{"product_id":"the-gratitude-project-how-the-science-of-thankfulness-can-rewire-our-brains-for-resilience-optimism-and-the-greater-good-9781684034611","title":"The Gratitude Project: How the Science of Thankfulness Can Rewire Our Brains for Resilience, Optimism, and the Greater Good","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn our fractured, \"me-first\" world, the science and practice of thankfulness could be just the antidote we need.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGratitude is powerful: not only does it feel good, it's also been proven to increase our well-being in myriad ways. The result of a multiyear collaboration between the Greater Good Science Center and Robert Emmons of the University of California, Davis, \u003ci\u003eThe Gratitude Project \u003c\/i\u003eexplores gratitude's deep roots in human psychology--how it evolved and how it affects our brain--as well as the transformative impact it has on creating a meaningful life \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003ea better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith essays based on new findings from this original research and written by renowned positive psychologists and public figures, this important book delves deeply into the neuroscience and psychology of gratitude, and explores how thankfulness can be developed and applied, both personally and in communities large and small, for the benefit of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from luminaries such as Sonja Lyubomirsky, W. Kamau Bell, Arianna Huffington, and many more, this edited volume offers more than just platitudes--it offers a blueprint for a new and better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor\u003cb\u003e Jeremy Adam Smith\u003c\/b\u003e edits the Greater Good Science Center's online magazine, \u003ci\u003eGreater Good\u003c\/i\u003e. He is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Daddy Shift\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of three anthologies. His coverage of racial and economic segregation in San Francisco, CA, schools has won numerous honors, including the Sigma Delta Chi Award for investigative reporting, and he is a three-time winner of the John Swett Award from the California Teachers Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmith's articles and essays have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUtne Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMindful\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other periodicals, websites, and books. 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She has created large communities around the science of happiness, including the online course, The Year of Happy; and the CaféHappy meetup in Toronto, ON, Canada. Previously, she was a technology journalist and editor for \u003ci\u003eTech.Co\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditor\u003cb\u003e Jason Marsh\u003c\/b\u003e is founding editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eGreater Good\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and the Greater Good Science Center's director of programs. He is also coeditor of two anthologies of \u003ci\u003eGreater Good\u003c\/i\u003e articles: \u003ci\u003eThe Compassionate Instinct\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAre We Born Racist?\u003c\/i\u003e. 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