As 2025 winds down, I’m reflecting on a year full of travel, stories, and gratitude. From Caribbean waters to French ...

As a gratitude researcher, I’m encouraged by its growing popularity in mainstream culture. Most people like gratitude and want to be grateful. And the benefits are undeniable. Grateful people tend to ...

View post: Winter Storm Warning Announced for New Year’s With 24 Inches of Snow, 60 mph Winds Gratitude practices boost both mental and physical health, affecting happiness, stress, and heart health.

Lara B Aknin receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Anurada Amarasekera, Kristina K. Castaneto, and Tiara A Cash do not work for, consult, own shares in ...

Gonzaga University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. I am a social psychologist who runs the Positive Emotion and Social Behavior Lab at Gonzaga University. I teach courses focused ...

The hard thing about practicing gratitude is that it works the best when you feel like doing it the least. Take the holiday season. Sure, there’s a lot of joy and festivity going around, but that ...

Brain research shows that positive emotions, like gratitude, can benefit our bodies and minds. Feeling grateful for what we have (instead of obsessing about what we don't) helps with many different ...

“Does Gratitude to R for φ-ing Imply Gratitude that R φ-ed?” isn’t a question we often ask ourselves on Thanksgiving. Translated into plain English—it’s the title of a scholarly article by the ...

Can a simple daily practice truly restore our peace amidst the stress and chaos of modern life? One such practice is gratitude, a core principle of positive psychology that has garnered significant ...