Enhances sleep quality

Reduces the effects of depression

Encourages the production of dopamine

Gratitude works when you are grateful for a real thing

Expression of gratitude can have profound and positive effects on our health

The grateful group reported fewer health complaints and exercised an average of 1.5 hours more.

They also reported to be 25% happier

Participants in the gratitude group also reported offering others more emotional support or help with a personal problem

The gratitude group reported more hours of sleep each night and feeling refreshed upon awakening.

The formula is that for every negative expression (a complaint, frown, put-down, expression of anger), there must be about five positive ones (smiles, compliments, laughter, expressions of appreciation, and gratitude).

Gratitude opens the door to more relationships.

Not only does saying “thank you” constitute good manners, but showing appreciation can help you win new friends, according to a 2014 study published in Emotion.

Gratitude improves physical health.

. Grateful people experience fewer aches and pains and report feeling healthier than other people, according to a 2012 study published in Personality and Individual Differences.

Gratitude improves psychological health.

Gratitude reduces a multitude of toxic emotions, from envy and resentment to frustration and regret. Robert Emmons, a leading gratitude researcher, has conducted multiple studies on the link between gratitude and well-being

Giving of thanks, also known as gratitude.

Gratitude, particularly if practiced regularly, can keep you healthier and happier.

The young adults assigned to keep gratitude journals showed greater increases in determination, attention, enthusiasm, and energy compared to the other groups

The same researchers conducted a separate study on adults, which showed that even a weekly gratitude journal was beneficial.

Subjects assigned to journal weekly on gratitude showed greater improvements in optimism.