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Gratitude and What’s Going Right?

By Claudia Dunn, M.A., OTR/L, Director of Life Balance

July 06, 2011 - 4:59PM

Gratitude is a powerful, life-changing attitude. Studies show that living in a state of gratitude has significant physical, emotional and social benefits. Researchers at UC Davis and UC Riverside, among others, have found the positive health effects to include reduced stress, improved heartbeat rhythm, lowered blood pressure along with fewer feelings of hostility, the ability to think more clearly under pressure, to bounce back quicker from trauma and a greater overall capacity to heal oneself.