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ACA WELLNESS COMMITTEE

REFERENCES SAMHSA Eight Dimensions of Wellness https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/ sma16-4953.pdf Dr. Edith Eva Eger, The Gift https://dreditheger. com/ Dr. Joe Dispenza Unlimited https:// drjoedispenza.com/ Kyeong, S., Kim, J., Kim, D. Ethan al. (2017) Effects of gratitude meditation on neural network functional connectivity and brain-heart coupling. Scientific Reports 7. 5058 Greater Good Magazine, Mind & Body: How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain, Joshua Brown, Joel Wong, 6/6/17. www.greatergood. Berkeley.edu Narmada Khorramshahr M.P.H. Comfort of Gratitude: Gratitude and Its Impact on the Brain and Body, 9/4/20, www.psychologytoday.com Driskell, J. E., Copper, C., & Moran, A. (1994). Does mental practice enhance performance? Journal of Applied Psychology, 79(4), 481–492. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.79.4.481

and what could occur if curiosity challenged the narrative through a focus on the practice of gratefulness to experience a more balanced and gentle internal conversation and resulting life ... or walking out of the familiar and confining cave. “Make your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears”. (Mandela Speech, South Africa). We will find what we focus upon and encourage you to try one of the practices highlighted in this article to begin or expand your state of gratefulness for desired emotional wellbeing. At times it seems the waters part step by step right in front of us ... keep walking … into a state of gratefulness. CT

Deb Sahd recently retired as the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Corrections, Pennsylvania, following a 35-year career with oversight of Staff Wellness, Children of Incarcerated Parents with a focus

on virtual reality, Agency Videoconference Policy and Practices/Courts along with Inmate Grievance System. She is an ACA Wellness Member, Chair of the AWEC Wellness Committee, NWI Certified Wellness Practitioner and an advanced student of Dr. Joe Dispenza “Unlimited” meditation community supported by evidence-based practices and scientific research trials based upon pharmaceutical protocol trials.

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