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An Ecology of Gratitude: Writing your way to what matters, my debut book is on track to be launched early in November. Structured as a 30-day series of anecdotes and writing prompts, I use my [...]

Has it ever happened to you? You were having a conversation with another person who just posed a question. You then took a deep breath, paused and replied, “Well, I hope so.” To which [...]

In his book, “Thanks!” the world’s pre-eminent authority in the science of gratitude research, Robert Emmons writes: “Recall that two of the primary obstacles to being [...]

Sometimes, we all need to stop, smell the flowers and hit pause. With our limitations on social gatherings, I am at risk of getting too introspective and deep into the weeds with my Grassroots [...]

A year ago, I offered a “Gratitude Goes Live” online series via Zoom. The goal was to connect people to each other and find reasons to be grateful, even when COVID was separating us [...]

I grew up in a family where admitting that I was feeling bored or sad, was a sure way to be handed a rake or a broom or a cleaning cloth. Rather than admit to my mother that I was feeling lost or [...]

When was the last time you heard the expression: Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater? Whenever a conversation approaches a threshold or a pivot point and change seems inevitable, [...]

I gave myself the word ‘Gratitude’ on December 31, 2019 with a commitment to research the topic – the science,  its benefits, my relationship to it and how to do it better. What [...]

“Emodiversity is a practically important and previously unidentified metric for assessing the health of the human emotional ecosystem.” So states a report, published in 2014 in the [...]

Little known Canadian fact: On November 22, 2012, the National Philanthropy Day Act declared, “Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the 15th day of November shall be known as [...]