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Well-being

Our experience of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being can change from one hour to the next. Living gratefully helps us expand our perspective and orient to life with greater acceptance, compassion, and curiosity — all invaluable qualities for cultivating a more unconditional sense of well-being.

Highlights

Explore the relationship between well-being and gratefulness through this curated collection of resources.

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Articles

Training Our Trains of Thought

by Kristi Nelson
Difficult mental and emotional patterns can teach us a lot about developing positive patterns, if…
Videos

Shining Light

by Reflections of Life
“We live in a complicated place. And it’s difficult to find your space,” says Chaeli…

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Practices

You Are Here: Become Present

by Joe Primo, Grateful Living
This 4-minute visualization invites you to become present to your life and remember what matters…
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Articles

Loss of Presence Is Taking Us into a Dark Age

by Joe Primo, Grateful Living
In this age of constant distraction, technology and corporations are stealing our attention. Practicing presence…
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Articles

Practice: The Essential Ingredient for a Grateful Life

by Joe Primo, Grateful Living
This essay illuminates how daily practice is a vital part of living a grateful life…
Videos

Eulogies for the Living: Expressing Gratitude Before It’s Too Late

by Reflections of Life
In this short film, Andrea Driessen shares the transformative power of expressing gratitude and actively…
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Articles

Moving Beyond Gratitude to Living Gratefully 

by Joe Primo, Grateful Living
This essay makes a distinction between gratitude as a response to something we are pleased…
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Articles

Between the Notes: The Gift of Silence and Stillness

by Sheryl Chard, Grateful Living
In this essay, Sheryl Chard reflects on the gifts of silence and stillness and how…