There is no joy without gratitude Brene Brown As we come to the end of an incredibely difficult year it feels really hard to look back with anything remotely close to gratitude. The losses we all experienced and continue to experience are hard to accept and many of us are currently experiencing fatigue, low mood and significant episodes of anxiety. When we are in the midst of a global pandemic, that seems to be getting progressively worse rather than better, turning our attention to the things we are grateful for is hard. And yet this is probably one of the most important things we can do in terms of our wellbeing. Dr Robert Emmons who is a leading gratitude researcher says “crisis can make us more grateful and gratitude can also help us to cope with crisis. Consciously cultivating an attitude of gratitude builds up a sort of psychological immune system that can cushion us when we fall”. Our brains are wired with something called a negativity bias; this essentially me