Stephen G. Post, Ph.D.: Volunteering — A Path to Personal Wellness | Self-Improvement Atlas #67

You often hear about volunteering as a selfless act, but what if, in the best of ways, it can be entirely selfish? This week on Self-Improvement Atlas: The Personal Science Insights Podcast, host Marie Stella chats with preventative medicine professor Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. on how doing good makes you feel good. An opinion leader and public speaker, Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. is author to an estimated 300 articles in leading medical journals by the likes of JAMA, NEJM, Annals of Internal Medicine, and more. Additionally, he is the best-selling author of positive psychology book ‘Why Good Things Happen to Good People’. To top it all off, he is also the founding director of Stony Brook University’s Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care and Bioethics. In this episode, Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. asserts that volunteering helps to instill self-control, mindfulness, and open-mindedness in volunteers. He elaborates that the benefits one receives from volunteering are derived less from the number of hours one commits to, but the amount of kindness put into the act. Together, Marie and Stephen G. Post, Ph.D. weigh up the various types of volunteering opportunities out there, and how to find one that aligns with one’s interests and passions. So, tune in to this episode to learn more about the benefits of volunteering on your self-improvement journey, and how to get started! Visit Stephen G. Post, Ph.D.’s work on the following platforms:Website: https://www.stephengpost.com/ Unlimited Love Institute: https://www.unlimitedloveinstitute.org/ Stony Brook University’s Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics: https://www.stonybrook.edu/bioethics/  Produced by the Personal Science Labs, a division of LMSL, the Life Management Science Labs. Explore https://lifemanagementsciencelabs.com/ to learn more about LMSL and visit https://personal.lifemanagementsciencelabs.com/ for more information about Personal Science labs. Follow us on Social Media to stay updated: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkzFBwo4woLyZTf2H7iBPg   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/personal.science.labs/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/personal.science.labs/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeScienceLabsTikTok: http://tiktok.com/@personal.science.labsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/personal-science-labs/ You can also subscribe and listen to the show on your preferred podcasting platforms: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/self-improvement-atlas-the-personal-science-insights/id1648239031 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ABAXFGqBb74eVs6TDLQC6 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c382490e-f526-418e-8a51-d07c7534a621/self-improvement-atlas-the-personal-science-insights-podcast iHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-self-improvement-atlas-the-102784432/  Podbean: https://personalscienceinsights.podbean.com/ PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/3401808   Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/self-improvement-atlas-the-per-4911252/episodes/recent