Dawn Grant Blog

It seems like only during Thanksgiving week, people around the United States express gratitude for the bounty in their lives.  After all, the very name suggests the nature.  But what if you could carry on this way throughout the year.  What if a dose of thankfulness is just what you need to maintain your health and happiness? It’s funny that we are fine with a dose of vitamin D from sunlight, a dose of prescribed pills for an infection or anxiety.  Yet the very thing that could prolong our health and longevity, we are quick to pass up.

There is scientific evidence to conclude when it comes to mood, outlook, and health. Happy people live up to 10 years longer than unhappy people, and optimists have a 77% lower risk of heart disease than pessimists. There is also incredible research that having an attitude of gratitude as a permanent state of mind holds innumerable health benefits.   Studies have proven again and again that are thoughts are linked to every cell in our bodies.  So basically, if your mind is not content on positive psychology, you will not be well.  Simply put: What you think, you become.  If you are riddled with maladies, your thought patterns are most likely negative.