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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?