Gratitude
Goldmine
After 15 years of depression, Sarit discovered the practice that laid the foundation for positive transformation. This is her story, these are her tools, and your invitation to find your own path back to peace.
Available in Paperback & Kindle
About the Book
Part Memoir, Part Wellbeing Guide
At 15, Sarit fell into a depression that lasted over 15 years. She didn't feel like she belonged in this world. Then, through a series of breakthroughs and wake-up calls, she discovered gratitude — a practice that positively rewired her brain and reconnected her to the good in life.
Gratitude Goldmine shares her journey from depression to founding Club Gratitude (a monthly charity project making 200+ sandwiches for homeless people), co-writing "Make It Right — The Gratitude Song," and becoming a certified Happiness Trainer at the Museum of Happiness.
This isn't toxic positivity
Sarit is clear: gratitude isn't about glossing over problems or forcing yourself to feel good when you're low. It's about training your brain to notice what's going right — and having the self-awareness to know that if you can't feel grateful, you need kindness first.
Core Philosophy
The Three Keys to Wellbeing
Sarit found gratitude practice most effective as part of her 3 Keys to Wellbeing
Self-Awareness
Notice when your wellbeing is wobbling before it tips over
Self-Kindness
Give yourself permission to take care of yourself first
Self-Nourishment
Fill your cup with good energy so you can give from the overflow
"Your floor could be someone's ceiling. Your pain could be their healing. Your low could be someone's high."
— From "Make It Right — The Gratitude Song" by Sarit Gafan & Geri O'Regan
What's Inside
Each chapter weaves personal story with practical theory and reflection prompts. You're not just reading — you're exploring your own relationship with gratitude.
Setting the Foundation
Sarit lays the foundation for readers to understand her unique perspective and offers guidance for personalised approaches to reading the book.
Reader, Meet Gratitude
An overview of the 3 key benefits you can expect to develop in taking your own journey with gratitude throughout the book.
Gratitude for Wellbeing
How gratitude activates your parasympathetic nervous system, counteracts the Negativity Bias, and creates emotional resilience.
Gratitude for Spiritual Journey
Opening your heart, staying grounded when challenges arise, and feeling part of something larger than yourself.
Cultivating Positive Experiences
How the positive energy that gratitude brings can open you up to more expansive feelings, possibilities and experiences.
Your Floor Could Be Someone's Ceiling
Applying Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs can help you stop taking things for granted, as reflected in the story of Make It Right.
Your Journey with Gratitude
Personalised approaches, games like Gratitude A-Z and Gratitude Bingo, and how to find your own nourishing practice.
14-Day Challenge
14 vignettes from Sarit's personal journey, each with guided reflections and practices. Commit to 5 minutes a day and see what shifts.
Pool of Practices
Gratitude Inventory, Layered Meditation, Self-Care Check In, Gratitude Hierarchy, and more tools for your personal toolkit.
Core Framework
Maslow's Hierarchy as a Gratitude Tool
One of Sarit's key insights: when you're struggling, check where you are on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. If your basic needs feel unstable, that affects your whole outlook — but being aware of it enables you to take care of it.
The book includes a "Needs Check-In Chart" to help you see which needs are being met — and find things you can be grateful for, even in difficult times.
"Those who are breathing are succeeding." — Masa Fredrick, Together We Love Ministry, Uganda
Which of your needs are being met today?
About the Author
Sarit Gafan
Sarit is the founder of Highest Good Wellbeing and a certified Happiness Trainer through the Museum of Happiness. After breaking free from 15 years of depression, she dedicated her life to helping others find their own path to self-love and peace.
She ran Club Gratitude for 7 years, bringing groups of 15-20 volunteers together to make 200+ sandwiches for homeless charities. She co-wrote "Make It Right — The Gratitude Song" and has written for Soul & Spirit Magazine.
Today, Sarit teaches the power of gratitude through talks and workshops, pays it forward through her support for charity projects in the UK and Uganda, and lives her message: gratitude brings us home to ourselves.
What People Are Saying
"An excellent book on gratitude, self-compassion, service and wellbeing. The book offers lots of practical tips and exercises, many of which are different from the ones you may have heard of before."
Shamash Alidina
Author of Mindfulness for Dummies
"If you're looking for real, no-BS gratitude, this book will crack your heart wide open."
John Sweeney
Founder of Suspended Coffees
Start Your Gratitude Journey
Are you ready to dig deep? To discover what's already going right? This book meets you where you are — with kindness first, always.
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