Gratitude in Practice

 I was in a pretty bad place years ago. I cried a lot. I slept a lot. My marriage was struggling. I was struggling as a mother. But I JUST managed to hold it together to function (mostly). I was seeing a counsellor and my depression and anxiety scales were in the very high range. The counsellor suggested a book (and web site) to me called The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris.  It was pretty easy to read and the theories made perfect sense to me. I still use the exercises and techniques I learned and I'm now a much more balanced person. Don't think I don't still have issues with anxiety, depression and relationships. I still have self doubt and I still have super critical thoughts about myself. But the way that I now deal with them has changed and that means I don't spiral downward into a big black hole. I won't go into the theories here. They are very involved and I couldn't do them justice with just a few paragraphs. But as this is a blog about gratitude, I wanted...