Kyle buchanan

I’m big on manners. It’s a huge pet peeve of mine when people don’t say their please and thank you's. Saying thank you to anyone and everyone is so important, not only for manners-sake, but for your overall well-being. Say whaaa? It’s time to talk gratitude. This may seem very “new age” and hippy dippy, but there is science behind why and how the art of gratitude can make you a happier person. “NIH (National Institute of Health) researchers examined blood flow in various brain regions while subjects summoned up feelings of gratitude (Zahn et al, 2009). They found that subjects who showed more gratitude overall had higher levels of activity in the hypothalamus. This is important because the h