How gratitude improves your relationships and your future

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🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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For the millions of Americans that celebrate Thanksgiving, it's a time when a lot of us reflect on the things and the people in our lives that we appreciate. But according to Dr. Laurie Santos, psychology professor at Yale and host of the podcast, The Happiness Lab, a practice of gratitude can improve our lives year-round. Host Brittany Luse chats with Dr. Santos about the surprising science of how gratitude can affect our brains — and how it leads us to be more generous with our future selves.

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0:00.0	If you're the kind of person whose idea of a good party conversation starts with, I heard it on NPR, it might be time to take your superfantam seriously.
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0:20.3	Hey hey I'm Brittany Loose, and you're listening to it's been a minute from NPR, a show where
0:28.8	we talk about what's going on in our culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. Later this week
0:35.2	millions of Americans will celebrate Thanksgiving. It's a time when a lot of us
0:40.0	will reflect on the things and the people in our lives that we appreciate.
0:44.5	And my guest today is someone I'm really grateful for.
0:49.7	Dr. Lori Santos, welcome to It's been a minute. Thanks so much for having me on the show.
0:54.0	Oh my gosh my pleasure.
0:55.0	I mean first of all, I gotta say, long time listener, first time caller.
1:00.0	I have been listening to The Happiness Lab for years.
1:05.0	Your podcast sometimes has just kept me from the brink.
1:09.0	Lori is a psychology professor at Yale
1:12.0	and her podcast The Happiness Lab is full of tips on how to be happier,
1:17.0	all of which are backed by psychology.
1:20.0	And Lori says one emotion we should pay more attention to is actually gratitude.
1:25.8	Now I am someone who has a gratitude journal, so I'm already aboard the gratitude train,
1:31.1	but in our very individualistic culture,
1:34.2	one that does not prioritize this feeling
1:36.4	except around this time of year,
1:38.6	gratitude can be harder to access.
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