Why gratitude is good for your health
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Why gratitude is good for your health

Mandy Day-Calder Freelance writer and a life/health coach

The last thing you may feel after a hard day at work is grateful. But nurturing an appreciation for the good things in your life can help you cope with daily stress

My partner works on a ward that is always full to capacity and often understaffed. Like most nurses, Sarah passionately wants to give the care she is trained to deliver, but resources are so scarce that ‘good enough’ has developed into the new norm.

Nursing Standard. 32, 16-19, 37-38. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.16.37.s32

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