Benefits of Gratitude

Cicero called gratitude not only the greatest, but also the parent of all other virtues. Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky, a leading researcher on happiness, notes that gratitude can act as an antidote for negative emotions. Across millennia great thinkers have noted the benefits of gratitude. 

In this episode, I explore gratitude and its many benefits and how gratitude can be an important element of living well. Essentially, flourishing requires happiness (in fact, one could argue that flourishing IS happiness of a certain kind), and gratitude is an important determinant of happiness. So, there's a clear path from gratitude to flourishing.

Listen to this episode to learn more about gratitude, its benefits, and how to develop gratitude as part of your being. Be sure to listen to the end for three things that you can put into practice today that will help you become a more grateful, and happier, person.


For more information: (Note: These are NOT affiliate links.)
https://www.healthyhumansproject.com/gratitude-the-parent-of-all-virtues/
http://thehowofhappiness.com/buy-the-book/
https://chopra.com/articles/cultivate-the-healing-power-of-gratitude
https://www.wabash.edu/news/story/11844
https://www.commonsenseethics.com/blog/5-signs-you-lack-gratitude-according-to-cicero

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Live Well and Flourish website: https://www.livewellandflourish.com/

The theme music for Live Well and Flourish was written by Hazel Crossler, hazel.crossler@gmail.com.

Production assistant - Paul Robert