Removing Blockages, Having Gratitude

 

Chiropractic care is all about removing the blockages that are keeping you from living a healthy, pain free life. 100 Year Lifestyle chiropractors are also about supporting your ongoing chiropractic care with the lifestyle information and education that you need to remove blockages from any area of your life that might be keeping you from living at 100% for 100 years! With so many things requiring our attention it’s easy to forget that we all need to be aware of our mental health. Gratitude plays, or can play, a tremendous role in our health and wellbeing. As we’ve written before, feelings cause results, and daily gratitude is an important component of a healthy life. It’s all about removing blockages and having gratitude.

Gratitude Is

Let’s break it down. What is gratitude? It can be defined in different ways by different people, but according to Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D., professor of psychology at University of California-Davis, and author of The Little Book of Gratitude, gratitude is:

…a trait, a state, an attitude, a way of coping, and a virtue all rolled into one. Gratitude is an affirmation of the goodness in one’s life and the recognition that the sources of this goodness lie at least partially outside the self.

Numerous studies over the years have proven that gratitude creates happiness, and lack of gratitude can create physical as well as mental problems. If we don’t cultivate gratitude and instead walk around feeling like we don’t have enough, or aren’t enough, this leads to negativity. Negativity can lead to depression. Depression has been linked to poor heart health, inflammation, and a weakened immune system. As we mentioned, feelings cause results.

Good Medicine

Gratitude, on the other hand, makes people happier thereby leading to less depression, less anxiety, and better sleep. But it also affects people’s biology by lowering inflammation levels and creating better heart health. Robert A. Emmons, Ph.D. has determined that:

Gratitude is good medicine. Clinical trials indicate that the practice of gratitude can have dramatic and lasting effects in a person’s life. It can lower blood pressure and improve immune function … grateful people engage in more exercise, have better dietary behaviors, are less likely to smoke and abuse alcohol, and have higher rates of medication adherence. 

It is interesting to note that what Emmons is really talking about here is a lifestyle, something we know a lot about! At 100 Year Lifestyle we are grateful for you, our community, and want you to experience all the benefits that a life of gratitude has to offer. We want you to enjoy a physically, mentally, and emotionally pain free, healthy life for many years to come.  

Ready to start your blockage-free journey? Excited about removing blockages and having gratitude in your life today? Our chiropractors are trusted in their communities to provide the care and education necessary to help you remove blockages in your life. Find the support you need in a 100 Year Lifestyle provider near you! 

Thank you!