As we approach the holiday season, that sense of overwhelm and holiday stress can begin to ring as loud as the Salvation Army bells. For some, the holidays represent stress, pressure, [...]
As we gather this week in the US to celebrate Thanksgiving, it seems fitting to examine the power of expressing gratitude in our daily lives. Psychologists Michael McCollough and Robert Emmons [...]
Research confirms that when people feel appreciation for people and things in their life, good things happen to their minds and bodies. But appreciation is much more than a feel-good idea. The [...]
Did you know that there is a psychological phenomenon by which humans react to bad things in life more strongly and persistently than to the good? It’s called negativity bias. Its origin [...]