Sep 30, 2026 · 23 min · 8 segments
In the monthly “Resilient Youth” series, therapist Frank Clayton explores how young people can build habits of gratitude, optimism and resilience while learning to notice what’s going right.
Frank ClaytonGuestMary Beth MaziarzHost
So i- i- one of the great things about it is, uh, that it's pretty straightforward and pretty simple.
In fact, it could be something very small, could be happening, uh, something that happened that day or, you know, more in general.
And you give some concentration to that and, like, write down two or three sentences as to why you're grateful for that thing.
Now, in teaching Happiness 101 for 16 years, and this was one of those times that the teacher becomes the student kind-
... of thing, one of the, um, some of the students said, "You know, Frank, I don't-- I'm not really into this writing it down thing, and you know, I'm busy and all that." But I, I started sharing it with my spouse.
And so I would share a positive with them, and then they would share a positive with me.
And so there was this fantastic synergy that would happen because, uh, like if we did them, for example, you might say that there's something that you're grateful for that I've never even thought of, that I've always taken for granted.
I was like, "How-- You know, why are you grateful for housekeeping?" And she said, "You know- When I'm d- uh, when I'm cleaning my house, you know, this is where my children and my grandchildren come and they crawl around and they, and they play and so when I'm cleaning my house, it's like I'm telling my family I love you.
So i- i- one of the great things about it is, uh, that it's pretty straightforward and pretty simple.
In fact, it could be something very small, could be happening, uh, something that happened that day or, you know, more in general.
And you give some concentration to that and, like, write down two or three sentences as to why you're grateful for that thing.
Now, in teaching Happiness 101 for 16 years, and this was one of those times that the teacher becomes the student kind-
... of thing, one of the, um, some of the students said, "You know, Frank, I don't-- I'm not really into this writing it down thing, and you know, I'm busy and all that." But I, I started sharing it with my spouse.
And so I would share a positive with them, and then they would share a positive with me.
And so there was this fantastic synergy that would happen because, uh, like if we did them, for example, you might say that there's something that you're grateful for that I've never even thought of, that I've always taken for granted.
I was like, "How-- You know, why are you grateful for housekeeping?" And she said, "You know- When I'm d- uh, when I'm cleaning my house, you know, this is where my children and my grandchildren come and they crawl around and they, and they play and so when I'm cleaning my house, it's like I'm telling my family I love you.
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