Welcome to episode 340 of Live Happy Now. This week, we're celebrating Thanksgiving, and of course,

that makes it a fantastic time to talk about one of our favorite subjects here at Live

Happy, gratitude. I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and we've got a special holiday episode for you

this week. For starters,

I'm talking with Dr. Greg Hammer, a professor at Stanford University School of Medicine,

pediatric intensive care physician, and creator of the Gain method of discovering happiness.

Gain is an acronym for gratitude, acceptance, intuition, and non-judgment.

And he says it can help improve your physical and mental well-being.

He's here to tell us what it does for us, and then Live Happy Zone, Casey Johnson joins me to talk about our ongoing gratitude challenge and some cool new stuff in the Live Happy store.

So let's get started. Greg, welcome the Live Happy store. So let's get started.

Greg, welcome to Live Happy Now.

Thank you, Paula.

Great to be with you.

This is going to be a really fun conversation because even though we talk a lot about gratitude on the show,

we usually talk about what it does for your mental health.

And I love the fact that as a

doctor, you're able to come at it from a different point of view because you combine the mental

and the physical health benefits of practicing gratitude. There are certainly studies that link

a practice that includes gratitude to stress reduction and a reduction, in all the adverse effects of stress.

So, yes, there are studies linking gratitude to physical well-being.

You know, gratitude is a part of mindfulness practice, and there are lots and lots of randomized

controlled trials looking at mindfulness and health benefits.

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