
How Gratitude Changes Your Brain
MRI scans show long lasting changes in the medial prefrontal cortex of the brain of subjects who practiced being grateful on a consistent basis during a University study. Did you know the average person is said to have anywhere from 12,000-60,000 thoughts per day, 80% of those thoughts being negative, and 95% percent are repetitive? This means we are mostly repeating those same negative thoughts throughout our entire day. No wonder why depression and anxiety are so common. I