General Article 10 benefits of helping others

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Volunteering your time, money, or energy to help others doesn’t just make the world better–it also makes you better. Studies indicate that the very act of giving back to the community boosts your happiness, health, and sense of well-being.

Here are 10 benefits of lending a hand to those in need.  

1. Helping others feels good

There is some evidence to suggest that when you help others, it can promote physiological changes in the brain linked with happiness.  This heightened sense of well-bein...

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