The Science of Gratitude

Eight ready-to-run gratitude practices, from the gratitude letter and journal to savoring walks and team huddles, each with instructions, timing, and the research behind it. Built for health care teams but usable anywhere.

American Nurses Foundation and Greater Good Science Center

How gratitude practice applies to mental health work, both for the people being cared for and for the staff doing the caring. Part of a series on applying well-being research in nursing.

Jan Macfarlane

A short practitioner guide to the kindness intervention: how to set it up, how often it should be repeated, and what the evidence says about its effect on the person doing the kind act.

Jonathan Passmore and Lindsay G. Oades