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Small daily gestures protect our health

Small daily gestures protect our health

Kind gestures make us happy and create well-being.

Empathy, listening and kindness have a profoundly positive impact on health, both physical and psychological. Caring behaviors promote the secretion of oxytocin, sometimes called the hormone of love, trust and social bonding. It reduces stress, lowers blood pressure and improves sleep quality.

Caring strengthens our sense of connection and belonging, two fundamental needs for well-being. By opening up to the emotions of others, we also develop our own emotional intelligence, which helps us to better manage conflicts and reduce anxiety.

Simple gestures - a smile, a word of encouragement, a spontaneous helping hand - create a positive loop: they bring both satisfaction to the giver and comfort to the receiver.

What's more, the quality social relationships that result from paying attention to others play a protective role against depression and cognitive disorders. Caring, therefore, promotes longer life and more stable overall health.

Cultivating attention for others is not just an altruistic act: it's also a form of self-care, a virtuous circle in which benevolence nurtures a healthy body and mind.

 
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The Young Doctors' Club

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Its Composition The Young Physicians Club, whose members are appointed by the Board of Directors of Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes, is composed of members representing various medical disciplines and based throughout France. The Young Physicians Club is chaired by Dr. Manon JOUFFROY, a member of [...]

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