The Gratitude Project: How the Science of Thankfulness Can Rewire Our Brains for Resilience, Optimism, and the Greater Good

In our fractured, “me-first” world, the science and practice of thankfulness may well be just the antidote we need.

Gratitude is powerful: not only does it feel good, it’s also been proven to increase our well-being in myriad ways. The results of a multiyear collaboration between the Greater Good Science Center and Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis, The Gratitude Project explores gratitude’s deep roots in human psychology—how it evolved and how it affects our brain—in addition to the transformative have an effect on it has on creating a meaningful life and a better world.

With essays in response to new findings from this original research and written by renowned positive psychologists and public figures, this essential book delves deeply into the neuroscience and psychology of gratitude, and explores how thankfulness will also be developed and applied, both individually and in communities large and small, for the good thing about all.

With contributions from luminaries such as Sonja Lyubomirsky, W. Kamau Bell, Arianna Huffington, and lots of more, this edited volume offers more than just platitudes—it offers a blueprint for a new and better world.