Clark psychologist: Strengthen relationships with a gratitude journal | ClarkU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clark psychologist: Strengthen relationships with a gratitude journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The pandemic has taught us the value of personal relationships and the importance of staying connected, even virtually. Parade.com compiled “97 Ways to Show Someone You Genuinely Appreciate Them,” gathering tips from a wide range of experts, including James Cordóva, professor of psychology and director of the Center for Couples and Family Research at Clark […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ClarkU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T18:06:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"783\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\\\/\",\"name\":\"Clark psychologist: Strengthen relationships with a gratitude journal | ClarkU News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/2022-james-cordova.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-05-19T20:30:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T18:06:31+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/19\\\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/2022-james-cordova.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/37\\\/2022-james-cordova.jpeg\",\"width\":650,\"height\":783,\"caption\":\"Clark University Professor James Cordova\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/story\\\/13818#breadcrumbs\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":0,\"name\":\"ClarkU\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"ClarkU News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/story\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"Stories\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/story\\\/13818\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"ClarkU News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Clark psychologist: Strengthen relationships with a gratitude journal | ClarkU News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Clark psychologist: Strengthen relationships with a gratitude journal","og_description":"The pandemic has taught us the value of personal relationships and the importance of staying connected, even virtually. Parade.com compiled “97 Ways to Show Someone You Genuinely Appreciate Them,” gathering tips from a wide range of experts, including James Cordóva, professor of psychology and director of the Center for Couples and Family Research at Clark […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/","og_site_name":"ClarkU News","article_modified_time":"2025-04-04T18:06:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":783,"url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/","name":"Clark psychologist: Strengthen relationships with a gratitude journal | ClarkU News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022-james-cordova.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-05-19T20:30:06+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-04T18:06:31+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022-james-cordova.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022-james-cordova.jpeg","width":650,"height":783,"caption":"Clark University Professor James Cordova"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/13818#breadcrumbs","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":0,"name":"ClarkU","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ClarkU News","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"Stories","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/13818"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/","name":"ClarkU News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"fimg_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2022-james-cordova.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/13818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/13818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13818"},{"taxonomy":"displayed_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/displayed_author?post=13818"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=13818"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=13818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":13818,"date":"2021-05-19T20:30:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T20:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:06:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:06:31","slug":"clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/clark-psychologist-strengthen-relationships-with-a-gratitude-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark psychologist: Strengthen relationships with a gratitude journal"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n James Cordóva\n

Cordóva suggests creating a relationship gratitude journal. “Notice what your partner does every day to care for you and your family, and write it down,” he says. Writing in your journal at the end of the day is a powerful practice — as is opening up emotionally to your partner, and encouraging them to do the same.<\/p>\n

<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"