Past research has shown that helping others has a wide variety of benefits: Being kind and helpful can make us happier, give us a sense of purpose and meaning, and even lower our blood pressure.

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Spending a few hours a week helping others may slow the aging of the brain. Researchers found that both formal volunteering ...

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Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%. In the latest evidence that meaningful social connections bolster health, a team from The ...

Helping others should be a natural extension of every business leader’s responsibilities. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come as easy as you would think. As leaders, we often get too caught up in ...

There are so many ways to help other people. And when you lend a hand, you not only give someone else a leg up, but you make yourself feel pretty darn good, too. These quotes about helping others will ...

This week’s topic pushed me into a careful consideration of words and their nuances. Ten days after a significant surgical repair, I was feeling profoundly grateful for all the caregiving provided by ...