Stephen Post's article, "6 Ways Giving Makes You Healthy"
in December issue of Oprah Magazine
Post's message of "It's Good to be Good" has been heard from the U.S. Congress to the Fourth International Happiness Conference in Sydney. One of the nation's leading inspirational speakers, Stephen G. Post, Ph.D., eminent researcher and Director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics at Stony Brook University School of Medicine, is author of the blockbuster book Why Good Things Happen to Good People, with co-author Jill Neimark. Grandma was right : virtue really is its own reward! In Dr. Post's work, kitchen table wisdom meets scientific research to prove that givers tend to live happier, healthier, and even longer lives. Post's lifelong commitment to combining good science, good health, and good science has been the subject of interviews on 20/20 and Mehmet Oz, and now provides and inspiring message for any time of the year.
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The astounding new research includes a fifty-year study showing that people who are giving during their high school years have better physical and mental health throughout their lives. Other studies show that older people who give live longer than those who don’t. Helping others has been shown to bring health benefits to those with chronic illness, including HIV, multiple sclerosis, and heart problems. And studies show that people of all ages who help others on a regular basis, even in small ways, feel happiest.
