Why Being Grateful Makes Us Feel Great (A Thanksgiving Re-run)

This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Pushkin. Hey Happiness Lab listeners. Here in the US, Thanksgiving season is just around the corner.

And that means it's a time of year to connect with an emotion that's super important for feeling happier. Gratitude. Many of us associate gratitude with things like thank you cards or toasts around the dinner table. But research shows that gratitude can also be a powerful tool for reaching our future goals. How can gratitude help your performance, you ask?

Well, to answer that, I'm turning back to one of the episodes we did all the way back in 2020. In this throwback episode, I talked to my friend David D'Estenno. David is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University, the host of the How God Works podcast, and the author of Emotional Success, The Power of Gratitude, Compassion, and Pride. David's work shows how the simple practice of gratitude might be the very habit you need, not just to feel happier, but to be nicer to your future self. I hope you enjoy this episode.

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