Stephen Post - The Power of Giving, Compassion and Hope

Join Dr. Stephen Post on April 29 for an engaging discussion on how helping others might just be the best way to help ourselves. For two decades Dr. Post has led the scientific study on how and why healing others and contributing to their lives is so beneficial to the giver. 

In difficult times, the best way to help oneself is to help others with compassionate love. For many people facing the loss of jobs or homes or other trying circumstances, hunkering down may seem like the best way to deal with such enormous stress. But paradoxically, the most effective way to stay happy and healthy is to turn outwards, and reap the benefits of helping others. Dr. Post underwent just such an upheaval in his own life recently, and has written a book about it. He shows how helping others can get us through the tough times with our unlimited capacity for goodness.

About Dr. Stephen Post

Dr. Stephen G. Post is Professor of Preventive Medicine and Director of the Center for Medical Humanities, Compassionate Care, and Bioethics at Stony Brook University, New York. He is President of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, established in 2001 with support from philanthropist John Templeton and the Templeton Foundation. At the Stony Brook University Medical Center, Dr. Post started the first U.S. graduate program on compassionate care. He also has addressed the United States Congress on the health benefits of generous behavior.