How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times - Greater Good
May 13, 2013 · But being grateful is a choice, a prevailing attitude that endures and is relatively immune to the gains and losses that flow in and out of our lives. When disaster strikes, …
Six Habits of Highly Grateful People - Greater Good
Nov 20, 2013 · The GGSC's coverage of gratitude is sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation as part of our Expanding Gratitude project. For an in-depth overview of where …
Gratitude Quiz - Greater Good
Are you truly grateful for the good things in your life—or do you take them for granted? Grateful people are happy people, research shows. But how grateful are you? To find out—and …
10 Ways to Become More Grateful - Greater Good
Nov 17, 2010 · 10. Think Outside the Box. If you want to make the most out of opportunities to flex your gratitude muscles, you must creatively look for new situations and circumstances in …
Why Gratitude Is Good - Greater Good
Nov 16, 2010 · Need some motivation for practicing gratitude this Thanksgiving? Robert Emmons, the world's leading scientific expert on gratitude, reveals why gratitude is good for our bodies, …
Gratitude Definition | What Is Gratitude - Greater Good
Oct 31, 2025 · Robert Emmons, perhaps the world’s leading scientific expert on gratitude, argues that gratitude has two key components, which he describes in a Greater Good essay, “Why …
How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain - Greater Good
Jun 6, 2017 · How grateful are you? Take our gratitude quiz and try these gratitude practices! We told participants who were assigned to write gratitude letters that they weren’t required to send …
Why Is Gratitude So Hard for Some People? - Greater Good
May 10, 2018 · There are many benefits to being grateful. Gratitude is good for your psychological well-being, your relationships, and possibly even your physical health. But the truth is that …
The Ripple Effects of a Thank You - Greater Good
Dec 20, 2019 · A new study shows that expressing gratitude affects not only the grateful person, but anyone who witnesses it.
Why a Grateful Brain Is a Giving One - Greater Good
Dec 19, 2017 · Training the grateful brain To start to find out, I conducted an experiment that was quite similar to the one in my colleagues’ study. The key difference? I asked participants about …