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How to increase your happiness

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Many people would say the connection between happiness and gratefulness is very simple: when you are happy, you are grateful. But think again. Is it really the happy people that are grateful? Quite a number of people have everything that it would take to be happy, and they are not happy. So, how does gratefulness work? Explore the key components to living gratefully.

Take a moment to engage with the present. Can you utilize Steindl-Rast's strategy of Stop, Look, Go to recognize the gifts of your present?

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Meet The Creators

  • Director Avi Ofer
  • Narrator David Steindl-Rast, Adrian Dannatt
  • Composer Stephen LaRosa
  • Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Produced by Sazia Afrin
  • Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal

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