NewsWrap: Doing for others during lockdown helps us, science shows
Research demonstrates that generosity toward others and therapy dogs are helping reduce anxiety.
Research demonstrates that generosity toward others and therapy dogs are helping reduce anxiety.
Society is continuing to shift attitudes and behaviours toward holistic wellbeing, and just-released evidence shows it’s both a bottom-up and top-down movement. Concepts and practices previously juxtaposed as incongruous – such as Eastern and Western medical practices, the interplay between mind and matter, science versus spirituality, or modern technology and ancient wisdom – are increasingly being embraced by the public and the health establishment as compatible approaches to wellness.