In the lead up to the divisive 2016 presidential election, author and religion historian Diana Butler Bass found herself disheartened by the animosity and vitroil in American culture. Yet at the same time, she was due to write a book on gratitude for her publisher, but she had a hard time finding reasons to be grateful. In the process of writing, Butler Bass learned to find a new spiritual path to gratitude, as she healed from both new and old wounds.

Diana Butler Bass, author of Grateful: The Transformative Power of Giving Thanks