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Why We Give Thanks

The Science of Happiness

Thank you. Gracias. Merci. Every language has a word for gratitude. But why do we feel it? How can we experience more of it? We revisit some of our favorite episodes about the science of gratitude.

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Happy Not Perfect: Upgrade Your Mind, Challenge Your Thoughts, and Free Yourself from Anxiety

Even before the pandemic brought on a crushing wave of stress, anxiety, isolation, life change, and financial struggle, there was already a growing mental health crisis. Due to a culture that encourages perfection, hustle, and fictional life/work balance, many are burning out.

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Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness

People who are happy but have little-to-no sense of meaning in their lives have the same gene expression patterns as people who are enduring chronic adversity.

Emily Esfahani Smith

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How I Stay Happy... | Russell Brand

I talk through my experiences with pleasure and the pursuit of meaning and why it's so hard to let go of the idea of happiness through gaining things. How can we be happy?

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Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith: Manifest “Tiny Little Miracles” in Your Life | SuperSoul Sunday | OWN

Spiritual pioneer Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith explains why talking about your intentions can help manifest the kind of life you want to live.

Michael Bernard Beckwith

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Manifesting Without Limits | Michael Beckwith

Michael Beckwith’s life-shifting wisdom will leave you pondering: How you’ve set out your life goals. The limits of Creative Visualization. How you can take your spiritual growth to the next level.

Michael Bernard Beckwith

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How Mindfulness Changes the Emotional Life of Our Brains | Richard J. Davidson | TEDxSanFrancisco

“Why is it that some people are more vulnerable to life’s slings and arrows and others more resilient?” In this eye-opening talk, Richard Davidson discusses how mindfulness can improve well-being and outlines strategies to boost four components of a healthy mind: awareness, connection,...

Richard Davidson

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A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough

Muller mixes the writings of great spiritual and political leaders with inspirational anecdotes from his own life, inviting us to derive more satisfaction from less and pull gratitude out of the ashes of grief.

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Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment

In this national bestseller—Martin Seligman’s most stimulating, persuasive book to date—the acclaimed author of Learned Optimism introduces yet another revolutionary idea.

Martin E. P. Seligman

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Good Morning, I Love You: Mindfulness + Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire Your Brain for Calm, Clarity + Joy

Many of us yearn to feel a greater sense of inner calm, ease, joy, and purpose. We have tried meditation and found it too difficult. We judge ourselves for being no good at emptying our minds (as if one ever could) or compare ourselves with yogis who seem to have it all together.

Shauna Shapiro, Daniel J. Siegel (foreword)

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Polishing the Mirror: How to Live From Your Spiritual Heart

Sometimes illumination occurs spontaneously or, as Ram Dass experienced, in a heart-wrenching moment of opening.

Ram Dass, Rameshwar Das

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Compassion