The second book in the Positive Psychology News series, Gratitude: How to Appreciate Life’s Gifts, is now available from Amazon. From the back of the book:
The second book in the Positive Psychology News series explores the benefits and practices of gratitude. Sixteen authors from three continents bring practical suggestions based on the latest research to your fingertips.
Topics include:
- Talking to children about gratitude
- The hidden benefit of thank you notes
- Relevance to school, work, love, family, and fun
- How to give gifts that increase happiness
- Gratitude in surgery, unemployment, and divorce
- Physical and psychological benefits of gratitude
- Fresh ideas for celebrating holidays
Like the original book, Resilience, the book contains edited versions of articles previously published on PPND. Each chapter is followed by a discussion section composed of comments originally posted on PPND. Black-and-white illustrations by Kevin Gillespie make each chapter come alive. We will add some of them to the illustrations of the original articles. Ed Britton contributed the cover photograph of a butterfly hovering over a flower.
In the table of contents below, each chapter title is a link to the original article published here on PPND. Please don’t be confused — the titles are sometimes different in the two versions. In the original article, curious readers can find the references and research behind the article, as well as the complete set of comments made by members of the community. Readers are invited to post new comments and questions that occurred while they read the book. The authors can then respond here.
- PART I: The Value of Gratitude
- Chapter 1 Three Good Things by Jen Hausmann
- Chapter 2 Thanks to Gratitude! By Sherri Fisher
Three Good Things at Bedtime
- PART II: Gratitude Practices
- Chapter 3 Building Gratitude by Kathryn Britton
- Chapter 4 Facing Surgery with Gratitude by Miriam Akhtar
- Chapter 5 Gratitude in a Time of Downsizing by Sean Doyle
- PART III: An Appreciative Eye
- Chapter 6 Appreciative Dialogue by Angus Skinner
- Chapter 7 Appreciating Service by Yee-Ming Tan
- Chapter 8 Everyone Can Appreciate by Nicholas Hall
- Chapter 9 Divorce: From Anger to Appreciation by Kirsten Cronlund
- Chapter 10 In Praise of Praise by Timothy T. C. So
- PART IV: Gratitude Holidays
- Chapter 11 Gratitude Day by Derrick Carpenter
- Chapter 12 Reflections on Thanksgiving by Angus Skinner
- Chapter 13 An Appreciative New Year by Gail Schneider
- Chapter 14 Mother’s Day by Giselle Nicholson
Family Badminton
- PART V: Gifts and Gratitude
- Chapter 15 An Abundant Season by Louis Alloro
- Chapter 16 Happiness Gifts by Kathryn Britton
- Chapter 17 Thank You Notes by Aren Cohen
- Chapter 18 The Gift of Giving by Derrick Carpenter
- PART VI: Gratitude in the Family
- Chapter 19 Memories for a Grateful Future by John Yeager
- Chapter 20 From Vulnerability to Joy by Sherri Fisher
