(Day 13)
30 Days of Self-Care Information and Strategies – Kristin Cowart, MSW, LCSW
“Research shows that helping others makes us happier. But in her groundbreaking work on generosity and joy, social psychologist Elizabeth Dunn found that there’s a catch: it matters how we help. Learn how we can make a greater impact — and boost our own happiness along the way — if we make one key shift in how we help others. “Let’s stop thinking about giving as just this moral obligation and start thinking of it as a source of pleasure,” Dunn says.” Watch Helping others makes us happier – but it matters how we do it.
Looking for some concrete ideas regarding where to start? Check out “9 Ways to Help Others During the Coronavirus Pandemic” by Alexis Perrotta.