POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY EXPERT SAYS
GRATITUDE INCREASES HAPPINESS:
“Thanks!” Author to Chat with Fans Sept. 24 on Abunga.com
WHO: Dr. Robert A. Emmons, author of “Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier.” One of the world’s leading experts in the “positive psychology” movement, he conducted the first major scientific study on gratitude to show how it can measurably change people’s lives. Emmons is a teaching professor and research scientist at the University of California at Davis.
WHAT: “Authors at Abunga” Online Chat with Dr. Robert A. Emmons at Abunga.com, an online bookstore offering family-friendly materials.
DETAILS: In his research, Emmons found that those who regularly practice grateful thinking reap significant emotional, physical, and interpersonal benefits. Examples of his scientific findings include:
Grateful people report higher levels of positive emotions, life satisfaction, vitality, optimism and lower levels of depression and stress.
Maintaining a gratitude journal for three weeks resulted in better sleep quality and duration, more energy and even more time spent exercising.
A grateful approach to life can be one of the most effective ways of coping with disease, disability and even death.
For more information, visit http://www.Abunga.com/FeaturedAuthorEmmons. Based in Knoxville, Tenn., Abunga.com offers more than 1.8 million family-friendly book titles, savings through distributor-direct prices and support to nonprofit organizations by donating 5 percent of each transaction to a customer-selected charity. For more information, visit http://www.Abunga.com.
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY EXPERT SAYS
GRATITUDE INCREASES HAPPINESS:
“Thanks!” Author to Chat with Fans Sept. 24 on Abunga.com
WHO: Dr. Robert A. Emmons, author of “Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier.” One of the world’s leading experts in the “positive psychology” movement, he conducted the first major scientific study on gratitude to show how it can measurably change people’s lives. Emmons is a teaching professor and research scientist at the University of California at Davis.
WHAT: “Authors at Abunga” Online Chat with Dr. Robert A. Emmons at Abunga.com, an online bookstore offering family-friendly materials.
wheN: Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008
11 a.m. – Noon PDT / 1 – 2 p.m. CDT / 2 – 3 p.m. EDT (LIVE)
At http://www.Abunga.com/AuthorsAtAbunga
DETAILS: In his research, Emmons found that those who regularly practice grateful thinking reap significant emotional, physical, and interpersonal benefits. Examples of his scientific findings include:
Grateful people report higher levels of positive emotions, life satisfaction, vitality, optimism and lower levels of depression and stress.
Maintaining a gratitude journal for three weeks resulted in better sleep quality and duration, more energy and even more time spent exercising.
A grateful approach to life can be one of the most effective ways of coping with disease, disability and even death.
For more information, visit http://www.Abunga.com/FeaturedAuthorEmmons. Based in Knoxville, Tenn., Abunga.com offers more than 1.8 million family-friendly book titles, savings through distributor-direct prices and support to nonprofit organizations by donating 5 percent of each transaction to a customer-selected charity. For more information, visit http://www.Abunga.com.