If only you could back-date gratitude to reverse the effects of ageing. Interesting to hear about the research on ageing and stress. It all makes sense of course. I am not into making gratitude lists, but talking about gratitude is right up my street.
This is fascinating research, Leila! I really enjoy the way you put it all together and make it meaningful in a different way. You connect some dots or at least help us consider the implications.
It's strange how caregiving can be both so rewarding and exhausting/depleting. I guess some of it is circumstance and some is attitude (gratitude). Of course, some people have very difficult caregiving situations.
This has also helped me think about both my role as a mom and how I caregive when I go to stay with my parents in a rather complex situation. At home, although I get tired, I feel a lot of that gratitude and so it is also enriching and uplifting. This writer/psychologist Anna Mathur helped me to switch that mindset when my son was a baby. She's got a great IG especially for new moms. As much as I love all the people back in the US whom I care for, there are reasons I feel frustrated about the situation and so I think it truly exhausts me (ages me?). I was there for 3 weeks over Christmas and am still recovering.
If only you could back-date gratitude to reverse the effects of ageing. Interesting to hear about the research on ageing and stress. It all makes sense of course. I am not into making gratitude lists, but talking about gratitude is right up my street.
This is fascinating research, Leila! I really enjoy the way you put it all together and make it meaningful in a different way. You connect some dots or at least help us consider the implications.
It's strange how caregiving can be both so rewarding and exhausting/depleting. I guess some of it is circumstance and some is attitude (gratitude). Of course, some people have very difficult caregiving situations.
This has also helped me think about both my role as a mom and how I caregive when I go to stay with my parents in a rather complex situation. At home, although I get tired, I feel a lot of that gratitude and so it is also enriching and uplifting. This writer/psychologist Anna Mathur helped me to switch that mindset when my son was a baby. She's got a great IG especially for new moms. As much as I love all the people back in the US whom I care for, there are reasons I feel frustrated about the situation and so I think it truly exhausts me (ages me?). I was there for 3 weeks over Christmas and am still recovering.