The Power of Appreciation for Restful Sleep Dr. Ritamarie’s Gratitude Journal Day Revisited

Last fall, 2011, I started an Appreciation Journal where I successfully shared my appreciations every day for 30 days. Feeling inspired by the results, I planned to continue to share my feelings of gratitude and thanks once a week.  Well, as all good plans sometimes do, that one fell by the wayside as my “Busyneess “  took over.

Being recently brought back to the understanding of the importance of gratitude and sleep, I started a 30 day sleep journal, and was reminded about how many people were helped by the gratitude journal.

So beginning today, I’ll combine gratitude with my sleep journal.

The Sleep Journal will officially be renamed the “Sleep and Gratitude Journal”

If you’re looking to experience more energy, health and joy, join me on this appreciation journey and watch magical things unfold.

Comment below with 3 things you appreciate today.

And if you want a super sleep boost, before you fall asleep each night, take a few long slow deep breaths and place your right hand over your heart.  Breathe in deep appreciation for a person, place, event or thing in your life.  Experience the joy of that place, and pour your appreciation into it.

Continue to hold the thought, the image and the feeling as yu gently drift off to sleep.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciations for Today

1. I the lovely spring weather that began on Sunday, after three days of rain to fill the reservoir.
2. I appreciate my amazing team that support me in getting my message of health and healing out to the world.
3. I appreciate my glucose meter, which has guided me to identify how my bad sleep habits have effected me and helps me to choose the foods and activities that keep me in balance.

For more information about how to use a glucose meter to get your blood sugars balanced and have the pleasant side effect of increased enenrgy, a flatter tummy and a sharper and more focused mind, take a look at my B4 Be Gone Program that starts soon.

I do so love to read all your appreciations, so let’s get them coming again.

With Great Love and Appreciation,

Dr. Ritamarie

Go ahead, give yourself an energy boost. Comment below about what you appreciate today.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Gratitude Journal Day 32

I started an Appreciation Journal where I successfully shared my appreciations every day for 30 days. Feeling inspired by the results, I will continue to share my feelings of gratitude and thanks.

If you’re looking to experience more energy, health and joy, join me on this appreciation journey and watch magical things unfold.

Comment below with 3 things you appreciate today.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciations for Today – Day 32

1. I apreciate the downpour of rain we’re getting.  Our reservoirs really need it!
2. I appreciate my 13 year old son’s cuddles.  He still hugs me and puts his head on my shoulder spontaneously.  Wow!  It feels so great.
3. I appreciate my healed knee.  I was able to run for the first time in a month and it felt great.

I do so love to read all your appreciations, so keep them coming.

With Great Love and Appreciation,

Dr. Ritamarie

Go ahead, give yourself an energy boost. Comment below about what you appreciate today.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Gratitude Journal Day 31

I started an Appreciation Journal where I successfully shared my appreciations every day for 30 days.  Feeling inspired by the results, I will continue to share my feelings of gratitude and thanks.

If you’re looking to experience more energy, health and joy, join me on this appreciation journey and watch magical things unfold.

Comment below with 3 things you appreciate today.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciations for Today – Day 31

1. I’m grateful for the wonderful tradition of decorating the houses and streets with lights this time of year…it’s so beautiful to view.
2. I appreciate the unlimited ways whole, fresh foods can be combined into delicious meals.  The class on Sunday was filled with the most beautiful colors, tastes, and textures.  I am so grateful to Karen for creating the delicious new recipes.
3. I appreciate the brand new forum we’re using for the Green Cleanse which allows us to communicate and support each other.  There are many people who are new to cleansing, and I so appreciate the veterans for chiming in and supporting them!

I do so love to read all your appreciations, so keep them coming.

With Great Love and Appreciation,

Dr. Ritamarie

Go ahead, give yourself an energy boost. Comment below about what you appreciate today.

Daily Gratitude as a Means to Boundless Energy and Vibrant Health: Share and Shine!

Doing a 30 day gratitude journal was such a rewarding experience for all who participated!

In case you missed why we started on Day 1, here’s a recap of the benefits of making daily gratitude a habit:

• According to researchers at the Institute of Heart Math, published in a paper called “The Appreciative Heart: The Psychophysiology of Positive Emotions and Optimal Functioning” by Rollin McCraty and Doc Childre, “Positive emotions have been demonstrated to improve health and increase longevity, increase cognitive flexibility and creativity, facilitate “broad-minded coping” and innovative problem solving, and promote helpfulness, generosity, and effective cooperation.”
• Positive emotions, especially appreciation, trigger health enhancing changes in your body involving your hormones, enzymes, digestion, detoxification pathways, immune system and cardiovascular system.
• The good news is that you can invest just a minute a day to your “appreciation practice” and still reap the rewards.

