gratitude

Exploring Gratitude with Your Child

July 15, 2021 By Ellen

Do you want your child to be more grateful for all that they have? Exploring gratitude will not only help your children to appreciate their family and belongings, but it will also support their mental health and give them valuable coping skills. Here are some great tips from an independent school in London on how […]

Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it… yet

January 19, 2020 By Ellen

The overflowing gutter of gratitude still pours over my life, with so much to be thankful for that it’s hard to know where to start this week. I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers… Books. Books are a great thing to be grateful for. My audiobook of the moment is […]

Lettuce take a moment to be grateful

January 13, 2020 By Ellen

I’m still plugging away at the gratitude thing – a list of 10 a day to transform your life, apparently. While transformation is, as yet, not forthcoming, it does feel quite nice to think about the good stuff for a few minutes. Though ten is quite a lot of things to be grateful for when […]

I’m grateful there was a mouse in my house

January 11, 2020 By Ellen

It was early and I was making coffee and thinking about gratitude. A bit like any other day, but with the gratitude. That’s a new thing to replace the usual round of improbable targets followed by self-criticism. I’m grateful there’s milk left I’m grateful there’s coffee left I’m grateful there’s food for lunch (and I […]

More gratitude…

January 7, 2020 By Ellen

Today’s chapter says that I need to be my own best friend and involves something I can’t quite remember (I listened to it hours ago) about making a list of fun treats. So, because I can remember what to do here’s a list of things I’m grateful for: Being at home while the storm raged […]