"If someone lends you their time or money, you might feel a need to reciprocate, but if your resources are constrained this could have an impact on your well-being.."

This conversation stems from an ongoing research project by doctoral candidate in Marketing, Tanya Singh and her work investigating the role that gratitude plays in our lives and whether or not it always has a positive impact.

She joins philosopher Dr. Jing Iris Hu, and doctoral candidate in experimental psychology Alexa Ruel, to examine how the ideas, expectations and rituals of gratitude can both influence us and have some unexpected effects.