By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the final post of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. In this final post, my gratitude reference point is HOPE… The Gratitude Piece – I’m Grateful for Hope One of the amazing things about human beings is our capacity for HOPE. I put it […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the ninth of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. This series was all sparked by a remarkable finding from brain research as expressed by Dr Amit Sood of the famous Mayo Clinic: “Because of the way your brain works, the pursuit of gratitude and […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the eighth of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. I’ve come up with a simple 4-part framework for combining gratitude and compassion, and I’m sharing how to do that using 10 different examples in 10 posts. In each post I focus on a different […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the seventh of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. This series was all sparked by a remarkable finding from brain research as expressed by Dr Amit Sood of the famous Mayo Clinic: “Because of the way your brain works, the pursuit of gratitude and […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the sixth of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. Why? Well, according to Dr Amit Sood of the Mayo Clinic: “Because of the way your brain works, the pursuit of gratitude and compassion will make you happier than the pursuit of happiness itself.” This […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the fifth of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. The inspiration for this series comes from the following research finding: “Because of the way your brain works, the pursuit of gratitude and compassion will make you happier than the pursuit of happiness itself.” – […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the fourth of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. The inspiration for this series comes from the following research finding: “Because of the way your brain works, the pursuit of gratitude and compassion will make you happier than the pursuit of happiness itself.” – […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the third of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. Here’s the inspiration for this series: “Because of the way your brain works, the pursuit of gratitude and compassion will make you happier than the pursuit of happiness itself.” – Dr Amit Sood, from the […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
This is the second of 10 posts I’m writing about how to combine gratitude and compassion for a happier life. Here’s where the idea came from: recently I wrote an article for LivingNow magazine in Australia about brain science research from Dr Amit Sood of the famous Mayo Clinic that indicates something quite profound and […]
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By Julie Ann Cairns | Gratitude & Compassion
A couple of years ago I wrote an article for LivingNow magazine in Australia about brain science research that indicates something quite profound and amazing – it’s the finding that the pursuit of gratitude and compassion will make you happier than the pursuit of happiness itself. What? That’s a pretty major insight! You can read […]
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