Teaching Middle School ELA

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Episode 443: Monday Mindset: The Good Stuff!

Episode 443: Monday Mindset: The Good Stuff!24 aug4 min

Another Monday Mindset today! We talk about a small but powerful gratitude practice that fits into real teacher life, plus the positive psychology research that explains why it works. A statistic shared from Happify highlights how a one-time act of thoughtful gratitude can create an immediate 10% increase in happiness and a 35% reduction in depressive symptoms, while also reminding us that the benefit fades unless we repeat the habit. That detail matters because it reframes gratitude as ...