The Science of Being Thankful

Thanksgiving is meant to be so much about gratitude. But here's my question. When was the last time you actually told someone how much they meant to you, how grateful you were about them? We we think it, we feel it, but we don't always say it. And why is that so hard?

And that's what we're going to talk about in this special edition of a grooving session with behavioral grooves. I'm Kurt Nelson. And I'm Tim Houlihan. And we are going to get into gratitude first with a little bit of science behind gratitude. Why does gratitude improve our well-being, Kurt?

Why does it matter? So, well, there's lots of research that it it improves our well-being, it increases happiness, it uh the optimism we have, the relationship satisfaction, uh, lower stress and even improve sleep, right? There's a number of of of great research out there. People who keep gratitude journals were 25% happier after 10 weeks by, you know, some some accounts.

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