Researcher Robert Emmons states “We don’t have total control over our emotions but being grateful is a choice and can sustain us through the ups and downs of our lives.”

Grateful people are more stress resistant and have a higher sense of self-worth.  In this course, we’ll explore additional ways gratitude benefits us, identify challenges to gratitude, and develop a plan to cultivate gratitude.

Take a self-reflection ‘time out’ to optimize gratitude’s positive impacts in your life. 

Before you begin, complete this 2-minute gratitude quiz from the Greater Good Science Center.

Learning Objectives
  • Review the benefits gratitude has on us physically, psychologically and socially
  • Explore ways gratitude can help us become more stress resistant and block negative emotions
  • Identify why practicing gratitude can be challenging
  • Create a plan to cultivate more gratitude in your life
Last updated/reviewed: January 16, 2023
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Member's Profile
This course reminded me of a seminar on mindfulness that I once took. It can be said that practicing gratitude is an aspect of being mindful. There's always a tendency to focus on the bad or unpleasant things (negativity bias), but practicing gratitude highlights the positive, and it's a coping mechanism for stress, anxiety, or depression.
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Anonymous Author
Gratitude and mindfulness go hand in hand. I'm glad mindfulness and meditation we both talked about
Prerequisites
Course Complexity: Foundational

Some suggestions to enhance the course: Watch this 6:21 minute video by Louie Schwartzberg after you’ve finished the course content 

Education Provider Information
Company: Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
Contact: For more information regarding this course, including complaint and cancellation policies, please contact our offices at (408) 400- 3993 or send an e-mail to .
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  Course Overview CPE
Course Syllabus
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
  Introduction to Leveraging Gratitude for Greater Resiliency1:36
  What Are You Grateful for Today?8:23
  Challenges to Gratitude4:24
  Enhancing Gratitude's Positive Effects7:19
  6 Ways to Cultivate More Gratitude12:23
  6 Ways to Cultivate More Gratitude Continued4:55
  Conclusion3:10
CONTINUOUS PLAY
  Leveraging Gratitude for Greater Resiliency 42:11
SUPPORTING MATERIALS
  Slides: Leveraging Gratitude for Greater ResiliencyPDF
  Leveraging Gratitude for Greater Resiliency Glossary/IndexPDF
  Leveraging Gratitude for Greater Resiliency Course GuidePDF
REVIEW AND TEST
  REVIEW QUESTIONSquiz
 FINAL EXAMexam