First, we are grateful for you!
We are grateful for our work, presenting, growing our blog and community. We are grateful for our followers and supporters. You make this possible.
You may be feeling like, I’m grieving what do I have to be thankful and grateful for?
That’s normal and depending upon where you are on your journey gratitude made be more challenging to find. We acknowledge this is a challenging time of grief. It is natural to feel overwhelmed and not particularly grateful.
Did you know that expressing gratitude is good for you ?
- You might sleep better
- Have a stronger immune and cardiovascular systems
- Be more positive
- Best of all it can improve your relationships and community.
In this time of division in the world what better way to begin to heal than to express gratitude and thanksgiving?
Can you think of one thing you are grateful for?
- Who may have been supportive and you’d like to thank?
- What resources have been helpful?
- How does it feel to express gratitude?
Simple Acts of Gratitude
- Think of one thing daily you are grateful for
- Write in your journal a daily gratitdue (or weekly/monthly)
- Make a social media post expressing thanks and gratitude
- Call a friend or supporter and thank them. (email or write a letter if you are up to it)
What if you aren’t feeling so thankful and you are grieving? Teresa is hosting a Free Grief Triage: Strategies for the Holidays Webinar, Tues. 12/19 @ 7pm CST. She also has a three week program Grief Perspectives: Surviving the Holidays Program starting Tues. 11/28 on dealing with grief and the holidays that may be useful for you or someone you know. Details here: https://www.boldfulfilledlifecoach.com/
We’d love to hear from you. Please comment and share your experiences. If you have resources please share with our community.
With Gratitude, Peace and Blessings,
Teresa Bitner, PMP, M.Ed., ACC
Resiliency, Change, and Loss Specialist
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