The Neuroscience of Gratitude: Not Another Toxic Positivity Talk

The Neuroscience of Gratitude: Not Another Toxic Positivity Talk

The experience of gratitude enhances positive emotions in us. While we can be more or less wired to feel gratitude as a personality trait, we also have passing feelings of gratitude, alongside a dissipated ‘mood’ of gratitude (or lack of it) in our lives.

The ‘practice’ of gratitude suggests we mindfully incorporate studied and science backed practices to habituate more gratitude into our daily lives.

What might be the benefits of mindfully incorporating a gratitude practice into our lives?
Consider the evidence for physiological benefits of gratitude in your personal experience?
What other supportive and life affirming behaviours might a lens of gratitude compound in you?
What would be the social implications of showing up as a person with a strong gratitude practice?

Together we’ll discuss our experience of gratitude in action on our mood, our habits and on our relationships.

But there’s an important pitfall to avoid.
On the other side of gratitude, toxic positivity is the pressure to only display positive emotions, and suppress our negative emotions, feelings, reactions, or experiences. It invalidates human experience and can lead to trauma, isolation, and unhealthy coping mechanisms.

Misunderstood, a gratitude practice could err us towards not recognising and honouring our negative emotions, which can contain important and instructive information for us. We’ll discuss the pitfalls of toxic positivity and consider the nuance within our emotional landscape, so we can avoid suppressing our negative emotions in pursuit of only the positive.

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The Butterfly Effect is an in-person women's coaching group in East Nashville with a focus on empowerment and personal development for women after the significant milestone of divorce, to awaken and develop their resilience, confidence and self-trust.

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver

Divorce can feel like a significant ending, but it is not THE end; it is also a beginning. Harness the power and support of group coaching as we hold your hand and reflect your power back to you. Life is interrupted by unchosen moments for courageous personal reinvention. Let this be one of those miraculous junctions on your path. While you navigate the uncertainty of new beginnings, united by experience, we can help you find your phoenix and discover what comes next.

We come together monthly to reflect on themes which will support your renewal. Especially the common challenges of negative self-talk, resilience and navigating uncertainty. This is a small group for women, led and supported by an ICF accredited life coach, who has herself experienced divorce, as well as expatriation and many, many new beginnings. Embrace and discover authenticity, connection and belonging, empowered by the collective wisdom and compassion of a group of like-minds.