LiveWell Tip of the Week
“For it is in giving that we receive.” Saint Francis of Assisi
Being a citizen of your community and giving back to others in your daily life has been shown to actually make you feel better and be healthier! That’s right. Justice Thurgood Marshall, our parents and our grandparents were right. Helping others will help ourselves.
In the recent book Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well Lived edited by Corey Keyes, Ph.D., psychologists note that helping others leads to a boost in mood. Even helping someone with their homework, clean their room or listen to them when they need a friend can make you feel better.
College students report an increase in social self confidence when participating in volunteer activities and civic engagement. And, service learning has been shown to improve self confidence and personal effectiveness. It’s also a great way to meet people.
Doing something for someone else has also been shown to be more satisfying, in the long term, than doing something to increase one’s personal pleasure.
So, be a scholar and a citizen and you will LiveWell!
LiveWell Experiment:
This week try an experiment. Do one pleasurable activity for yourself and one service-oriented activity for another.
Spend the same amount of time and enthusiasm on both.
After a few days, reflect on the how each of these made you think and feel. Evaluate for yourself, whether this tip is true for you.
Learn more about the science of Positive Psychology at the Authentic Happiness Website.
Posted by jsphelps
LiveWell Tip of the Week
“For it is in giving that we receive.” Saint Francis of Assisi
Being a citizen of your community and giving back to others in your daily life has been shown to actually make you feel better and be healthier! That’s right. Justice Thurgood Marshall, our parents and our grandparents were right. Helping others will help ourselves.
In the recent book Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well Lived edited by Corey Keyes, Ph.D., psychologists note that helping others leads to a boost in mood. Even helping someone with their homework, clean their room or listen to them when they need a friend can make you feel better.
College students report an increase in social self confidence when participating in volunteer activities and civic engagement. And, service learning has been shown to improve self confidence and personal effectiveness. It’s also a great way to meet people.
Doing something for someone else has also been shown to be more satisfying, in the long term, than doing something to increase one’s personal pleasure.
So, be a scholar and a citizen and you will LiveWell!
LiveWell Experiment:
This week try an experiment. Do one pleasurable activity for yourself and one service-oriented activity for another.
Spend the same amount of time and enthusiasm on both.
After a few days, reflect on the how each of these made you think and feel. Evaluate for yourself, whether this tip is true for you.
Learn more about the science of Positive Psychology at the Authentic Happiness Website.
Posted by jsphelps