An eventful year is coming to an end and we are looking forward to an exciting 2023!
We would like to take this opportunity to thank and pay tribute to everyone who has contributed and continues to contribute to Mindworkout in various ways. It is together that we make the vision of a mentally sustainable society a reality. We are so proud of the journey we have made since the start in 2015 and all the thousands of people we continue to reach out to.
Länsförsäkringar's community investment in mental training for school and sports
At the time of writing, we are in the middle of the initiative on children and young people's mental health in collaboration with Länsförsäkringar Göteborg & Bohusläns great community involvement where we have the great privilege of meeting a new brain-strong generation in schools and sports clubs. We see up close how we contribute to a socially sustainable society together with you, for that we are super happy and very grateful!
The power of gratitude
We're thinking a lot about gratitude this Christmas. It's easy to get caught up in everyday thoughts, demands and worrisome news that make us forget to appreciate what's around us. Sometimes an external reminder can be just what we need to break the patterns of thinking and find the good feelings. For us, Christmas is such a reminder, and we hope it will be for you too! Gratitude feels good in the body, so it's not surprising that research shows such positive effects.
- The feeling of gratitude has an immediate effect. The body increases levels of the feel-good substances serotonin and dopamine.
- Gratitude increases feelings of happiness and reduces negative feelings such as frustration, resignation and regret. (Robert A. Emmons studies.) Tips on a podcast with Robert.
- Improves self-esteem and it provides the conditions for optimal performance. (Study in the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology) You may also have noticed that it is easier to rejoice in the success of others when you feel gratitude.
Five tips to feel more gratitude
- Feeling gratitude does not mean that all worries disappear, but that anxiety is reduced and more positive feelings are reinforced. Practice thinking more about what you want to be grateful for in the present every time a worry or anxious thought comes up. Family, friends, health, things you have learned, etc.
- Set a reminder on your phone to take a few minutes to think about everything you actually have in life. Think about a person you feel grateful to today, someone who helped you, grandchildren, the clerk at the store, and think of one thing you enjoyed, something beautiful in your surroundings, a good cup of coffee, the feeling of a hot shower, anything you appreciated.
- Writing a gratitude journal before going to sleep improves your sleep (Study published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being.)
- Remind yourself to say thank you to others every day. It will help you feel grateful and it will help those around you. A University of Pennsylvania study found that managers who remembered to show gratitude increased the motivation of their staff, boosting productivity by 50%.
- Being generous and giving generates feelings of gratitude and it helps to increase oxytocin levels in the body. So maybe that's why giving presents is more blissful than receiving presents 😉
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We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The friends at Mindworkout
