For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too ...

As medical professionals, we are trained to assist people who are injured or in need of help. We're taught to run toward a crisis, not away from it. When someone is hurt, when someone is dying, we don ...

When we feel lost or uncertain about our direction in life, our natural instinct is often to retreat inward, searching for answers within ourselves. But after decades of experience in business and ...

This post was written by Kübra Fethiye Karataş, MSc, with edits from Jo Cutler, Ph.D. Many of the ways we help require effort Source: Blue Bird / Pexels At the heart of motivation is a simple question ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. Would you donate a kidney to a stranger? Or put yourself at ...

Regular volunteering or helping others outside the home can reduce the rate of cognitive aging by 15-20%. In the latest evidence that meaningful social connections bolster health, a team from The ...

You’re probably at least somewhat familiar with the term “burnout,” given its association with work, caretaking, and even the difficulties of day-to-day life. While it is true that burnout is a very ...

As part of our series on community and service, called Here to Help, Mary Louise Kelly speaks to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about the benefits of volunteering. Time for our series Here ...

Our bodies age at different rates, sometimes closely correlated to the years we've spent alive, and sometimes less so. A new study links another factor to the speed at which our brains age: how much ...

I’ve noticed a peculiar behavior that many of us share – we love to give, but we struggle to receive. We pride ourselves on being self-sufficient, on never needing help. But what if I told you that ...

BEGINNINGS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. I REALLY DID TRY EVERYTHING I COULD TO, I GUESS, INTEGRATE MYSELF INTO AMERICAN SOCIETY. MORE THAN A DECADE SINCE ARRIVING TO SOUTH CAROLINA AS A CHILD. I REALLY TRIED ...

It’s the end of an era for chef Jeff Bacon, who, after founding Providence Kitchen’s culinary program at Second Harvest Food ...