And, since we’re not always good at coping with or compartmentalizing those negative feelings, we tend to bring all of those negative feelings with us wherever we go-including our workplaces. Nowadays, most people live in a nearly constant state of stress, and all of that worrying can turn us into frazzled and unpleasant individuals.
Gratitude in the Workplace The Problem: Stress The research is new, but the outlook is promising, and today we’re going to look at the transformative potential of creating a culture of expressive gratitude in your workplace. As the scientific support for this area of mindfulness grows, some researchers are now beginning to wonder if turning a gratitude practice outward could benefit groups as powerfully as an inward gratitude practice seems to benefit individuals.
For the most part, gratitude is a personal, internal practice in which people think about or write down the things-big and small-for which they are thankful, and in return, they experience increased contentment, satisfaction, and internal peace. The practice of gratitude is one of the most popular developments in the mindfulness movement. This was originally posted on OCTanner in March 2018.