I actually take meds every day for blood pressure. Portia: That is certainly amazing, especially as someone who deals with high blood pressure. They change something inside their bodies by writing out those gratitude journals every day for two weeks. One study found that women who wrote down what they were thankful for, for two weeks, they've lowered their blood pressure. I'm just not sure how many of us are actually doing them. When you open your journal (hopefully you have your Bible handy), here's your assignment: write about the blessings that you're grateful for. And if you're not a journaler, let's start together, tomorrow. So, I'm going to give us all a journaling assignment. And so, this matters because doctors believe and my doctor has actually told me this, that good sleep is a core building block for good health.Д®rin: I know that some of you who watch Grounded are journalers. Portia: They sleep longer, and they get better sleep quality.Д®rin: Meaning, gratitude is as good as a new mattress. Portia: One study found that more grateful people fall asleep more quickly. And if you know me, this girl loves good sleep.

I want Emmi to be grateful and Mikhail because I don't want them sick either.Д®rin: Right? You don't want to be wiping EmmiвЂ™s nose all the time. Portia: I am too I am, and not just for me.

And get this, grateful people even have fewer runny noses. Have fewer gastrointestinal problems, fewer tummy aches, fewer respiratory infections, which ought to be interesting to us in this current climate that we're living in. Man, that is meaningful to me because I fight the headaches. It's true that all people who are grateful, who have that as their disposition, have less headaches. And what they found is it does not matter how old you are, it doesn't matter where you live on the globe. There have been a wide variety of medical studies from lots of different sources. Portia: There is an overwhelming body of medical evidence that shows that being grateful is one of the best things that we can do for our overall health.Д®rin: ItвЂ™s true, and this is really pretty amazing. And you don't even have to skip the pie.Д®rin: That's good, cuz I'm not skipping the pie. You are going to do something this week that is good for your health. But first, you know what we need? We need some good news. She's been on our Grounded guest hit list for a long time. I'm thrilled to have her here on Grounded. She's really adding a lot to this conversation.Д®rin: Man, she really is. She is equal parts smart, and grace-filled. Alisa Childers will be joining us in just a few minutes. Ex-vangelicals, deconstruction, deconversion-it seems like these words are everywhere, and they are used to describe the phenomenon of people publicly walking away from their faith in Christ. How can Christians stand firm in the 'Age of Deconstruction'? Christian apologist Alisa Childers shares insight about how we can respond to this movement and remain firm in faith.Д®rin Davis: Can one YouTube video result in 1,000s of people who claim to be Christians walking away from the Church? I'm Erin Davis, and this is Grounded, a podcast and videocast from Revive Our Hearts. WeвЂ™re living in a time where people publicly walking away from their faith in Christ has become a phenomenon.

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