One New Year’s Eve ten years ago, Janice Kaplan, journalist and author of The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life, realized that she just didn’t seem to ...

Gratitude is more than transient thankfulness or a courteous acknowledgment. When expressed and experienced regularly, gratitude can alter one’s psychological and physical health. Gratitude involves ...

As teens spend more and more of their time online, new challenges are adding to the angst of that phase of life—like the constant urge to compare their seemingly ordinary lives to the exciting, happy ...

For those without subscriptions to self-improvement fanzines such as Live Happy, Success, YES! Magazine, Exceptional Magazine, Self Magazine, New You, and Self Obsession, you still have my respect.

As the holiday season approaches, I have been reflecting on the past year of working with so many children, teens, and families. One word keeps coming up, a word we all hear often but rarely slow down ...

A lot has been written about gratitude over the past two decades and how we ought to be feeling it. There is advice for journaling and a plethora of purchasing options for gratitude notebooks and ...

Throughout the ages, around the globe, prominent figures, including philosophers and religious leaders, have hailed the benefits of gratitude, believing those with gratitude to be virtuous. Throughout ...

A recent study conducted in Polish schools suggests that attempting to teach gratitude to adolescents may have complex and sometimes unintended consequences regarding online behavior. While a ...

OVER the past few weeks, we have explored complex and often uncomfortable aspects of human behaviour and mental health. From personality patterns to paraphilic disorders, the journey has been deep, ...

“Expressing gratitude releases oxytocin in the brain, which promotes a feeling of empathy, calmness, trust, and a sense of safety,” says author and parent coach Elaine Uskoski. Plus, “having the ...

“Thanks a million” takes on new meaning when it translates to literally millions of dollars in increased employee productivity, engagement and retention. A thank you here, a high-five there—you’d be ...