02335cam a2200313 a 4500 thankshownewscie0000emmo CaSfIA 20250802050331.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 060912s2007 mau ob 001 0 eng 2006030297 9780618620197 0618620192 (OCoLC)1036897372 DLC DLC YDX BAKER BTCTA OCO JED BUR YDXCP DLC CaSfIA BF575.G68 E46 2007 179/.9 22 Emmons, Robert A. Thanks! : how the new science of gratitude can make you happier / Robert A. Emmons. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007. 1 online resource (vi, 244 pages) Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-232) and index. Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Positive Psychology Dr. Robert Emmons draws on the first major scientific study of the subject to show how the systematic cultivation of gratitude can measurably change people's lives. People who regularly practice grateful thinking can increase their "set point" for happiness by as much as 25 percent. These increases can be sustained over a period of months--challenging the previously held notion that our set points for happiness are frozen at birth. Maintaining a gratitude journal for as little as three weeks results in better sleep and more energy. Emmons also reaches beyond science to bolster the case for gratitude by weaving in the writings of philosophers, novelists, and theologians. This book inspires readers to embrace gratitude and all the benefits it can bring into our lives.--From publisher description. The new science of gratitude -- Gratitude and the psyche -- How gratitude is embodied -- Thanks be to God : gratitude and the human spirit -- An unnatural crime : ingratitude and other obstacles to grateful living -- Gratitude in trying times -- Practicing gratitude. Gratitude. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006030297.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006030297-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0737/2006030297-b.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0905/2006030297-s.html https://archive.org/details/thankshownewscie0000emmo Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7605998M Additional information and access via Open Library thankshownewscie0000emmo ark:/13960/t6j20nt6m