1448: Stop Creating Gratitude Lists and Do This Instead by Kristen Manieri with Gottman Institute on Gratefulness

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🗓️ 28 November 2019

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Kristen Manieri with The Gottman Institute on stop creating gratitude lists and do this instead. Episode 1448: Stop Creating Gratitude Lists and Do This Instead by Kristen Manieri with Gottman Institute on Gratefulness The Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. Want to improve your marriage in 60 seconds or less? Over 40 years of research with thousands of couples has proven a simple fact: small things often can create big changes over time. Got a minute? Sign up for The Gottman Institute's Marriage Minute at http://OLDPodcast.com/marriage The original post is located here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/stop-creating-gratitude-lists-and-do-this-instead/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.4	creating gratitude lists and do this instead by ChristianManiary with Gotman.com and I'm just
0:42.7	a malloc the guy who's been reading articles, book excerpts, essays, sometimes stories,
0:47.6	everyday including holidays for over three years, almost four actually. Today is a holiday
0:53.1	here in the US, it's Thanksgiving, hope you have a happy and safe one if you're in the states
0:56.8	and listening in real time. I'm super thankful for you listening and sharing the show.
1:00.9	It always blows me away to hear how the podcast is impacting you and I'm so happy that with your
1:06.1	support I've been able to turn this into my full-time job so thank you for that. And I'll keep
1:10.5	this intro nice and short so let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.
1:18.8	Stop creating gratitude lists and do this instead by ChristianManiary with Gotman.com.
1:24.7	In the many self-improvement and positive psychology books I've read over the years, one common
1:30.4	finding has appeared again and again. True contentment in life comes from our ability to cultivate
1:37.1	gratitude. At the advice of these authors, gurus and sages, I've embarked on writing daily
1:42.9	gratitude lists, crawled on notepads and in fancy gratitude journals. I've encouraged the
1:47.5	sharing of gratitude that dinner with my family, used gratitude apps and reminders, and made
1:52.6	in prompt to list in my head to emotionally transition from frustration to peace.
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