Comfort of Gratitude

How expressing our gratitude is a reminder to think positively and lovingly.

Najma Khorrami M.P.H.

Gratitude and Sensitivity: How They Can Lead to Greatness

Making others feel loved, comforted, and supported is a rubric for a life filled with success and happiness.

Gratitude Helps Strengthen How We Make Others Feel

A guiding principle for a life worth living is in how we make others feel.

Gratitude Protects Against Depression

Multiple factors play a role in causing depression, including stress and lack of self-care. Research in the past several years has shown gratitude to be a protective factor.

Gratitude Builds Resilience in the Hardest of Times

Here are three ways gratitude can help build resilience in the hardest of times.

What Is There to Be Grateful for in 2020?

COVID has brought challenge after challenge, seemingly ongoing. Still, we can be grateful for these seven things.

Gratitude Is a Gateway to Positive Emotions

The scientific research on gratitude shows that, when routinely practiced, feelings of gratefulness are accompanied by more positive emotions.

Gratitude for Our Lives This Thanksgiving

Encouraging each other to practice gratitude, even in the face of great loss, could uplift our spirits this Thanksgiving.

Have You Experienced a Life-Changing Event? Be Grateful

Life events that cause grief or suffering often lead to personal growth, increasing one of the healthiest emotions: gratitude.

Self-Care and Gratitude: How They Go Hand in Hand

Gratitude has proven to consistently promote self-care for several reasons.

Are Empathy and Gratitude Linked to Each Other?

Neuroscientific evidence supports the idea that empathy and gratitude may be closely linked in a region of the brain.

Gratitude and Its Impact on the Brain and Body

The ability for a gratitude practice to positively impact the brain and body is increasingly clear from a scientific viewpoint.

Does Gratitude Have the Ability to Heal?

Gratitude has the ability to shift our outlook and experiences to more satisfying ones, especially in times of difficulty.

Gratitude Promotes Well-Being in Hard Times and Good Times

Even with the hard times we are all facing together, gratitude can help us thrive and celebrate what we have. 

Gratitude Helps Curb Anxiety

How does gratitude work to protect against feelings of anxiety? There are at least three ways that gratitude helps.

Gratitude Helps Minimize Feelings of Stress

Want to learn about how gratitude minimizes feelings of stress? Learn at least three ways gratitude can curb stress.

The Positive Impact of Gratitude on Mental Health

As neuroscience catches up to explain the benefits of gratitude, there are several reasons why being grateful has a positive impact on mental health. 

Why Expressing Gratitude Strengthens Our Relationships

Gratitude strengthens our relationships and our lives on many levels. Here are five ways saying "thank you" is helpful.