Barton is a high school sophomore and lives in Spring Valley. Every year, cooling breezes, migrating warblers and reddening sycamore trees signal the coming of autumn in San Diego. The ocean waters ...

We can mirror gratitude for our high school and college students, showing them how to express appreciation even when life is ...

Gratitude meditation is one of those practices that sounds almost too simple at first - a gentle pause to reflect on what’s ...

Gratitude is a subject of much speculation, even meditation these days. Along about this time of year, every year, scads of internet articles explore the meaning of true gratitude. Just in time for ...

Expressing gratitude nurtures our relationships, helping us to feel closer to our friends and romantic partners. Some research suggests that grateful people seem to cope better with stress and enjoy ...

As we count our blessings (and prepare to chow down) this Thanksgiving, we may be thinking of gratitude as something we celebrate — and prompt ourselves to feel — once a year. But FIU psychology ...

Dear Annie: Frequently, I read letters in your column from older people complaining that their children, grandchildren and others do not acknowledge gifts or send thank-you notes. I have another take ...

My first exposures to gratitude often felt obligatory, like gratitude was something you should have to be a decent person. "At least be grateful that....." often felt like a deceptive silver lining in ...

We need to decide once and for all when the Christmas season should start. I would say Christmas doesn’t begin until the day after Thanksgiving. But for more and more people, the day after Halloween ...

You know the moment. Someone at the Thanksgiving table says, "Let's go around and share what we're grateful for," and suddenly you're scrambling. Your mind goes blank. You mumble something about ...