Posts on ‘thankful’

Gratitude as a Practice

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

Issues: gratitude, happiness, improvement, intention, journaling, meditation, mindfulness, practice, self-help, thankful, wellbeing, writing

Written by Alexa Rives, MA, LPCC Staff Therapist, Pennock Center for Counseling With the annual reminder to practice gratitude nearing, we would like to provide our readers with the opportunity to explore ways to improve and increase gratitude throughout your life and your year – not just for the holidays. Practicing gratitude has the potential […]

The Power of Gratitude

Tuesday, October 26th, 2021

Issues: anxiety, depression, gratitude, help, meditation, mental health, self-care, stress, thankful, Thanksgiving

Article by Laura Gutierrez, LPC Humans struggle with a bias known as Negativity Bias. The negativity bias highlights our human tendency to give more importance to negative experiences than to positive or neutral experiences. Some people have a stronger tendency to engage in this bias to the point that it can become crippling, but we […]