The Grateful Life The Secret to Happiness, and the Science of Contentment [Paperback]

The Grateful Lifeis a guide to discovering — and achieving — one’s dreams by harnessing the power of a positive attitude. In years of research and practice, authors Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammons have discovered that grateful living can transform lives. Grateful people are happier people. They are healthier and less stressed. They report much higher levels of satisfaction with their relationships and are less likely to credit luck with the good fortune of others. This book contains inspiring stories about those who exercise gratitude as a spiritual practice to rise out of adversity to new life. It also shows how grateful living is central to the good life and to attracting abundance. Filled with motivational quotes, resources, and exercises,The Grateful Lifehelps readers on their journey to creating the life they’ve always wanted. Taking the concept ofLiving Life as a Thank Youto the next level,The Grateful Lifeincludes absorbing and transformative stories from real people who unveil the secret to achieving successes both big and small.

Lesowitz and Sammons approach the subject with an eclectic mix of stories, interviews, research, quotations, and practices. In ten chapters they cover a lot of territory with practical material on creating blessings in your life, clarifying your life purpose, increasing productivity and happiness where you work, becoming a more altruistic person, having enough, staying healthy, creating unexpected grace and peace, discovering your desires, and increasing your gratitude quotient. The last chapter contains a small sampling of gratitude practices.
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In ten carefully-structured chapters,these authors provide readers a concise tour of gratitude practice. Along the way, they highlight heartwarming stories, cutting-edge research, inspiration, witty insight, and helpful hints for incorporating gratitude into everyday livilS