gratiu team blog

Gratitude. If you have nothing else in life, have gratitude. With a new day quickly approaching, it’s time to consider your mental and emotional wellbeing as well as how you plan on losing that extra 10 pounds you gained over the Covid 19 shut down. If you want to do something positive for your wellbeing this year, practice gratitude.  The connection between gratitude and wellness is somewhat of a mystical theory, many studies have shown that practicing gratitude does, in fact, effect the wellness of humans who practice gratitude on a regular basis. It also has been shown to

Honoring ourselves and others is an easy and powerful way to enhance our own mind, body and spiritual wellness. It is a tried and true practice that reaps the benefits of love, friendship, and closeness and who couldn’t use a little more of those wonderful treasures? As a young person, I thought I knew what honor was, but it wasn’t until many years later that I finally understood how to honor another person. In my twenties, deep in the throes of a divorce, I started watching a taped series of seminars by Gary Smalley about marriage, it was then

Sometimes in our hustle and bustle lives we have a tendency to forget about what once brought us so much joy. Today, I would like to encourage you to switch on some music and just move! Find a reason to take a time out for 3 minutes and break out the old cassettes, albums, CDs, or just plug in your Spotify to a loudspeaker and dance to a favorite oldie. If you are a person that is embarrassed to dance in front of or around others, let me encourage you to find a spot in your home where you

More than just lyrical advice from the great Madonna, these words can mean the difference between health, sickness and even early death, yikes! I’d like to take a moment to give kudos to Madonna. As we are all aware, this woman is the icon of self-expression. From the moment she walked on to the music scene in the 80’s through the turbulent 90’s and into today, she has never shied away from artistic or self-expression. In fact, more and more artist, such as Lady Ga Ga are following in Madonna’s footsteps and making a huge name for themselves because of their

We all hear that spending time in nature is good for us, right? Well, not only is it true, it is one of the best things you can do for your mental and physical health. What is grounding?Grounding is when the human body has direct contact with the earth’s surface. Walking barefoot, laying in the grass, or any other activity that connects your flesh to the surface of the earth.  In 2015 researchers from the University of California (Irvine) published a study, The effects of grounding (earthing) on inflammation, the immune response, wound healing, and prevention and treatment of chronic