I have a friend who is inclined to be negative. This person always sees the glass as half-empty (GHE). Being a glass-half-full (GHF) type, I often point out the upside to whatever situation is being discussed, only to be told that I’m not being realistic. Which brings me to today’s topics – that pessimism and…
Tag: happiness and health
The Gratitude Experiment
The pursuit of happiness through the experience of gratitude is one of my pet projects. Gratitude not only improves your level of happiness, it makes a difference in your physical health too. I recently came upon this youtube video by SoulPancake called An Experiment in Gratitude that illustrates how gratitude influences feelings of happiness. It…
Count Your Blessings
Research on the connection between gratitude and health goes back decades now. Abraham Maslow is a famous psychologist who is known for his theories regarding the so-called “Hierarchy of Needs“. In the late 1960’s/early 1970’s, he put forward the position that the experience of gratitude has a big impact on psychological health. At the bottom…