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Tag: Grateful

  • Happy New Year

    As we step into 2026, try making a New Year resolution to be a “compassionate mess”. This means that instead of focusing on getting it right, we focus on opening our hearts. It is important to try to alleviate our suffering by making needed changes in our lives. However, we can also fail over and…

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving is not about a huge turkey and more feast or the grand consumer discounts. While these things may make us happy, will they bring us lasting fulfillment or temporary pleasure? Thanksgiving is about the quality time shared with friends and family (fur babies included) counting our blessings and being grateful for all in our lives, no matter how small.…

  • Happy Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving is not about a huge turkey and more feast or the grand consumer discounts. While these things may make us happy, will they bring us lasting fulfillment or temporary pleasure? Thanksgiving is about the quality time shared with friends and family (fur babies included) counting our blessings and being grateful for all in our lives, no matter how small.…

  • Make Christmas Special for You.

    Merry Christmas from my heart to yours! Spend the holidays the way YOU want to. If that means not going home, or eating pizza instead of the ham everyone else always eats, whatever it is, just do what makes you truly happy. — A. Pawlowski Note, it’s okay to be one, two, three, or all trees the…

  • Motivation Monday

    Self-Love Action Tip When we need to kick-start our gratitude practice,  we can start by thinking of the greatest things that have ever happened to us. Today, when I am trying to connect with gratitude, I will pick one of the greatest things that ever happened to me such as, the birth of a child, getting a dream…

  • The Science of Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving is not about a huge turkey and more feast or the grand consumer discounts. While these things may make us happy, will they bring us lasting fulfillment or temporary pleasure? Thanksgiving is about the quality time shared with friends and family counting our blessings and being grateful for all in our lives, no matter how small. Oftentimes, the large…

  • Thankful Thursday

    Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey

  • Welcome August

    View the August 2021 Happiness Calendar, sync the calendar to Google Calendar or iCal, and subscribe to newsletter directly on the Greater Good Science Center website.

  • Happy 4th of July!

    As you fire up your grill, play fun games in the sun, and watch a spectacular fireworks show, please take a moment today to reflect why we enjoy the freedom and independence on this day and each and every day of the year.  Be GRATEFUL, for the men and women who served. Be APPRECIATIVE, of your sovereignty. Be Proud to be…

  • Workout Wednesday

    Workout Wednesday

    Do you need motivation to escape outdoors, move your body, and feel refreshed? Try Aaptiv Master Trainer, Jaime McFaden’s “Attitude of Gratitude.”  Whether you make it an active recovery walk or jog, or a combination, you will reset your body and mind and be more grateful in 30 minutes or less! Just hit start and go! One step…