Episode 27: What We’ve Gotten Wrong About Gratitude

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Episode Description:

There’s a reason “gratitude” is now one of the buzziest words around. At every corner of self-help books, mental health podcasts, journals, and social media, everyone is telling us to be grateful. The (often extremely shallow) wellness industry thrives on gratitude. 

And while there’s good reason for this, our understanding of gratitude is turning out to be quite limited, especially when we look at the impact it has on non-white, non-North-American, and non-individualist (collectivist) cultures. In this episode, Prerna breaks down how to broaden our perspective & holistically practice gratitude.

Show Notes:

This episode covers:

• What’s true about a gratitude practice

• What’s flawed about our current definition of gratitude in Western wellness culture

• Why shifting our take on gratitude is important for collective well-being

• Sumanai

• How to expand your understanding of gratitude

• Gratitude red flags

• How to “Be” instead of “Do”

• How gratitude goes hand in hand with compassion

• And more!

Sources:

1. https://www.monkprayogshala.in/blog/2018/9/7/the-hidden-debts-of-gratitude-a-cross-cultural-perspective-on-gratitude-interventions

2. https://gratefulness.org/resource/how-cultural-differences-shape-your-gratitude/

3. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313114740_Disentangling_the_Effects_of_Gratitude_and_Optimism_A_Cross-Cultural_Investigation

4. http://sonjalyubomirsky.com/files/2019/01/Shin-et-al.-in-press.pdf

5. https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/full/10.1037/ipp0000037
   

Want to read the transcript? Here’s the blog version!

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