Kelly McGonigal

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The School of Greatness · The Real Reason Stress Is Hurting You | Kelly McGonigal · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

It's just the data.

Let me tell you something about gratitude because I have very specific beliefs about how to make this effective.

So gratitude is also something that I've done some work around.

And here's the most effective way to use gratitude for your own well-being.

It should focus on human interdependence, not things or circumstances.

So, you know, at the end of the day, one of the exercises that I will often do is I think about the people who played a role in supporting me that day, known to me or not known to me.

So a package was delivered this morning.

So I'll imagine I didn't see who it was who delivered it, but I know that somebody did.

And I have an experience of gratitude to that person and the work that they're doing.

gratitude to my husband, gratitude to anyone I interacted with.

One of the reasons that gratitude improves wellbeing is not because it makes you feel better.

That's the mistake a lot of people think about gratitude.

They think it's like an exercise that will boost their mood and then they can fall asleep at night.

I'm so grateful for my health.

I'm so grateful for my whatever.

The reason that gratitude can have enormous effects on your wellbeing is because gratitude is a social emotion and the primary

like biological reason human beings have the capacity for gratitude is to strengthen your social network and improve relationships.

So every time you experience a thought of gratitude towards someone in your life, you are strengthening that relationship and that social network.

Just thinking about it.

And then you interact with that person differently.

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