Psy­chol­o­gist Robert Emmons recently told us about the many ben­e­fits of prac­tic­ing gratitude.

- “First, the prac­tice of grat­i­tude can increase hap­pi­ness lev­els by around 25%. Sec­ond, this is not hard to achieve — a few hours spent writ­ing a grat­i­tude jour­nal over 3 weeks can cre­ate an effect that lasts 6 months if not more. Third, that cul­ti­vat­ing grat­i­tude brings other health effects, such as longer and bet­ter qual­ity sleep time.”

Thanks­giv­ing flew by for me this year with­out my tak­ing the time to express grat­i­tude to many of the peo­ple who have been so gen­er­ous with their time and advice.

Given that this is a blog, I would like to say Thank You! to the fol­low­ing bloggers

*Zack at Brain Waves for sug­gest­ing launch­ing a blog to share thoughts and impres­sions on our grow­ing field.

*Brett at Trader­Feed for his amaz­ing insight and inspi­ra­tion to do one’s best.

*Senia at Senia.com Pos­i­tive Psy­chol­ogy Coach­ing for her con­stant sup­port, when­ever needed, and many times unex­pected, yet always welcome.

*Mo at Neu­rophi­los­o­phy for sub­mit­ting some of our posts to blog car­ni­vals before we even knew what these were…

*Bora at for A Blog Around The Clock for his amaz­ing energy and open mind.

*ilker at The Think­ing Blog for help­ing us learn how to nav­i­gate social book­mark­ing sites.

*Inaki at Sare­links (in Span­ish) for help­ing me deal with many technical/ plat­form decisions.

How you can show grat­i­tude to other blog­gers who have been help­ful to you:

1. Sim­ply tag 7 other blog­gers, writ­ing a Thank You post like this one. The more spe­cific you are on why you appre­ci­ate their sup­port, the more they will enjoy read­ing about it.
2. You then email them to say they have been tagged.

If you are not a blog­ger, sim­ply think of 7 peo­ple who have been nice to you, and call them to say Thank You dur­ing the upcom­ing holidays.

Enjoy this belated burst of “Thanksgiving”!

Credit for pic: jef­f­clow via flickr

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