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Podcast: Meaningful Life Skills with Rabbi Simon Jacobson
Episode: The Soul of Thanksgiving
Description: We all can appreciate the personal and universal message of Thanksgiving. The importance of gratitude resonates deeply, and its power has been demonstrated to increase happiness, lower stress and anxiety, and overall improve our mental and emotional lives. Recent psychological studies show how gratitude frees us from our self-contained, self-interest driven egos, how it teaches us to appreciate our gifts and blessings, and broadens our horizons. In turn this unshackles us from toxic emotions and negativity.
But what is the deeper reason behind gratitude's healing powers? Why is gratitude such a powerful force of life? What lies...