2. X-mas
already
??!

3. What
happened to
Thxgiving?

4. Why be
thankful?

5. 1.Mental health
According to a study presented at the 2012 annual meeting of the American Psychology Association
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/11/gratitude-teens-happier_n_1749118.html

6. 2. Well-being
According to a series of experiments detailed in a 2003 study of the Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/pdfs/GratitudePDFs/6Emmons-BlessingsBurdens.pdf

7. 3. Better grades
According to a 2010 study in the Journal of Happiness Studies
http://people.hofstra.edu/jeffrey_j_froh/spring%202010%20web/10.1007_s10902-010-91959%5b1%5d.pdf

8. 4. Better
friendships
According to a 2003 study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/pdfs/GratitudePDFs/6Emmons-BlessingsBurdens.pdf

9. 5. Better sleep
According to a study in the journal of Applied Psychology: Health and Well-being
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1758-0854.2011.01049.x/abstract

10. 6. Better
relationships
According to the journal Personal Relationships
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/7756775/Gratitude-for-little-things-is-key-to-relationships.html

11. 7. Better heart
According to a 1995 study in the American Journal of Cardiology
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7484873

12. 8. Better team
work
According to a 2008 study in the journal Social Indicators Research
http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ811262

13. 9. Better health
WebMD reported
http://women.webmd.com/features/gratitute-health-boost

14. 10. Protects from
neg. emotions
during extreme
loss
WebMD reported
http://women.webmd.com/features/gratitute-health-boost

15. What to
do???

16. Text a friend
Thank you note
Help someone
Give time

17. Say it and mean it
List it
do something on the list
Tip generously
Praise someone to their
employer

18. 1. Remember Thanksgiving.
2. You’ll be happy you did. 
3. Now try it!

19. Credits
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/11/gr
atitude-teens-happier_n_1749118.html
 http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/pdfs/Gratitude
PDFs/6Emmons-BlessingsBurdens.pdf
 http://people.hofstra.edu/jeffrey_j_froh/spring
%202010%20web/10.1007_s10902-010-91959%5b1%5d.pdf
 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.175
8-0854.2011.01049.x/abstract
 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/77567
75/Gratitude-for-little-things-is-key-torelationships.html
 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7484873
 http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ811262
 http://women.webmd.com/features/gratitutehealth-boost