Gratitude for Cynics: Debra Gonsher Vinik

🙏 The Science of Gratitude: Dr. Debra Gonsher Vinik on why thanking more, not wanting more, builds real resilience.

Gratitude gets dismissed as a soft sentiment, or lumped in with tarot cards and crystals. Dr. Debra Gonsher Vinik makes the harder case: gratitude is a measurable science with real effects on the body and brain, and it holds up even when life breaks your heart. A six-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, Ph.D., and CUNY Professor Emeritus known as the Gratitude Wrangler, Debra returns to The Wellness Driven Life Show to talk about her newest film, "I Thank, Therefore I Am."

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EPISODE CHAPTERS

00:00 A 9% longer life, the study that opens the show

00:24 The hook, and welcome to the show

01:35 Meet Dr. Debra Gonsher Vinik

02:38 From the opioid films to gratitude

05:37 The 2:30 Mincha Moment, a practice since 2010

08:22 Why gratitude gets lumped in with tarot and crystals

09:34 Gratitude for cynics: the 50,000-nurse study