Thanks!: How Practicing Gratitude Can Make You Happier

Robert A. Emmons is a University of California, Davis professor and a leader in the positive psychology movement. He is also the Journal of Positive Psychology's editor-in-chief. His gratitude work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New Republic, Newsweek, and other mainstream publications. The National Institute of Mental Health and the John Templeton Foundation have both awarded Dr. Emmons grants.

Did you know that there is an important aspect of happiness that is frequently overlooked? In Thanks!, Robert Emmons, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Positive Psychology, investigates what it means to think and feel gratefully and invites readers to learn how to put this powerful emotion into practice.

Regular grateful thinking can increase happiness by up to 25%, and keeping a gratitude journal for as little as three weeks results in better sleep and more energy. But there's more to this book than science: Emmons bolsters the case for gratitude by interweaving writings by philosophers, novelists, and theologians that demonstrate all the benefits of grateful living.

In Thanks!, Emmons demonstrates how "wanting what we have" can significantly improve people's lives. It is among the best books on gratitude.

Author: Robert A. Emmons

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