Gratitude and Gratefulness Diary: Self Help, #1

By Robyn Ji Smith

A life worth living needs a paln. This diary will encourage you to focus on all you are grateful for and to think only about the positive things that happen in your life each day. You will be asked questions such as. Date? Time? Moon Phase? So you can keep an eye on how the moon affects your mood. What you are Grateful For? Best thing I did or that happened today was.

 List pages that ask you questions and prompt you such as-

Affirmations

How to set and atchieve goals.

A Happy Mind Plan

 I Commit To Being Marvelously Alive List.

Am I on track? . Am I on track with my healing plan check list and more information to prompt you into a more contented with yourself life plan.

Gratitude and the brain

Neural mechanisms that are responsible for feelings of gratitude have grabbed attention (Wood et al., 2008). Studies have demonstrated that at the brain level, moral judgments involving feelings of gratefulness are evoked in the right anterior temporal cortex (Zahn et al., 2009). People who express and feel gratitude have a higher volume of gray matter in the right inferior temporal gyrus (Zahn et al., 2014).

Gratitude and neurotransmitters gratitude as a 'natural antidepressant'. The effects of gratitude, when practiced daily can be almost the same as medications. It produces a feeling of long-lasting happiness and contentment, the physiological basis of which lies at the neurotransmitter level. The limbic system is the part of the brain that is responsible for all emotional experiences. It consists of the thalamus, hypothalamus, amygdala, hippocampus, and cingulate gyrus. Research has found that gratitude can activate the hippocampus and amygdala, which are responsible for emotions, memory, and bodily functions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Beauty School Books
• Release date: Oct 24, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215604021

Robyn Ji Smith

Hi I am part of the Beauty School Books Team of authors that writes training manuals for both Beauty School Books and Beauty Pathways Academy.  In 1993 we were also chosen by the Australian government to write the training standards for the Hairdressing and Beauty industry registered training centers. We did such a great job; our Australian government was asked to rewrite the international training standards. Again, I was invited to become part of the international industry training standards. I do not claim to be a great author but have been blessed with being a good teacher. My family started training me in 1950s. When you are trained by people that love you, magic happens. I always try to encourage students to ask questions. Their questions often mean I have not explained that section well enough and I write a new version. It does however, also give me an idea about how well they are practicing each module on friend and family. To read something without trying to perform the skill is only doing half the job. Reading is one of the core activities of study. You need to be able to understand what you read and to be able to recall the main ideas when you need them. You can use the SQW3R method to improve your comprehension, to remember a reading for tutorials, seminars or to review for exams. This is a wonderful method to get through the theory exams but will mean more when you practice using the physical tools of the trade. Happy Learning comes with practice.

Book preview

My Goals - How to set SMART goals.

1 1. Make your goal specific. The first step in creating an attainable goal is to get specific with how you describe it. Consider it in quantifiable ... 2 2. Make your goal measurable. 3 3. Make your goal achievable. 4 4. Make sure it is relevant.

5 5. Create a time-bound schedule.

I am building excellent mind muscles by stating daily what I am grateful for and how I intend to be marvelously alive.

Things I Need To Change In My Life

My Plan - How I can change these parts of my life 

How I Intend to Change  My Life  -Action Plan

Daily Diary Layout

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I Did Or That Happened Today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I did or that happened today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I Did Or That Happened Today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I did or that happened today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I Did Or That Happened Today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I did or that happened today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I Did Or That Happened Today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I did or that happened today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I did or that happened today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I did or that happened today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I did or that happened today

Date ________ Time ___ Moon Phase ___ I am Grateful For

Best Thing I did or that happened today

Reach your goal

To reach a goal is not a quick task.  So, take my hand and I will assist you along a beautiful path that leads to a more marvelous life. I send an absentee Reiki healing out every morning to my readers. All you need to do is feel it. The time is 6am QLD Australia.

Hi. I am Robyn a female in my 70s.

Formally I studied Aromatherapy at Nature Care College, in the 1980s. This study set a new pathway for my life journey. I have had many lows and many joys throughout my life. As a person from a strict - yet attentive, loving, catholic family, I know the power of prayers. However, prayers on many occasions have not given me my required outcome. Especially during my early 20s as a new wife and mother. No matter how hard you pray, you cannot change