Cooperation, trust and generosity make our brains light up

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Giselle Wilkinson - 4allsentientbeings

“Scientists have discovered that the small, brave act of cooperating with another person, of choosing trust over cynicism, generosity over selfishness, makes the brain light up with quiet joy.”
Natalie Angier, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Reporter, – describing a study on the effects of behaviour on brain chemistry). Quote from the “Leading Change with Authenticity and Courage Handbook”, Karlskrona, Sweden, 2011.

About Giselle Wilkinson - 4allsentientbeings

Environmental conservation, community and cooperatives have been enduring threads in my life. Promoting sustainable lifestyles and more lately, focussing on restoring a Safe Climate, is work expressed predominantly through organisations such as The Sustainable Living Foundation (which I co-founded in 1999 - current President) and the others listed as links below. I am some way into a professional doctorate with MIECAT on "Mobilising Whole Communities to Restore a Sustainable Environment" and have in recent years moved into MURUNDAKA – a (more) sustainable, (more) affordable co-housing community / housing cooperative in Heidelberg, Melbourne (for which I gave up my co-op house of 19 years including veggie garden and small orchard) and it's great. I'm also a mum of two grown up daughters and have five step children.

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1 Response to Cooperation, trust and generosity make our brains light up

gurus4life says:

June 20, 2012 at 4:52 am

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Cooperation,Trust, Generosity = Joy

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