7 Ways To Boost Your Health by Practicing Gratitude

partner your siblings your best friends and even your coworkers. Whether its a quick note letting someone know you appreciate them or its a more intentional sitdown moment shared between a couple people letting others know how much they mean to you really shapes the way your relationships are maintained. And asking what others are grateful for is a good opportunity to see things from a new perspective.
If youre someone who really struggles with being grateful or finding things to be grateful for you might want to use this as an opportunity to connect with other people suggests Dr. Alexander. Maybe enlist a friend or spouse to help you see some of the things to be grateful for and that experience can be mutually beneficial.
3. Foster healthy habits
A big part of what stops people from having better habits is that people develop ideas about how they should feel when theyre doing things like exercising or eating healthy and if they dont feel that way then they dont do it says Dr. Alexander.
So much of healthy habits involves the acceptance that you might not have a feeling that matches what the intended action should be.
That means the next time you feel like giving up on starting a new exercise routine maybe take a step back. Take a deep breath and recognize that youre in a position to make a choice about what you want to do and how you want to do it.
Taking even that small moment to be grateful for being able to make choices about your health and infusing that gratitude into your daily activities like eating healthy or working out can make all the difference when it comes to finding motivation to be healthier.
4. Remain intentional
Start or end your day by writing down three things youre grateful for.
Maybe you find joy in going on a walk during your lunch break or its that you can hear your child laughing. Or maybe you are just thankful for a good night of sleep says Dr. Alexander.