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Mike Palmer returns to the Thanksgiving table to serve up a side of applied neuroscience. Powered by the recently released Gemini 3, he examines the “gratitude cocktail,” a potent neurochemical mix of dopamine, serotonin, and oxytocin that mimics the effects of antidepressants and strengthens social bonds. Beyond the chemistry, Mike explores the psychological framework of⁠ The Gap and the Gain⁠ by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy. He explains how measuring progress against an ideal future creates unhappiness, while measuring against the past generates resilience and satisfaction.

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November 28, 2023 Trending in Education Gratitude, thankful

Don’t Be A Turkey, Learn to Be Grateful 2023

To kick off the end-of-year holiday season and wrap up Thanksgiving, we reflect on the importance of gratitude and why and how we should cultivate it. We might even warm some cockles along the way.

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November 26, 2020 Trending in Education doomscrolling, gratefulness, Gratitude, reflection, social media, thankful, Thanksgiving, turkey

Don’t Be A Turkey – Learn to Be Grateful 2020 Edition

Melissa, Dan, and Mike regroup to reflect on the year that was in 2020 and how gratefulness and reflection have become key trends in our thinking. While we talk through the allure of doomscrolling and social media, we also shift our focus to think through how we’re becoming more reflective and intentional about how we spend our time and those opportunities we have to share with those we’re close to.

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November 28, 2019 Trending in Education gratefulness, Gratitude, kindness, Thanksgiving, turkey

Don’t Be A Turkey – Learn to Be Grateful

Mike and Dan explore the concept of gratitude from a few different angles as they gear up for Thanksgiving in the US. How can we learn to be more grateful and what kinds of gratitude work best? Can we be more other-pleasing with our gratefulness and can we learn to be grateful even for the hard times and the challenges of desirable difficulty?