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The Hidden Gifts of Helping: How the Power of Giving, Compassion, and Hope Can Get Us Through Hard Times
Stephen G. Post
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Description for The Hidden Gifts of Helping: How the Power of Giving, Compassion, and Hope Can Get Us Through Hard Times
Hardcover. The world's religions affirm it to be so and recent research across a number of disciplines tell us that "Helping others not only benefits those we assist but is good for us as well. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HR; VS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
The world's religions affirm it to be so and recent research across a number of disciplines tell us that "Helping others not only benefits those we assist but is good for us as well." The recent and astonishingly generous outpouring of help and donations in response to the earthquake in Haiti is a clear demonstration of this phenomenon, but what if we could be convinced to make helping others a way of life, even when times are hard?
The world's religions affirm it to be so and recent research across a number of disciplines tell us that "Helping others not only benefits those we assist but is good for us as well." The recent and astonishingly generous outpouring of help and donations in response to the earthquake in Haiti is a clear demonstration of this phenomenon, but what if we could be convinced to make helping others a way of life, even when times are hard?
- Post is author of the widely praised Why Good Things Happen to Good People
- Filled with inspirational anecdotes about the transformative power ... Read more
- The author is a leader in the study of altruism, compassion, and love as well as the President of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love
- Beautiful packaging, ideal for gift giving
The Hidden Gifts of Helping Others will leave you with the unshakable feeling that the world is an essentially good place.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470887813
SKU
V9780470887813
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About Stephen G. Post
The Author STEPHEN G. POST is professor of preventive medicine and director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University. He is a leader in the study of altruism, compassion, and love and president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love. Post is the author (with Jill Neimark) of the widely ... Read more
Reviews for The Hidden Gifts of Helping: How the Power of Giving, Compassion, and Hope Can Get Us Through Hard Times
"Post (When Good Things Happen to Good People), president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, pens a hopeful text for hopeless times. His own job loss forced him and his family to relocate in 2008, and he writes poignantly of what he's personally lived through. No stranger to the emotional and spiritual difficulties that accompany any major life ... Read more