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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: April 27, 2018
1 Review (1 rating)Reviews
Rene Anglo
(Administrative Clerk at EBMUD)
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.
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
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Illumeo, Inc., 75 East Santa Clara St., Suite 1215, San Jose, CA 95113
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