Gratitude Has a Dark Side
In certain contexts, practicing gratitude can diminish well-being.
Quartz at Work
Topics: Gratitude Happiness Michael McCullough Robert Emmons
The Secret to Happiness? Gratitude.
Knowing how to manufacture a feeling of gratitude is a skill that really can make every aspect of your life better.
Men’s Health
Topics: Gratitude Michael McCullough Robert Emmons
The Universe, Meaning, Culture, Gratitude, and Human Nature
The Psychology Podcast recap for November 2018.
Beautiful Minds, Scientific American
Topics: Cultural Evolution Gratitude Meaning Scott Barry Kaufman Universe
You Can Force Yourself to Be More Grateful for Your Life
With practice, you can be happier and more grateful for your life.
Lifehacker
Topics: Emotion Gratitude Happiness
When You’re Grateful, Your Brain Becomes More Charitable
How does being thankful about things in your own life relate to any selfless concern you may have about the well-being of others? A neuroscientist explores the gratitude/altruism connection.
The Conversation
Topics: Altruism Generosity Gratitude
The Science Of Gratitude: How Being Thankful Makes Us Happier
The evidence that it really does improve our lives.
On Point, WBUR
Topics: David DeSteno Emotion Gratitude
Benefits of a Year-Round Attitude of Gratitude in the Workplace
Gratitude is a recognition of our interdependence, of the fact that success is the result of team effort.
Forbes
Topics: Gratitude Success
For Couples, Gratitude Is a Boomerang
Expressing appreciation for the little things leads to bigger things, such as building stronger ties and sustaining relationships.
The Wall Street Journal
Topics: Bonding Gratitude
Do Men Have a Gratitude Problem?
Men, in general, are less grateful than women. Here’s why that may be a problem.
Greater Good Magazine
Topics: Gratitude
What’s the Point of Gratitude Journals?
Robert Emmons at the University of California, Davis has conducted a number of studies demonstrating the benefits of keeping one.
The Telegraph
How Random Acts of Kindness Can Improve Your Health and Wellbeing
We are taught that kindness is a personality trait, but it feels more like an emotional muscle that needs regular exercise so it doesn’t atrophy. And like physical exercise, kindness is apparently great for your overall health.
Allure
Topics: Gratitude Happiness Morality
Underestimating the Power of Gratitude
Recipients of thank-you letters are more touched than we expect.
British Psychological Society Research Digest
Topics: Gratitude Social Cognition
The Happiness Boomerang Effect: When Positive Activities Backfire
Why do seemingly positive activities have negative consequences?
Behavioral Scientist
Topics: Gratitude Happiness
How and Why Positive Activities Can Make You Happier
A large and growing body of research has been probing the science of happiness, or well-being, as scientists work to uncover the determinants and outcomes of happiness — and, importantly, how to increase it.
Topics: Gratitude Happiness Optimism
We’re Teaching Grit the Wrong Way
To get students to choose schoolwork over immediate pleasures, stop focusing on willpower.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Topics: Compassion David DeSteno Emotion Gratitude Grit Pride Self-Control Willpower
Harnessing the Power of Prosocial Emotions for Our Future Selves
In his new book, David DeSteno explores how certain prosocial emotions, such as gratitude, compassion, and pride, can help us succeed in life when things like rationality and willpower power fall short.
Does ‘Counting Your Blessings’ Work?
Doing so has appealed to people for centuries, but the power of a gratitude list can be misused.
The Atlantic
Rethinking Gratitude
For many of us, living gratefully seems to promise more happiness in our lives. But what if we’ve got gratitude all wrong?
The Only Way to Keep Your Resolutions
Willpower is for chumps. Here’s what actually works.
Gray Matter, The New York Times
The Science Behind Why You Shouldn’t Stop Giving Thanks After Thanksgiving
People who consciously choose daily to seek out things in their lives to be thankful for are, research has shown, happier and healthier.
The Washington Post
Why Doing Good Is Good for the Do-Gooder
Volunteering is linked to health benefits including lower blood pressure and decreased mortality rates.
Well, The New York Times
Topics: Compassion Generosity Gratitude Purpose
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