A sustained practice of gratitude takes a deliberate approach to caring for yourself when giving to others. In this podcast, we will explore the literature review concerning how to build a practice of gratitude that contains the building blocks for developing a healthy approach to a practice of gratitude. The first step is to conduct a needs assessment of your dimensions of wellness to make sure that unmet needs are addressed or at least identified. The second building block is based on developing a situationally aware practice of gratitude to avoid the pitfalls of the dark side of a practice of gratitude. Finally, we will explore the inner workings of sustaining healthy habits and how to embed a practice of gratitude into your daily life.

Journaling is an activity that may reduce stress and help you organize your emotions, ambitions, self-care practices, and goals and dreams. According to the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (2023), journaling may improve mental health, increase self-confidence, and heighten performance in many areas of individual pursuit.

In this podcast, the literature review will reveal what interferes with our best intentions to create and sustain a practice of gratitude. Additionally, we will explore personality types so that a gratitude calendar can be created that best suits our available time, habits, and preferred ways of expressing gratitude.

Gratitude can be expressed in many ways and may vary across cultures, demographics, socioeconomic and sociopolitical regions, and many other social groups. According to Anderson of Linguistics of America (2023), there are over 6,909 distinct languages, and that does not include urban dialects and variations of vernacular English and slang. Within the possibilities of expressing gratitude, we may see various combinations of verbal, nonverbal, written, and visual forms of expressing gratitude within socially connected groups and individual self-care practices

In this podcast, suggestions for developing an attitude of gratitude were explored to help individuals and organizations implement a more consistent practice that leads to the sustainability of a culture filled with gratitude.

In this podcast, we will explore the literature review concerning indebtedness, social connectedness, and the effects of guilt and shame involved with social media platforms, crowdfunding, fundraising for charity, and other causes that pull at your financial resources and heartstrings.

Practicing gratitude during anxiety can provide brief moments of relief because of the shift in focus away from troubling thoughts. A practice of gratitude helps to train the brain or cognitively reconstruct the brain to step away from rumination and negative thought patterns.

Children have developmental stages that vary with age, genetics, health, and other demographics, as well as socioeconomic and sociopolitical resources and opportunities across regions; therefore, their ability to accept and practice gratitude will vary.