Mental Health And Wellbeing

GEM - Gratitude, Empathy and Mindfulness

GRATITUDE

Some benefits of practising gratitude are:

• After 21 days, you start to scan the world for positives.
• After 42 days you become:
  • More optimistic, energised & focused.
  • Less likely to get sick.
• You will sleep better.
• Anxiety and depression decreases.

A few quick and simple ways to practise being grateful are:

• Journaling; each night write down 3 things that went well for you that day or purchase a gratitude journal with gratitude prompts.
• Write a gratitude letter to someone special, telling them why you are grateful they are in your life.
• Have a family discussion on the way home from school or around the dinner table about the things that went well that day or made you smile.

Fiona Sewell

Assistant Principal