Join us in this episode where we explore the practice of gratitude - what it is, the benefits to your mental and physical health, and how we can cultivate it more in our lives.Play video
Join us in this episode where we explore the practice of gratitude - what it is, the benefits to your mental and physical health, and how we can cultivate it more in our lives. We know things are difficult at the moment, but the importance of practising gratitude is that it can help you the most during these times. 

Recommended Apps

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Happyfeed

Happyfeed is a self-care app designed to help you cultivate moments of joy by reflecting on 3 good things each day. Boost your mood and create a private diary filled with happy memories, or join a group to share your happiness with friends and loved ones.

Click here to find out more

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My Affirmations

The My Affirmations app lets you set positive affirmations, and sends you reminders of these throughout the day. It's great to keep you focused and positive, and you can personalise the affirmations to whatever you want to keep you grateful and grounded.

Click here to find out more

Reflectly

Reflectly is a journal utilising artificial intelligence to help you structure and reflect upon your daily thoughts and gratitudes.

Click here to find out more

Gratitude Journaling

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The Ultimate Gratitude Journal Guide

Top tips for keeping a gratitude journal- how to start, when to do it, and what you can focus on to kick start your gratitude practice.

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Gratitude Prompts

It can be difficult to start gratitude journaling, so these prompts are really useful to get you going or to help you expand on your gratitudes.

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Recommended Reading

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The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a Life of Happiness

This beautiful book, written by Dr Robert A Emmons, discusses the benefits of gratitude and teaches easy techniques to foster gratitude every day.

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The Gratitude Diaries

Janice Kaplan decided to spend a year living gratefully and find out whether being grateful really does offer a new path to happiness. Read about her experiences in this book.

Click here to find out more

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The Neuroscience of Gratitude

This article explores the neuroscience of gratitude with a focus on how it affects anxiety, grief and resilience.

Click here to read

Urgent Care

If you need urgent help please contact your doctor, or Imperial College Health Centre on 020 7584 6301.

You can also ask to see someone at the Accident and Emergency department of your nearest hospital. Information about your local A&E services can be found here - Find your nearest A&E - NHS (www.nhs.uk) Call 999 if you need help straight away

Other urgent out of hours mental health support

Samaritans - for people experience high levels of distress including suicidal feelings. Call 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org, this service is 24 hours.

Shout crisis text service - offers a 24 hour text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. Text 'SHOUT' to 85258.

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Let us know what you think

If you have any comments, thoughts, or encouraging stories you want to share with us as a result of this week's topic, or any of the Kind Mind Series, please email us at counselling@imperial.ac.uk.