The Gratitude Diaries

How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life

By: Janice Kaplan

Narrated by: Janice Kaplan

Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

In this New York Times best seller, Janice Kaplan spends a year living gratefully and transforms her marriage, family life, work, and health.

On New Year’s Eve, journalist and former Parade editor in chief Janice Kaplan makes a promise to be grateful and look on the bright side of whatever happens. She realizes that how she feels over the next year will have less to do with the events that occur than her own attitude and perspective. Getting advice at every turn from psychologists, academics, doctors, and philosophers, Kaplan brings listeners on a smart and witty journey to discover the value of appreciating what you have.

Relying on both amusing personal experiences and extensive research, Kaplan explores how gratitude can transform every aspect of life, including marriage and friendship, money and ambition, and health and fitness. She learns how appreciating your spouse changes the neurons of your brain and why saying thanks helps CEOs succeed. Through extensive interviews with experts, and lively conversations with real people, including celebrities like Matt Damon, Daniel Craig, and Jerry Seinfeld, Kaplan discovers the role of gratitude in everything from our sense of fulfillment to our children’s happiness.

With warmth, humor, and appealing insight, Kaplan’s journey will empower listeners to think positively and start living their own best year ever.

©2015 Janice Kaplan (P)2015 Penguin Audio

Thought provoking

Good book to listen to on audio. Loved the voice of the individual whom read the story.

Excellent work

I couldn't wait to drive to work every morning. This was not just a joyous listen on a subject we all know, it was articulate and had the right mix of anecdote and science, without the rambling. You could hear the enthusiasm in the author's voice. While listening, I purchased the hardcover and promised myself that I'd listen to this book again at least once a year.

6 stars.

Gratitude is an attitude

if you know that you need a fresh perspective on your life, learning how to be grateful is a good place to begin. the narrator takes you through her year of self exploration on leading a more grateful existence, with some worthwhile nuggets in each chapter.

Uplifting!

I just finished rereading this book. Loved it both times! The message is uplifting, and the reread reminded me that practicing gratitude makes me a much more optimistic and joyful person. Loved Janice Kaplan's narration too!

Entertaining and Enlightening

I found her writing to be full of real life experiences that I could relate to and learn from.

Much needed

I was at a point in my life where this book changed everything for me

The power of gratitude

I love this book! Gratitude has been challenging me from the inside out. I’m glad I came across this book at this time in my journey. I had stopped writing daily and I got encouraged to start again, it’s a great habit to keep! Thank you!!!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Janice Kaplan is a wonderful author and narrator. She shared many of her personal experiences, which made the book seem very personable. I'd like to thank her, this book is helping me be more grateful for the things I have. I am working on my own gratitude diary. J.J.

Lovely book and I will be recommending it plenty!

This is a very uplifting and well written book about gratitude and the affect a positive outlook can have on life. The only things that I disliked was that she seems to have created a religion out of the practice. Also, it feels like things have been overly romanticized in some cases and the word gratitude (and it's variants) feels forced into odd places at times.

Loved it!

Great life enhancing lessons throughout, and deep research into every kind of gratitude no matter the circumstances.