The Healing Power of Doing Good

by Allan Luks and Peggy Payne

"Read it! Follow its teachings and heal your life and the life of others." —Bernie Siegel, MD, author of Love, Medicine, and Miracles "It is almost impossible to read this book without wanting to do good. Both for those who are already volunteering and for those who are considering it, this valuable personal guide tells you how to choose an activity that's right for you, how to maximize the health benefits and how to overcome the main obstacle to getting started: lack of time.

"The Healing Power of Doing Good reaffirms and explains that when we care for others we care for ourselves."

—From the book jacket

Co-author Alan Luks is executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City. A leader in the social and health service fields, he is also author of Will America Sober Up? and You Are What You Drink, as well as editor of Having Been There.

"In The Healing Power of Doing Good (Ballantine), authors Allan Luks and Peggy Payne report: ... It is the process of helping others that is the healing factor, regardless of the kind of help offered or its outcome."

—Glamour

"The findings of your survey support what many who volunteer already know: By serving others we are able to lead happier, healthier, and more productive lives."

—President George H.W. Bush

"Can holding abandoned babies really cure a backache? It seems to. Such caring might reduce the growing violence of our society..."

—Library Journal

"If heeded, this is a book that could change the fabric of society and the health of nations."

—Mental Medicine Update

"How can humanity realize that the empowerment and growth in consciousness of every human being on earth is in our mutual best interest? ...The Healing Power of Doing Good... revealed that 95% of volunteers (in a study) reported that personal helping on a regular basis gives them an immediate physical feel-good sensation, including warmth, increased energy, and a sense of euphoria, called 'helper's high.'"

—Spiritual Politics, Corinne McLaughlin and Gordon Davidson

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