Gratitude is a general appreciation of life. You can be grateful for your family, but thankful that your cousin showed up ...

In everyday life, gratitude is personal and emotional. In international politics, it is something else entirely. When nations say, “thank you,” they are rarely expressing sentiment. They are signaling ...

Gratitude grows deeper when you add one small word: “because.” Naming why something matters to you turns appreciation from ...

As we count our blessings (and prepare to chow down) this Thanksgiving, we may be thinking of gratitude as something we celebrate — and prompt ourselves to feel — once a year. But FIU psychology ...

Thanksgiving reminds us to give thanks, but small daily moments of gratitude can have a lasting impact on mental health and well-being. Many people have come to realize that practicing gratitude each ...

Expressing gratitude nurtures our relationships, helping us to feel closer to our friends and romantic partners. Some research suggests that grateful people seem to cope better with stress and enjoy ...

Students and educators have started a new school year in the midst of a pandemic, an economic crisis, a reckoning with racial injustice, and a divisive political climate. Everyone’s mental health is ...

Before indulging in the Thanksgiving feast this week, your loved ones might prompt you to say something you’re grateful for. While it’s common to appreciate material things, a recent study by BYU ...

In 2022, Stacy Batten said, her “whole year was on fire.” Her husband died of cancer, and her father died after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Her mother was diagnosed with cancer. And she ...

I didn’t set out to start a gratitude ritual with my colleagues at Jotform. A few years ago, as the holiday season approached, I was overwhelmed by the number of tasks left to complete. The stress was ...

Roman philosopher Marcus Tullius Cicero said these words more than 2,000 years ago. And in the centuries to follow, both the practice and our understanding of this virtue have evolved into a ...