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30 Day Gratitude Challenge for Kids and Families

10/20/2021

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Gratitude is one of the foundations for mental wellness. 
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In technical terms gratitude is gratefulness for what one receives or experiences either tangible or intangible. You can be grateful for a smile from a stranger, a deep conversation with a friend, or that your barista made your coffee just right.
 
Daily gratitude bullet journaling is something I often recommend to my middle school and teen clients, not just for warm fuzzy feelings, but because it is backed by science! 
 
Gratitude is shown HERE and HERE to: 
  • Increase happiness 
  • Improve sleep
  • Build stronger relationships 
  • Decrease feelings of loneliness and isolation 
  • Increase traits of helpfulness, generosity, and compassion 
  • Improve overall levels of positive emotions 
  • Increase ability to handle adversity 
  • Improve health
  • Strengthen immune system 
  • Increase the ability to forgive 
  • Improve ability to be alert, alive, and awake 
  • Improve optimism 
 
And these benefits?  Well...they can last for months! 
 
If you are looking to include gratitude in your work with young people grab my FREE Downloadable 30 Day Gratitude Challenge.  This free resource includes 30 prompts appropriate for young people to kick start their gratitude practice. 

You can use this resource in your practice in these three ways: 
  1. Print off the list, cut out each prompt, and use each prompt as a conversation starter for one of your favorite therapy games.
  2. Send the list home with the client and have them journal the answer to the prompt for the next 30 days. 
  3. Send the list home with families and have them engage in a family 30 Day Gratitude Challenge where they all share gratitudes around the dinner table (or some other time of connection) each night for the next 30 days.

Then check in!  How did it go for your clients? What changes are they noticing?  Is it something that they want to keep as a part of their routine? 
 
Are you in? Grab the Free Downloadable 30 Day Gratitude Challenge now!  
 
What are your favorite ways to incorporate gratitude into your practice?  Drop a comment below!
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    Hi, there!

    I'm Ann Meehan, an LPCC,
    ​RPT-S
    ™, and EMDR Consultant. I help therapists that work with kids and teens go from a place of stress and survival to inspired and thriving.  I give child therapists the resources, tools, and skills they need to be effective and confident in their practice!

    I am organization obsessed, coffee loving, playful therapist who is showing up for life in the north woods of Minnesota. 

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