How Thanksgiving Can Make You Happier and Healthier All Year Long

What does Thanksgiving mean to you? Hopefully, it means gathering with loved ones over hot, delicious food and reflecting on how blessed each and every one of us truly is. We at Pulsara are an incredibly thankful bunch! Thankful for the opportunity to work in such a beautiful setting as Montana, thankful to be so excited about the work we're doing that we often have to be coaxed by family and friends to stop working for a few hours, and thankful that we have such incredible, dedicated clients who are making massively tangible differences in the lives of STEMI and stroke patients. We are honored to serve you. Here, summarized in a word cloud, are the things we as a team are most thankful for:

But Thanksgiving isn't the only time of year we reflect on our blessings. In fact, several Pulsarians make it a part of their daily routines to either think about or write down at least three things they are thankful for. It can be little things like a visit to the Pulsara office from the building owner's doggy, the taste of an especially sweet tangerine, snow tires on icy roads, or spotting a bird building a nest.

And literature says we're on to something. According to a recent article on the Harvard Health Publications website, "Gratitude helps people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships." The article also describes one study in which participants who wrote about their daily gratitudes (compared to those who wrote about irritations and those who wrote about events that did not affect them emotionally) felt happier overall and had significantly fewer visits to doctors!

It is so easy to dismiss the little things that make us happy each and every day and instead focus on what went wrong or what could have been better. But we want to challenge you to reflect regularly, if not daily, on what you are grateful for - after all, your health depends on it.

We at Pulsara are extremely lucky to be part of a team that is making such a substantial impact on the world of healthcare and patient outcomes for all Time Sensitive Emergencies. Kick start your gratitude practices by checking out what each department at Pulsara is particularly thankful for below!

So, what are your three things for today? Email us and let us know.