06/18/2018
HELP YOUR WAY TO HEALTH
When you do something kind for someone, you are not only helping that person accomplish a specific task, you are also helping yourself retain a healthy outlook on life. Research suggests that helping others regularly could help decrease feelings of depression and anxiety, reduce pain, and boost mental and emotional well being. Helping others creates a connection to others, takes your mind off your own worries for a bit and adds a sense of purpose and meaning to your life.
HINTS ON HOW TO HELP
• Call a friend or family member to see how they are doing
• Hold the elevator door for someone
• Offer someone transportation
• Smile at a stranger that you pass on the street
• Cook for or deliver a meal to a sick friend
• Call a hospital or charity and volunteer
• Teach someone a skill you know
• Comfort someone in grief
• Donate a meal to a homeless person
• Help a disabled person with housekeeping
• Help someone on the edge
• Help someone get active
• Send a Get Well card
• Offer to babysit
• Offer companionship to someone elderly