From my Providence Journal column: 01:00 AM EST on Sunday, December 5, 2010 By Rita Watson BOSTON Gratitude as an attitude is making news. Researchers are reporting that the words “thank you” might be the secret to good health and a long life. With holiday stress upon us, a positive attitude is a relationship challenge….
Overcoming the gratitude glitch
The Journal of Happiness studies shows us that gratitude is an attitude more than a feeling. Overcome the gratitude glitch
Thwarting Alzheimer’s?
Thwarting Alzheimer’s? RITA WATSON/ August 7, 2011 BOSTON What we once called “forgetfulness” is being taken more seriously as family and friends struggle with the reality of their loved ones’ Alzheimer’s and other dementias. Leading physicians at July’s meeting at the Paris International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease offered suggestions, but no definitive answers. Despite discussion…
A little doting might help the rest of us, too
A little doting might help the rest of us, too Rita Watson/ August 7, 2011 When I first learned that Jennifer Aniston was taking a year off to expand her brain, rest, and presumably dote on her new beau, I was jealous. In fact all of my friends wanted time off, even for a week…
Try gratitude to thwart infidelity
Even if you suspect infidelity, instead of stooping to snoop, take control. You do have within you the power of gratitude.
Choose love over anger
Do we really have a choice between love and anger, happiness over hostility, smiles over tears? Most often the answer is yes! But oftentimes that choice means unconditional love. In reality love that is unconditional is one in which you love someone from the depths of your heart despite behavior, actions, or even qualities. And…
London 97.3 FM: Rita Watson dishes on Jen Aniston, babies, and infidelity
August 2, 2011: Jennifer Aniston has been America’s sweetheart and so it broke my heart to have to tell all those folks across “The Pond” our worse fears. She has turned into Angelina Jolie by coming between Justin Theroux and Heidi Bivens, his squeeze of 14 years. Futhermore, with her biological clock ticking she purchased…
Romance, Scandal, and the Royals
Romance, scandal and royals RITA WATSON / June 6, 2011 BOSTON rom royalty to “a cafeteria Catholic” and from romance to scandal — that has been in the relationship news these days. Consider how the media intensely covered the pomp and circumstance of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton and then rapidly moved…
Marriage safe with ‘no evidence of summer infidelity,’ says national director
June 30, 2011: National research studies are telling us that marriage stability is up. Infidelity is down with fewer than 22 percent of men unfaithful. And sex decreases in the summer months. Despite the New York Times report today Married, With Infidelities and the July issue of Cosmopolitan magazine claiming that infidelity increases in the…
Three day plan might keep your love alive
RELATIONSHIPS Three-day plan might keep your love alive Rita Watson/ Providence Journal/ June 26, 2011 In my never-ending quest to keep gratitude in the news, I found a way to talk about the “gratitude as attitude” work of Dr. Robert Emmons as guest on London talk radio, LBC 97.3 FM, just recently. It was a…