My psychological perspective
Philanthrophic actions like volunteering have helped many of my clients stay mentally healthy and physically active. And the book is spot on, these actions provide meaning, helps us to make lemonade out of the lemons life throws at us. There are a bunch of other reasons why volunteering can promote mental health and wellbeing- it adds structure to your life- gives you a reason to get out of bed, gives you a new role. The book gives some helpful advice to those who want to just throw all their energy into volunteering to help them recover.
My Christian perspective
I believe that being the hands and feet of Jesus is really one of the reasons why we are still on earth. So I'm all for people using their negative experiences to help them recover.
My overall rating
I liked this book. While we have known for a long time the benefits of helping others, there are some things people need to be aware of. And this book covers those quite well.
The giving prescription is available on amazon and other leading retailers.
I was provided with a copy of the book for review purposes but was not otherwise influenced in my opinion.
