It may be as simple as setting your watch and taking a moment to be grateful according to a recent report by Jean Enersen of King 5 news. Enersen recently interviewed Dr. Kathleen Hall, Founder and Director of the Stress Institute, who suggests that “there’s actually a physiological response when people are grateful. They have more energy. They’re more enthusiastic. They’re more optimistic.” 

The important point to take away from Enersen’s interview with Hall is that research is now confirming that gratitude does in fact “change the body.”

Harnessing the effects of gratitude and using it to ones benefit might be the easiest form of stress reduction available on the market today. And that’s something to be grateful for.