Gratitude Resources

Gratitude Books

Gratitude Journal Prompts

• What was difficult today?
• What made it slightly easier?
• What did I handle well?
• Who or what helped me?
• What is still good, useful, meaningful, or worth protecting?3

Blog Posts

• How to Practice Gratitude Without Feeling Fake?
• What Gratitude Is and What It Is Not
• Top 10 Exercises to Cultivate an Attitude of Gratitude
• +400 A To Z Gratitude List
• The Dark Side of Gratitude That No One Talks About
• How to Train Yourself to Notice What’s Going Right?
• How to Find Things to Be Grateful for on Bad Days?
• 30 Gratitude Exercises for Couples
• 100+ Gratitude Journal Prompts for Hard Times

Gratitude Apps

• Gratitude: Self-Care Journal
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  Includes a gratitude journal, prompts, reminders, affirmations, and a seven-day gratitude challenge.
• Gratitude Plus
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  A gratitude journal that can be used privately or with partners, friends, and family through shared gratitude circles.
• 365 Gratitude Journal
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  A daily gratitude journal with prompts and community features designed around a short daily practice.
• Grateful: A Gratitude Journal
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  A simple journal that gives you a daily question such as what made you smile or what made the day meaningful.
• Day One Journal
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  A general journaling app that can easily be turned into a private gratitude journal with daily entries, photos, memories, and prompts.

Gratitude Podcasts

• Hidden Brain — Where Gratitude Gets You
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  Explores research on gratitude and how it may affect self-control, decision-making, health, and well-being.
• Hidden Brain — The Enemies of Gratitude
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  Psychologist Thomas Gilovich explains why people often focus more easily on what is wrong than on what is going well, and what gets in the way of gratitude.
• The Happiness Lab — Grateful Expectations
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  Yale psychologist Laurie Santos looks at gratitude through psychological research and practical everyday examples.
• The Science of Happiness — How to Practice Gratitude When You’re Not Feeling Grateful
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  A useful episode for people who find forced gratitude unrealistic. It explores a different exercise for appreciating things you usually take for granted.
• The Gratitude Podcast
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  A podcast devoted specifically to building gratitude as a habit, with hundreds of episodes featuring personal stories and practical discussions.
• Huberman Lab — The Science of Gratitude & How to Build a Gratitude Practice
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  A research-focused episode examining gratitude and ways to build a structured gratitude practice.

TED Talks and Videos

• Want to Be Happy? Be Grateful — David Steindl-Rast
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  A widely watched TED Talk about noticing opportunities to appreciate everyday life rather than waiting for ideal circumstances.
• How Gratitude Rewires Your Brain — Christina Costa
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  Psychologist Christina Costa discusses using gratitude while facing a serious brain-tumor diagnosis and connects her experience with well-being research.
• Radical Gratitude — Jana Shelfer
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  Explores using gratitude during difficult circumstances rather than treating gratitude as something reserved for times when life is going well.

Gratitude Communities

• Grateful Living Community
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  An online gratitude community with a Gratitude Lounge where members can share reflections and read what other people are appreciating.