Happiness Break: Feel more Gratitude, With Eve Ekman
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Renew your sense of gratitude by remembering acts of kindness, with social scientist and meditation teacher Eve Ekman.

Link to episode transcript: https://tinyurl.com/kjkzpdk8)

How to Do This Practice:

- Begin the practice by focusing on your breath and settling your mind and body. Notice any physical sensations that arise.

- Shift your attention away from your body, recalling a time in the last week where you received kindness. Think about the details of the event, and notice how you react to this kindness.

- Next, focus on a recent experience where you extended kindness. As you relive this event in your mind, allow yourself to be filled with the feeling of kindness.

- Reconnect with the physical sensations in your body, acknowledging that it is full of gratitude.

Today’s Happiness Break host:

Eve Ekman is a contemplative social scientist and meditation teacher from San Francisco, California.

Learn more about Eve’s work: https://tinyurl.com/2vhuarh8)

Find out about Eve’s Emotional trainings with Cultivating Emotional Balance: https://tinyurl.com/5n95m7yx)

Explore Eve’s Project, The Atlas of Emotions: https://tinyurl.com/mt75ytm3)

Follow Eve on Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/3txahape)

More resources from The Greater Good Science Center:

How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/2f78cywf)

Tips for Keeping a Gratitude Journal: https://tinyurl.com/4uyu9pud)

Why Gratitude Is Good: https://tinyurl.com/5n88p589)

How Gratitude Motivates Us to Become Better People: https://tinyurl.com/3jzr7jfm)

Three Surprising Ways That Gratitude Works at Work: https://tinyurl.com/4f5m9hde)

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We're living through a mental health crisis. Between the stress, anxiety, depression, loneliness, burnout — we all could use a break to feel better. That's where Happiness Break comes in. In each biweekly podcast episode, instructors guide you through research-backed practices and meditations that you can do in real-time. These relaxing and uplifting practices have been shown in a lab to help you cultivate calm, compassion, connection, mindfulness, and more — what the latest science says will directly support your well-being. All in less than ten minutes. A little break in your day.