When we’re kind, our brain releases oxytocin which naturally improves our overall health.
Performing just one random act of kindness a day, you will not only reduce your stress, anxiety, and depression, but your body is flooded with the same hormones that make you and the person you've helped calmer, healthier and happier.
Learn more about the healthy power of kindness in this Science of Kindness video by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation.
Below is a list of science-backed benefits that kindness has been proven to provide.
What’s amazing is when you are kind to another person, your brain’s pleasure and reward centers light up, as if you were the recipient of the good deed—not the giver. This phenomenon is called the “helper’s high”, according to research from Emory University.