summer Allen, Ph. D.; Greater Good Science Center at UC-Berkeley; May 2018.

  3. “The Difference Between Gratitude and Thankfulness”; Psychiatric Medical Care Team; Psychiatric Medical Care, Brentwood, TN. 

 
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