{"id":1068,"date":"2012-08-28T12:39:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T18:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/touchingheartsathome.wordpress.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2012-08-28T12:39:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-28T18:39:22","slug":"5-facts-about-caring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Facts About Caring"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block--freeform\">\n<div class=\"container\"><strong>Caring interacts with the heart<\/strong> <strong>literally: <\/strong>Institute of HeartMath (IHM) research found that our physical heart plays a dynamic role in generating positive emotions and creating feelings of elation during acts of caring and altruism. J. Andrew Armour, a leading neurocardiologist and member of IHM\u2019s Scientific Advisory Board, found that the heart contains cells that synthesize and release the so-called feel-good hormones: dopamine and norepinephrine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caring can increase feelings of joy and relieve stress:<\/strong> States of joy and delight can result from giving to others. When you are altruistic \u201chelping someone\u201d your oxytocin level goes up, which helps relieve stress and create the feeling of elation. It has recently been discovered that the heart produces oxytocin, commonly referred to as the love or bonding hormone, and the concentrations of oxytocin found in the heart are as high as those found in the brain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caring can be contagious:<\/strong> Elation makes us feel great and perform good acts, according to an \u201celevation study\u201d published in the journal <em>Psychological Science<\/em>. Researchers studied individuals who watched TV clips that prompted various moods and found that those who viewed uplifting clips were more likely to engage in altruistic behavior soon after.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caring can mean better health: <\/strong>HeartMath research has found that caring, like other positive emotions, increases smoothness in the heart\u2019s rhythmic pattern and improves the health of our heart, immune and hormonal systems. In a Cornell University study that followed more than 313 women for 30 years, researchers found 52 percent of women who did not engage in volunteer work experienced a major illness, compared with only 36 percent of those who volunteered in their communities.*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caring is a big part of the U.S. Economy:<\/strong> Nonprofits and charities comprise about 10 percent of the U.S. workforce according to Guidestar, and pay nearly $540 billion in wages each year according the National Council of Nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.care2.com\/greenliving\/5-facts-about-caring.html#ixzz245yvNf5F\">http:\/\/www.care2.com\/greenliving\/5-facts-about-caring.html#ixzz245yvNf5F<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caring interacts with the heart literally: Institute of HeartMath (IHM) research found that our physical heart plays a dynamic role in generating positive emotions and creating feelings of elation during acts of caring and altruism. J. Andrew Armour, a leading neurocardiologist and member of IHM\u2019s Scientific Advisory Board, found that the heart contains cells that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Facts About Caring - Touching Hearts at Home of Delaware County, PA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Facts About Caring - Touching Hearts at Home of Delaware County, PA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Caring interacts with the heart literally: Institute of HeartMath (IHM) research found that our physical heart plays a dynamic role in generating positive emotions and creating feelings of elation during acts of caring and altruism. J. Andrew Armour, a leading neurocardiologist and member of IHM\u2019s Scientific Advisory Board, found that the heart contains cells that [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Touching Hearts at Home of Delaware County, PA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-28T18:39:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"touchingheartsblog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"touchingheartsblog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/\",\"name\":\"5 Facts About Caring - Touching Hearts at Home of Delaware County, PA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-28T18:39:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/#\/schema\/person\/9c1df797dfe182e145e388023ce6a867\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/\",\"name\":\"Touching Hearts at Home of Delaware County, PA\",\"description\":\"We value the people we serve, and those who serve them.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/#\/schema\/person\/9c1df797dfe182e145e388023ce6a867\",\"name\":\"touchingheartsblog\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"touchingheartsblog\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/author\/touchingheartsblog\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Facts About Caring - Touching Hearts at Home of Delaware County, PA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Facts About Caring - Touching Hearts at Home of Delaware County, PA","og_description":"Caring interacts with the heart literally: Institute of HeartMath (IHM) research found that our physical heart plays a dynamic role in generating positive emotions and creating feelings of elation during acts of caring and altruism. J. Andrew Armour, a leading neurocardiologist and member of IHM\u2019s Scientific Advisory Board, found that the heart contains cells that [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/","og_site_name":"Touching Hearts at Home of Delaware County, PA","article_published_time":"2012-08-28T18:39:22+00:00","author":"touchingheartsblog","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"touchingheartsblog","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/","url":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/","name":"5 Facts About Caring - Touching Hearts at Home of Delaware County, PA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-08-28T18:39:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/#\/schema\/person\/9c1df797dfe182e145e388023ce6a867"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/5-facts-about-caring\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/#website","url":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/","name":"Touching Hearts at Home of Delaware County, PA","description":"We value the people we serve, and those who serve them.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/#\/schema\/person\/9c1df797dfe182e145e388023ce6a867","name":"touchingheartsblog","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"touchingheartsblog"},"url":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/blog\/author\/touchingheartsblog\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touchinghearts.com\/delco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}