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How to find inspiration in everyday life
How to stay motivated
How to cultivate a positive mindset
Generosity makes us happy
Feeling good is a product of doing good.
According to a study, giving triggers feel-good chemicals like endorphins, dopamine, and oxytocin.
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Generosity lowers our stress
Being stingy can actually raise our stress levels, while being generous can keep the stress down.
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Generosity improves our relationships
In a study of generosity and its effect in marriage, the recipient and the giver of generosity expressed high levels of marital satisfaction.
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Generosity should be practiced
If we want the full positive effect of generosity, we have to make it a regular part of our lives.
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Generosity makes us healthy
Generosity reduces blood pressure as much as medicine and exercise. It also lowers the risk of dementia, reduces anxiety and depression, improves chronic pain management, and more.
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Generosity extends our lives
One study found volunteering dramatically reduced mortality rates.
One report stated that subjects who volunteered for two or more causes had a 63 p...
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Generosity For Beating Anxiety
Doing things that help others give us the ‘helper’s high’. Deeds like volunteering, donating money, showing up for other people, and even the act of thinking of doing good for someone can release feel-good chemicals in the brain, decreasing stress and anxiety.
Exercise to treat Depression
Regular exercise can treat mild to moderate depression, as good as the antidepressants.
Exercise provides us with feel-good chemicals made naturally inside our body, as the brain releases endorphins, dopamine, and serotonin.
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