Table of Contents
Preface vii
Part 1 The Roots and Meaning of Gratitude
Chapter 1 What Gratitude Is and Why It Matters Robert Emmons Jeremy Adam Smith 3
Levels of Gratitude Summer Allen 12
Chapter 2 Looking for Gratitude's Roots in Primates Malini Suchak 13
Do Genes Affect Your Gratitude? Summer Allen 19
Chapter 3 How Gratitude Develops in Us Maryam Abdullah Giacomo Bono Jeffrey Froh Andrea Hussong Kira Newman 21
Chapter 4 What Can the Brain Reveal About Gratitude? Glenn Fox 27
Chapter 5 The Surprising Neural Link Between Giving and Gratitude Christina Karns 30
How Gratitude Relates to Other Emotions Summer Allen 34
Part 2 The Impact of Gratitude
Chapter 6 Why Gratitude is Good for Us Joel Wong Joshua Brown Christina Armenta Sonja Lyubomirsky Summer Allen Amie Gordon Kira Newman 38
How Gratitude Can Help You Achieve Your Goals David DeSteno 53
Can Gratitude Fix Everything? Kira Newman 55
Chapter 7 How Gender Shapes Gratitude Summer Allen 56
Chapter 8 How Cultural Differences Shape Gratitude and Its Impact Kira Newman 62
Chapter 9 How Gratitude Builds Cooperation Eric Pedersen Debra Lieberman 69
Part 3 How to Be Grateful
Chapter 10 How to Cultivate Gratitude in Yourself Jeremy Adam Smith 74
How to Make the Most of Your Gratitude Journal Alex Springer Jason Marsh 80
When Gratitude Exercises Feel Bad Megan M. Fritz Sonja Lyubomirsky 82
Five Ways Giving Thanks Can Backfire Amie Gordon 84
Chapter 11 How to Say Thanks Without Feeling Indebted Jill Suttie 86
Chapter 12 Can Loss Make You More Grateful? Nathan Greene 91
Griet, Grace, and Gratitude Arianna Huffington 96
Chapter 13 How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times Robert Emmons 98
Part 4 How to Be a Grateful Family
Chapter 14 Why Couples Need to Thank Each Other Jess Alberts Angela Trethewey 106
How to Say Thank-You to Your Partner Sara Algoe 113
Why Men Need to Learn Gratitude Jeremy Adam Smith 115
How Gratitude Can Help Couples Through Illness Jill Suttie 117
Chapter 15 How to Help Gratitude Grow in Your Kids Maryam Abdullah 119
Chapter 16 Feeling Entitled to a Little Gratitude on Mother's Day? Christine Carter 125
Chapter 17 What Being a Stepfather Taught Me About Gratitude Jeremy Adam Smith 129
Part 5 How to Foster Gratefulness Around You
Chapter 18 How to Foster Gratitude in Schools Jeffrey Froh Giacomo Bono 136
Chapter 19 Gratitude Is a Survival Skill Shawn Taylor 139
Chapter 20 Five Ways to Cultivate Gratitude at Work Jeremy Adam Smith Kira Newman 147
What Does a Grateful Organization Look Like? Emily Nauman 154
Gratitude as a Pathway to Positive Emotions at Work Kira Newman 156
Chapter 21 Why Health Professionals Should Cultivate Gratitude Leif Hass 158
How One Provider Is Fostering Gratitude in Health Care Catherine Brozena 164
Chapter 22 How to Help Other People Become More Grateful Tom Gilovich 166
Part 6 Conversations About the Transformative Potential of Gratitude
Chapter 23 Can Gratitude Confront Suffering? A Conversation with Jack Kornfield Jill Suttie 173
Can Gratitude Make Society More Trusting? Elizabeth Hopper 179
Can Gratitude Beat Materialism? Dacher Keltner Jason Marsh 182
Chapter 24 Can Gratitude Bring Americans Back Together? A Conversation with W. Kamau Bell Jeremy Adam Smith 185
Gratitude Encourages Voting Jill Suttie 194
Chapter 25 Is Gratitude the Path to a Better World? A Conversation with Brother David Steindl-Rast Jill Suttie 196
Contributors 201
Bibliography 209