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Gratitude Project: How Cultivating Thankfulness Can Rewire Your Brain for Resilience, Optimism, and the Greater Good [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 226x152x14 mm, weight: 340 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 29-Oct-2020
  • Leidėjas: New Harbinger Publications
  • ISBN-10: 1684034612
  • ISBN-13: 9781684034611
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 226x152x14 mm, weight: 340 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 29-Oct-2020
  • Leidėjas: New Harbinger Publications
  • ISBN-10: 1684034612
  • ISBN-13: 9781684034611
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
"The Gratitude Project explores gratitude's deep roots in human psychology-how it evolved and how it affects our brain-as well as the transformative impact it has on creating a meaningful life and a better world. This book is the result of a multiyear collaboration between the Greater Good Science Center and Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis, with essays based on new research and written by renowned positive psychologists and public figures"--

The Gratitude Project explores gratitude’s deep roots in human psychology—how it evolved and how it affects our brain—as well as the transformative impact it has on creating a meaningful life and a better world. This book is the result of a multiyear collaboration between the Greater Good Science Center and Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis, with essays based on new research and written by renowned positive psychologists and public figures.

The Gratitude Project explores gratitude&;s deep roots in human psychology&;how it evolved and how it affects our brain&;as well as the transformative impact it has on creating a meaningful life and a better world. This book is the result of a multiyear collaboration between the Greater Good Science Center and Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis, with essays based on new research and written by renowned positive psychologists and public figures.


In our fractured, &;me-first&; world, the science and practice of thankfulness could be just the antidote we need.

Gratitude is powerful: not only does it feel good, it&;s also been proven to increase our well-being in myriad ways. The result of a multiyear collaboration between the Greater Good Science Center and Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis, The Gratitude Project explores gratitude&;s deep roots in human psychology&;how it evolved and how it affects our brain&;as well as the transformative impact it has on creating a meaningful life and a better world.

With essays based on new findings from this original research and written by renowned positive psychologists and public figures, this important book delves deeply into the neuroscience and psychology of gratitude, and explores how thankfulness can be developed and applied, both personally and in communities large and small, for the benefit of all.

With contributions from luminaries such as Sonja Lyubomirsky, W. Kamau Bell, Arianna Huffington, and many more, this edited volume offers more than just platitudes&;it offers a blueprint for a new and better world.

Preface vii
PART 1 The Roots and Meaning of Gratitude
Chapter 1 What Gratitude Is And Why It Matters
3(10)
Robert Emmons
Jeremy Adam Smith
Levels of Gratitude
12(1)
Summer Allen
Chapter 2 Looking For Gratitude's Roots In Primates
13(8)
Malini Suchak
Do Genes Affect Your Gratitude?
19(2)
Summer Allen
Chapter 3 How Gratitude Develops In Us
21(6)
Maryam Abdullah
Giacomo Bono
Jeffrey Froh
Andrea Hussong
Kira Newman
Chapter 4 What Can The Brain Reveal About Gratitude?
27(3)
Glenn Fox
Chapter 5 The Surprising Neural Link Between Giving And Gratitude
30(8)
Christina Karns
How Gratitude Relates to Other Emotions
34(4)
Swmmer Aden
PART 2 The Impact of Gratitude
Chapter 6 Why Gratitude Is Good For Us
38(18)
Joel Wong
Joshua Brown
Christina Armenia
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Summer Allen
Amie Gordon
Kira Newman
How Gratitude Can Help You Achieve Your Goals
53(2)
David DeSteno
Can Gratitude Fix Everything?
55(1)
Kira Newman
Chapter 7 How Gender Shapes Gratitude
56(6)
Summer Allen
Chapter 8 How Cultural Differences Shape Gratitude And Its Impact
62(7)
Kira Newman
Chapter 9 How Gratitude Builds Cooperation
69(5)
Eric Pedersen
Debra Lieberman
PART 3 How to Be Grateful
Chapter 10 How To Cultivate Gratitude In Yourself
74(12)
Jeremy Adam Smith
How to Make the Most of Your Gratitude Journal
80(2)
Alex Springer
Jason Marsh
When Gratitude Exercises Feel Bad
82(2)
Megan M. Fritz
Sonja Lyubomirsky
Five Ways Giving Thanks Can Backfire
84(2)
Amie Gordon
Chapter 11 How To Say Thanks Without Feeling Indebted
86(5)
Jill Suttie
Chapter 12 Can Loss Make You More Grateful?
91(7)
Nathan Greene
Grief, Grace, and Gratitude
96(2)
Arianna Huffington
Chapter 13 How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
98(8)
Robert Emmons
PART 4 How to Be a Grateful Family
Chapter 14 Why Couples Need To Thank Each Other
106(13)
Jess Alberts
Angela Trethewey
How to Say Thank-You to Your Partner
113(2)
Sara Algoe
Why Men Need to Learn Gratitude
115(2)
Jeremy Adam Smith
How Gratitude Can Help Couples Through Illness
117(2)
Jill Suttie
Chapter 15 How To Help Gratitude Grow In Your Kids
119(6)
Maryam Abdullah
Chapter 16 Feeling Entitled To A Little Gratitude On Mother's Day?
125(4)
Christine Carter
Chapter 17 What Being A Stepfather Taught Me About Gratitude
129(7)
Jeremy Adam Smith
PART 5 How to Foster Gratefulness Around You
Chapter 18 How To Foster Gratitude In Schools
136(3)
Jeffrey Froh
Giacomo Bono
Chapter 19 Gratitude Is A Survival Skill
139(8)
Shawn Taylor
Chapter 20 Five Ways To Cultivate Gratitude At Work
147(11)
Jeremy Adam Smith
Kira Newman
What Does a Grateful Organization Look Like?
154(2)
Emily Nauman
Gratitude as a Pathway to Positive Emotions at Work
156(2)
Kira Newman
Chapter 21 Why Health Professionals Should Cultivate Gratitude
158(8)
Leif Hass
How One Provider Is Fostering Gratitude in Health Care
164(2)
Catherine Brozena
Chapter 22 How To Help Other People Become More Grateful
166(7)
Tom Gilovich
PART 6 Conversations About the Transformative Potential of Gratitude
Chapter 23 Can Gratitude Confront Suffering?
173(12)
Jack Kornfield
Jill Suttie
Can Gratitude Make Society More Trusting?
179(3)
Elizabeth Hopper
Can Gratitude Beat Materialism?
182(3)
Dacher Keltner
Jason Marsh
Chapter 24 Can Gratitude Bring Americans Back Together?
185(11)
W. Kamau Bell
Jeremy Adam Smith
Gratitude Encourages Voting
194(2)
Jill Suttie
Chapter 25 Is Gratitude The Path To A Better World?
196(5)
Brother David Steindl-Rast
Jill Suttie
Contributors 201(8)
Bibliography 209
Jeremy Adam Smith edits the Greater Good Science Center's online magazine, Greater Good. He is author of The Daddy Shift, and co-editor of three anthologies. His coverage of racial and economic segregation in San Francisco, CA, schools has won numerous honours, including the Sigma Delta Chi Award for investigative reporting, and he is a three-time winner of the John Swett Award from the California Teachers Association.