Cultivate Gratitude All Month Long!

Now that November has begun, we are embarking on a perfect time to cultivate gratitude in our lives. The active use of gratitude can be highly effective as a stress reliever and harbinger of happiness, and can also help with holiday season materialism and winter blues.  Take the next few weeks to get into the habit of focusing on what you have in your life, and you'll likely not only have an even more thankful Thanksgiving and happy holiday season, but a more joyous new year after that!  Here are some tools to get you started, with more to come later in the week. Enjoy!  
--Elizabeth Scott
For more gratitude resources all month and in the future, you can connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Cultivate Gratitude All Month Long! Now that November has begun, we are embarking on a perfect time to cultivate gratitude in our lives. The active use of gratitude can be highly effective as a stress reliever and harbinger of happiness, and can also help with holiday season materialism and winter blues.  Take the next few weeks to get into the habit of focusing on what you have in your life, and you'll likely not only have an even more thankful Thanksgiving and happy holiday season, but a more joyous new year after that!  Here are some tools to get you started, with more to come later in the week. Enjoy!   --Elizabeth Scott For more gratitude resources all month and in the future, you can connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. Elizabeth Scott, M.S. Stress Management Expert The Gratitude Journal Habit    Maintaining a gratitude journal is one of the most effective strategies for actively cultivating feelings of gratitude.  There are specific guidelines to help maximize the effectiveness of this habit, however.  Read up on how to make the most of what you already have in your life, and create a record of the great things in your life that you can read and re-read when you need an emotional lift. READ NOW Try A Loving-Kindness Meditation--It's Easy!    If you haven't already tried a loving-kindness meditation, you're in for a treat.  And if you have experienced it before, you can create a more positive, connected life if you make this practice a regular habit.  Learn more about how to experience the benefits of meditation with the positive personal and social feelings of the loving-kindness meditation. READ NOW Benefits of The Loving-Kindness Meditation    If you're not entirely convinced to try the loving-kindness meditation as a way to increase your connection to and gratitude for the people in your life, you'll want to read this!  There are many research-proven benefits to this stress-relieving habit that you should know. READ NOW Everyday Gratitude    There are more ways to maintain gratitude than journaling and meditating, though these are powerful habits that can increase your gratitude levels as they reduce your stress levels.  Here are more habits, however, that can help you to make the most of your present life and revel in all that you have. READ NOW Featured Articles • Does Going to Bed Too Late Cause Weight Gain? • What Are The Worst Symptoms of Thyroid Disease? • How to Identify Normal Moles From Skin Cancer • 14 Technologies Seniors Should Use to Age in Place and Avoid the Home • Wake Up Refreshed or Go to Bed Relaxed with this Morning & Evening Yoga Workout • See What Marijuana Can Do for Your Fibromyalgia Pain • The 7 Best Things You Can Do to Relieve Belly Pain • The ABCDs of Melanoma Advertisement About Stress Management  |  Follow Us You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the Stress Management newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2015 About.com - All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.