Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
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Welcome to the HABIT page for people living with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and program participants. The HABIT Program is for individuals with MCI and their loved ones to learn the best strategies for adapting, coping, and living their best lives with MCI.
Follow the HABIT page to receive updates and information about adjusting to MCI and combating dementia. Our goal is to connect you with others and provide you with information and support.
Would having Thanksgiving every day improve our health? Yes. But this doesn’t mean heaping our plates full of turkey, gravy, stuffing and pie daily. It means being grateful every day.
One of the special things about Thanksgiving is expressing our gratitude. The holiday reminds us to pause, reflect and see the blessings in our lives.
Can we be grateful every day even when we feel overwhelmed or when upsetting events occur? Yes. That’s when you need an extra dose of gratitude that can give you a new perspective.
Gratitude is an attitude – a sense of appreciation for the gifts in our life. Research shows that practicing gratitude can make you healthier and happier. It improves sleep, boosts immunity and improves relationships. Focusing on blessings can help ward off depression and build resilience in times of stress and grief. While we can’t always choose what happens to us, we can choose how we feel about it.
Some techniques to help you to build your sense of gratitude:
“Look closely and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful. The opposite of gratefulness is just taking everything for granted…The root of joy is gratefulness...It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” David Steindal-Rast (Benedictine Monk)
Meet others talking about how they incorporate gratitude into daily life in the gratitude discussion.
I’m with you Debbra and Teresa! Happy Thanksgiving…not only on the 22nd🦃🦃🦃
@hopeful33250 – Teresa, by all means, please join me. We'll have a Gratitude Group! Any others want to do it?
@providence1960 – GREAT! We will be grateful on Thanksgiving and after!. Let's come back here and share how its going. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your mom!
Liked by Teresa, Volunteer Mentor
I'm in! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!
I Needed .this. My 13 year old beautiful granddaughter was not successful in her suicide attempt and for that I am grateful. After being in a Mentak Behavior hospital for 3 weeks she was just released to residence care. I am so very grateful I got to visit her on a Thanksgiving Eve. I hugged her and told her how much I love her. She is on her way to recovery but it will take time . I am so very grateful for her. She is my only ganddaughter was trying to b perfect with good grades and all the activities in school. She had some setbacks and could not handle it. I am grateful for her.
I would like to join!
Your granddaughter is so fortunate to have you in her corner and cheering her on!
Perfection is a hard goal to attain and usually results in setbacks. I'm glad to hear that she is on the road to recovery.
Wishing you and her well.
Liked by Debbra Williams, Alumna Mentor
Yes I too will join the gratitude group! Wonderful reminder shanke49
I would also like to join.
How wonderful that our Gratitude Group (GG) is growing each day.
Liked by Debbra Williams, Alumna Mentor
yes yes! I would like to join! what a great idea!
@debbraw
@michellegraffradford – Thank you. This is beautiful. I'm not really big on this kind of thing but I am going to print this off and try it for a month… okay, let's say til the end of the year. You have inspired me.
Liked by Teresa, Volunteer Mentor, Lisa Lucier, Dr. Melanie Chandler, HABIT FL Director, lioness ... see all