Hello, generous listeners.

Welcome to the Playing Books Podcast. We wish you good health and longevity, free from sickness, disease, and any kind of distress. This episode shows you how to lead such a life where you are, right now.

This episode is the kind of conversation that stays with you long after you hit pause. Have you heard of the Helper’s High?

If you’ve ever wondered whether kindness really matters… whether generosity actually changes your life… whether doing good for others can genuinely make you healthier, happier, and more fulfilled, this episode is your proof.

Today, we discuss Stephen Post and Jill Neimark’s Why Good Things Happen to Good People: The Exciting New Research that Proves the Link Between Doing Good and Living a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life, a groundbreaking exploration of the science behind kindness. This isn’t just a feel‑good idea. It’s real research showing that compassion, gratitude, and giving aren’t just moral choices—they’re biological advantages.

This book reveals how acts of generosity strengthen your immune system, reduce stress, improve relationships, and even extend your lifespan. And in this episode, we break down the most powerful insights, the most surprising studies, and the most practical ways you can apply them in your everyday life.

This isn’t a conversation about being perfect.  

It’s about choosing to show up with a little more heart.  

It’s about discovering that doing good for others is one of the smartest things you can do for yourself.  

It’s about learning how kindness becomes a lifestyle that transforms everything it touches.

Post and Neimark don’t mean giving with an ulterior motive or expecting something in return. This is entirely about genuine compassion through generosity. Have you been truly generous?

Let this episode and Stephen Post and Jill Neimark’s Why Good Things Happen to Good People inspire, energize, and prepare you to bring more generosity into your world—not out of obligation, but because it genuinely makes your life and the lives of others a lot better, happier, more relaxed, and more truly grateful.

Please, comment, share, follow, subscribe, and recommend the podcast to someone who could use a reminder that goodness is powerful. Learn the ten kinds of generosity, teaching others how to catch fish themselves, and other practical lessons in the book, Why Good Things Happen to Good People, on Amazon or at your favorite bookstore.

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