giving back

MRI brain scans have verified the “helper’s high” of volunteering and giving.

Voluntourism is volunteering combined with tourism. Find out if it’s right for you.

I aim to help readers take their own personal journeys to understand the nature of giving.

Mindful in May, the meditation program I’ve been following for the past month with varying degrees of success, ends this week. Thousands of keen meditators and their friends — maybe including you — have raised precisely $78,746 so far to help bring clean water to some of the world’s poorest areas. What a feat! That’s not all […]

It’s 5.30am. It’s dark outside the yoga studio, it’s dark behind my eyelids and I’m struggling to focus on anything that isn’t my stomach. It may not be the most fortuitous of starts to 31 days of mindfulness, but it can only go up from here. I’ve signed up to Mindful in May (MiM), a […]

We speak to four women who are using their skills to ensure Bali is a haven for everyone.

Where and why are people today going on pilgrimages? How much progress has modern day pilgrim made in the search for spirituality?

When it comes to lending a helping hand, you really do get what you give. Altruism, it turns out, is as good for you as the community at large.

Practicing gratitude can act as healing for the body and mind.

What happens when a Sydney woman flies to Thailand and volunteers at a Buddhist orphanage? Her own life, in turn, is irrevocably altered by the lessons she learns.