 

Let this post serve as a place for you to come whenever you choose to express your own appreciations on a regular basis.    And remember to play the gratitude game.  Every time you experience a change of scenery, find 2-3 things to appreciate.  It might be the color of the walls, a painting or other piece of art, the smile of someone in the room.

Big or small, we benefit from them all.

SO go ahead.  Look around right now and find 2-3 things you feel grateful for and get that glowing feeling by posting them below.

Begin the Gratitude Comment Collection!

Dr. Ritamarie’s Gratitude Journal Day 30

Wow!  It’s day 30 of my gratitude journal!

While I might have missed a day or two here and there, I managed to spend time each day appreciating things in my life and sharing it with the world.   And a few of you have stuck with it along with me and expressed your appreciations daily.

There are three of you who stand out, and I have been following your appreciations daily with great anticipation and appreciation.

So as a special holiday reward, I am gifting each of you a shopping spree. You may go to my store and pick out any products or services you’d like that add up to $100, give or take a little bit.  Congratulations Beatrix, Leila and Laura.  Your biggest reward is the health enhancements your free expression of gratitude has brought to you.

Once you’ve chosen what you’d like, send an e-mail to helpdesk@drritamarie.com with the words “Appreciation Gift” in the subject and we’ll send you links to your chosen gifts.

In addition, I would like you to choose 1 gift (an e-book, audio recording or Raw Food University video class) you’d like to send to someone you know who needs it and is unlikely to get it for themselves.   This way you get to give the gift of health for the holidays.  Let us know who and what and we’ll arrange for them to get the gift in your name.

When you focus on what you appreciate, you get more things coming your way to appreciate.

And for those who have not participated up to this point, we’re having a contest.

The Gift of Gratitude Contest

Reply to this post anytime before December 15th, 2011 with a really deep, heart-felt note of appreciation to someone or for something really important to you.

I’ll choose the one that plucks at my heart strings the most and send you a gift.

And now, on to my final day of appreciations in the formal journal.

Rest assured I will do at least one appreciation journal a week from now on.

Dr. Ritamarie’s Appreciations for Today – Day 30

1. I very much love and appreciate my dear husband Scott. After a weekend away, he came home to very little fresh food, as I had eaten it all and went out today and restocked the refrigerator with lots and lots of glorious greens. Truth is, I had depleted all the greens I bought on Saturday with 3 days of juicing. He was very appreciative of me for making him fresh juice, even though he said it was just a little too green for his taste buds.
2. I appreciate my green foods and the warmth of the bowls of lightly cooked plus raw veggie soup combos I have been eating to keep warm on these cold “almost winter” nights. Our temperatures here in Austin have been dipping into the 30’s, and we’re just not used to being that cold.
3. I appreciate my son Eric. He is filled with laughter and practical jokes, plus love and appreciation for the yummy food I have been making him. He’s so adventurous with food. He has always been willing to try anything I make him, and as a senior in high school, still is.
4. I appreciate the power of the body to heal. Kevin, my 13 year old broke his arm just a little over 2 weeks ago and he reported to me last night that the broken spot on the bone no longer hurts, which the orthopedist told him was an indication that he was healed and no longer needed the brace. Yeah! Go nature.
5. I appreciate that there’s an awesome pottery studio in town where I used to take classes and that they have room for me. So starting January 2nd, I will be going to pottery wheel classes every Monday night! Yeah!
6. I appreciate that I took the time to clean my room on Sunday and unearth some partially finished water color paintings. It reminded me that without a mentor and an active class, I “fall off the wagon” and don’t continue, even though I love it and it’s “good for my health” to do something so fun. I guess it is true for all pursuits, either you need to be working with a mentor or being a mentor to others for the habits to be consistent. Anyway, as a result, I did a little research and found a water color class that meets on Saturdays at the local Hobby Lobby and it’s flexible. SO if my son has a game, I can miss and make it up next time. Very cool. I am so excited and appreciative of my soon to be new art teacher. (I am starting this Saturday, will take a 3 week break due to other engagements and the holidays and start again in January! This is just the impetus I need to practice over the Christmas break.

Keep your appreciations coming.

I’ve set up a page for you to post appreciations whenever you choose. It’s:

http://www.drritamarie.com/go/gratitude

Come here any time and let me know what you appreciate. I love reading your posts.

With Great Love and Appreciation,

Dr. Ritamarie

Go ahead, give yourself an energy boost. Comment below about what you appreciate today and participate in the Gift of Gratitude Contest.