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	Podcast:		Humankind on Public Radio
	Episode:		An Attitude of Gratitude
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:30:26
	Publish Date:		2021-11-25 08:01:58
	Description:		Cultivating our capacity for gratitude is one of the core spiritual traits advocated across all the great traditions. Being grateful can restore our perspective when the slings and arrows of life temporarily bend us out of shape. To reinforce this focus, some people maintain a “gratitude journal” in which they record various things they are thankful for. It can allow us to reframe our experience. Noting his sources of gratitude has long been a practice of David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk and popular author, who has devoted many years to promoting this simple discipline. Because it can powerfully influence our perceptions, gratefulness has recently been the subject of fascinating scientific research. We hear from Robert Emmons, professor of psychology at the University of California / Davis, who finds that people exercise more when they keep gratitude journals. They also report being less bothered by everyday aches and pains and enjoy more restful sleep.
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