Grief is an experience that does not discriminate. At some point, everyone will lose a loved one. However, no one talks about it. Even in therapy, talking ...

Using creative arts to facilitate healing is not a new practice. In ancient Greece and Rome, participation in theater acts was “prescribed” for individuals ...

In everyday language, the word hope can suggest unrealistic, wishful thinking. For positive psychologists, hope refers to a positive state of mind, one in ...

Maranasati meditation refers to several early Buddhist practices focused on mindfulness of death (Access to Insight, 2013a, 2013b). The objective of ...

The grief of bereavement is a severe psychosocial stressor (Stroebe, Schut, & Stroebe, 2007). Intense emotional pain can lead to substance abuse, ...

As the funeral car pulled away, all was quiet except for the sound of the tires on the snow. I wanted the world to stay silent for a long time – it didn’t. ...

They remember the precise time, location, and what they were doing when they heard the news and its devastating impact. While commonplace, we may feel ...

Each grief experience is unique, yet we share the need to have it witnessed without someone attempting to lessen it or find ways to reframe it (Brown, 2021). ...

We recently posted an article about how to incorporate a regular practice of gratitude into your life. It includes some excellent tips, ideas, and ...

Gratitude is like most desirable traits and qualities in that it is usually not enough to simply decide to be grateful—we must actively practice it to cement ...

Gratitude meditation is a type of meditation that, as the name suggests, focuses on gratitude. This article will define gratitude meditation, discuss some of ...

Gratitude has been a hot topic in the world of positive psychology research for many years. If you type “gratitude” into Google Scholar, you’ll get about 1.32 ...

There is a variety of things that can conjure positive feelings of appreciation or gratitude that may guide people towards meaning and better health. ...

Whether you have been following along all month or this is the first article you are reading, we hope these videos will help drive home the idea that feeling ...

We usually show our gratitude to others when we feel indebted to them, when we have benefitted from their actions, and when we want to make our feelings ...

We each have our definitions of these, and for the most part, they will probably sound pretty similar. But if we were to take a deeper dive into the two, we ...

Gratitude is good for us, helping us maintain our mental, emotional, and even physical wellbeing (Brown, 2021). And it’s no surprise. After all, many of our ...

While teaching children to participate in the practice of gratitude can prove to be a bit of a task; the return on investment in their emotional wellbeing is ...

Think of a time you told someone how grateful you were for their help, support, or even just for being in your life. How did that moment make you and that ...

The health benefits of expressing gratitude are many, and some might surprise you. Scholars, spiritual leaders, and scientists throughout history have ...