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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		How often you express gratitude matters
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:02:39
	Publish Date:		2015-11-24 18:00:00
	Description:		Whether you’re grateful for a walk in nature, your good health or the comfort of family and friends – this is the season to give thanks. But it’s also a time of year that can trigger the ‘holiday blues’ – when feelings of stress and anxiety can be overwhelming and can cause even those who are usually content to experience loneliness and a lack of fulfillment. One ‘happiness strategy’ is to adopt an ‘attitude for gratitude’ – that is, to count one’s blessings. We spoke to UC Riverside’s Sonja Lyubomirsky, one of the nation’s leading experts on the topic of happiness. She describes a study they conducted in which people were directed to record what they were grateful for in their daily lives. Have a listen.
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