American Nurses Foundation Gratitude Podcast - Why Gratitude is a Struggle

American Nurses Foundation Gratitude Podcast - Why Gratitude is a Struggle with Letha Joseph, DNP, AGPCNP-BC, FFNMRCSI, FAANP

Welcome to a special series on Gratitude brought to you by the American Nurses Foundation through the generous support of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Disaster Recovery Fund.

In this special series we will explore how developing gratitude practices can significantly improve your health and well-being, while also improving your work, safety, relationships, self-care, growth, and joy.

The American Nurses Foundation has undertaken this work as part of its Well-Being Initiative, which supports nurses’ mental health through the pandemic and beyond. Decades of research have shown that practicing gratitude is highly effective in promoting physical and psychological health, both at the individual and organizational levels. This podcast series builds up previous work conducted by the American Nurses Foundation in partnership with the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley.

Gratitude Practice for Nurses toolkit was designed to create easy-to-implement evidence based practices.

In this episode, we’re talking with Letha Joseph, Nurse Practitioner at the Durham VA Healthcare System and Consulting Associate with Duke University School of Nursing. Letha and I discuss why gratitude is a struggle and how we can build capacity to integrate gratitude practices into our lives and work.

For additional information

Well-Being Initiative: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/disaster-preparedness/coronavirus/what-you-need-to-know/the-well-being-initiative/

Gratitude Practice for Nurses Toolkit: https://www.nursingworld.org/~4a22c8/globalassets/covid19/gratitude_nurses_toolkit.pdf

Gratitude Practice for Nurses Implementation Guide: https://www.nursingworld.org/~4a22d0/globalassets/covid19/implementation_guide.pdf

Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/

Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Disaster Recovery Fund: https://disasterphilanthropy.org/funds/cdp-disaster-recovery-fund/