Gratitude MEDS Card (Free Download)

Start your focus on getting more Gratitude into your life with this free downloadable coloring card.

WHY GRATITUDE IS IMPORTANT:

Having more gratitude in your life will give you an attitude of gratitude and bring about more joy.  We lose gratitude when we get caught up in our circumstances and lose sight of the bigger picture.  We lose connection with the healing in each moment and being thankful for it.  Sometimes, it’s hard to find gratitude because life is hard, difficult and challenging a lot of times.  

When we reconnect with gratitude, we will feel open and thankful for each circumstance in our life.  We open our heart to gratitude and each circumstance will be different.

HOW COLORING CAN HELP:

Coloring intentional words helps you to engage with the present by noticing and focusing on the quality you want to bring into your life.  While doing this, the mind will wander, but it should always be brought back to the object of focus without judging or being distracted by the content of those wandering thoughts. While moving your crayon, pen, or colored pencil through the intricate shapes on the page, your mind is focusing, often to the exclusion of unpleasant thoughts and the feelings which accompany them.

Coloring calms activity in the amygdala, a part of the brain that handles the “fight or flight” response. This response is a condition in which the body is in a heightened  state of panic and hyper-vigilance—it’s your brain trying to help you fight against something dangerous or, alternatively, to help you flee from it.  This can lead to inflammation—a state in which the body has been overstimulated by stress hormones, and is harming and exhausting itself. You may already know that inflammation is the root of many disorders, including asthma, high blood pressure, Alzheimer’s, and arthritis, and is a silent killer.  Coloring disarms the amygdala, which, in turn, calms our bodies and brains.