volunteering Tag

from Science News People who volunteer may live longer than those who don't, as long as their reasons for volunteering are to help others rather than themselves, suggests new research published by the American Psychological Association. This was the first time research has shown volunteers' motives can...

13 September, 2011

This morning I spent a few hours of my time teaching the principles of happiness and positive psychology to a room full of wonderful people doing wonderful things (see HERE for course details).  There were people in the room working at and representing fantastic not-for profit...

09 August, 2011

If you do a nice thing for someone else knowing you'll reap some benefit yourself, is it still a good deed? What if your primary reason for doing it is because of the benefits it'll bring you? Researchers spend a lot of time debating whether any...

20 February, 2010