The "5 Finger Technique" Gratitude Coaching Exercise

Use this free gratitude tool with your clients as a simple exercise for a quick "pick-me-up" - at absolutely ANY time, no matter where they are!

This 5 Finger Gratitude Technique is so straightforward it can be used with children too. However, we must remember not to "force" them to feel grateful! Instead this free gratitude tool is all about finding the small things we can be grateful for - and building our gratitude muscle.

When we can appreciate every aspect of our lives (and accept those parts we can't be grateful for), we experience contentment, happiness and equanimity - nothing throws us off balance. And no matter how hard things are, if we look hard enough, think small enough there is always something we can be grateful for. Perhaps as many as 5 small things...

When to use this free gratitude tool

Great times to use this free gratitude tool include:

• To start your day!
• With your first cup of coffee!
• Before going to sleep
• When you feel stressed
• As a great antidote to our automatic negative thoughts
• When someone is stuck in traffic - and more!

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie