The Science of Happiness
Happiness Break: Feel more Gratitude, With Eve Ekman
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Quick takeaways
- Practicing gratitude can counter biases, reduce inflammation, lower cortisol levels, and help build stronger relationships, which are crucial for overall health.
- Reflecting on acts of kindness, both received and extended, helps individuals appreciate the simple acts happening around them and cultivate a heartfelt appreciation for the goodness in their lives and bodies.
Deep dives
Practicing Gratitude for Acts of Kindness
This podcast episode focuses on a gratitude meditation led by Dr. Eve Ekman, a contemplative social scientist and meditation teacher. The meditation encourages individuals to reflect on acts of kindness that they have received and extended to others. Studies show that practicing gratitude can counter biases, reduce inflammation, lower cortisol levels, and help build stronger relationships, which are crucial for overall health. Through this meditation, listeners are guided to settle their body and mind, recall a recent act of kindness they received, vividly remember the details, and appreciate the kindness. They are also prompted to reflect on an act of kindness they extended and savor the feeling of observing kindness. The meditation concludes with encouraging listeners to set an intention to notice kindness in the upcoming days and connect with the sensations of gratitude in their bodies.
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