Anniversary Winners – Gratitude and our health, Parenthetically Speaking)

Peggy & Judy’s Unhappiness Formulas

• Comparing up –  (We can always find a blog that has more followers, is smarter, funnier, monetized and technically more accomplished.)
• Dwelling on the past – (What should’a, could’a, would’a been if we knew what we didn’t know when we should’a known better we would’a have had millions of followers and could’a been famous with our own TV show and chateaus on the Riviera.)
• Justifying “mis-fortunes” – (Our rationalizations are always rational)
• Blaming others – (We are late bloomers and have a steep learning curve because we were weaned too early.)

 Dwelling on all the above, it turns out, isn’t good for us.  Clinical research shows gratitude doesn’t just make you feel like a better person,

it’s actually good for your health and can:

• Lower blood pressure
• Improve immune function and
• Facilitate more efficient sleep.

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Our brain is like a muscle – (it’s NOT a muscle, it’s LIKE a muscle).  The more we practice thinking about being grateful the more grateful we’ll become.

We are grateful to all the Curious & Catnip blog followers.  To prove how grateful, click here to see if you are a winner of our First Year Anniversary Drawing:

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For those of you who aren’t CATNIP subscribers (and think we’ve been loafing) here’s a retrospective of a few favorite posts:

Healing-a-broken-heart-part-i-healthy-grieving/

How-to-flip-the-switch-shame-guilt-and-worry/

The-pit-in-your-stomach-is-actually-your-second-brain/

Seek-and-ye-shall-find-happiness – the-neuroscience/

Practical-tips-for-handling – conflict-part-ii/

Frankly-freddie-your-dog-can-help-you-get-a-better-nights-sleep-parenthetically-speaking/

The-power-of-touch/

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