Gratitude mediates the relationship between attachment avoidance and relationship satisfaction

http://bit.ly/2HBAkGyhttp://bit.ly/2HBAkGyhttp://bit.ly/2HBAkGy Researchers have found one underlying mechanism that helps explain why attachment avoidance is negatively related to relationship satisfaction. Their findings, which were published in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, suggests that gratitude towards one’s partner mediates the relationship between attachment avoidance and relationship satisfaction. People can be secure or insecure in their attachments…

The Single Word That Stops Negative Self-Talk

http://bit.ly/2YAirSU This mental jujitsu practice, in a single word, is gratitude. Before you start snoring and clicking away on your mouse, thinking, “Oh, yeah, that’s what my grandmother used to go on and on about and made me yawn,” let’s look at some research that might surprise you. One major research project on gratitude showed…