For more than a decade, I have devoted my career to the study of gratitude. My research, and research by my colleagues, has linked gratitude to a host of psychological, physical, and social benefits: ...

In the face of all the hardships of the world, remembering the things we are grateful for can be reassuring. But constantly being grateful can also lead us to blatantly ignore all our problems. I ...

Over the last months, my husband and I have been quarreling a lot (see Self-Erasure and its Discontents). The pandemic changed all that. The lines we drew in the sand have all blown away. My demands ...

November is a great month for teaching gratitude to children as well as reflecting on our own as adults. Many people reflect through mindfulness activities such as art, journals, and conversations.

Being told that you have cancer is the most surreal experience of a lifetime. Time stops, voices become incomprehensible and the feeling in your gut is like being dropped from a 50-story building.

As a parent, it can be tempting to spoil our kids, especially around the holidays and their birthdays. And while it's okay to regale them with gifts every so often, they must learn to appreciate what ...

We are all human. We wake up every morning and take the simplest things for granted, drinking a glass of water, washing our hands, brushing our teeth, taking a shower. We watch television, enjoy the ...

On this Thanksgiving weekend, some of us are feeling a postelection, glass-half-full mentality. Others are exhausted from the travel and turkey dinner prep. The 31/2 week turnaround to Christmas feels ...

She loves delving into the mundanities of pedestrian life and unveil the underlying magic that they hold, in her writings. She has dabbled effortlessly between children in her creative writing classes ...