# 813 The Science Behind Giving with Jenny Santi Best of Show Nov 2015

The Staying Young Show

 

 

Show Topic: The Science Behind Giving

Co-Hosts: Judy Gaman, Mark Anderson, Walter Gaman

Guest: Jenny Santi 

 

Segment 1  

Today we are going to talk about the science behind giving. How much of your time do you spend giving to others? Maybe a family member, friend, or even a complete stranger. If your daily activities include giving, chances are you are going to live a longer, happier and even healthier life.

• (Connect) Share some of our own experiences of giving and how it changed our life. (Hogs and Hearts, Youth World, summer camps)
• (Inspire) challenge every listener to give of their times, talents, or finances at least once per month

MUSIC FOR DOC SHOCK (JIM)

How much television are you watching? If you are like 80% of Americans, you are watching 3.5 hours a day – which is far too much. A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows a link between television watching times and the 6 leading causes of death. Heart disease, diabetes, influenza/pneumonia, Parkinson's disease, liver disease, and cancer risks are all increased with the number of hours dedicated to time in-front of the tube. The study looked at over 200K people and found that 3-4 hours of television watching per day was linked to a 15% more likely to die, and at 7 or more hours, that risk increased to 47%. My advice to you – plan your television time, don’t surf. Get in and see what you want to see, and get out.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151027154939.htm

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Segment 2

About tease – 1 min. – coming up – our special guest, Jenny Santi, philanthropy advisor and Author of THE GIVING WAY TO HAPPINESS:

Stories and Science Behind the Life-Changing Power of Giving. If you think you are too busy or too poor to give of your times, talents, or resources, think again.

 

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Today’s show is all about the power of giving. We have on with us special guest Jenny Santi, author of the book The Giving Way to Happiness: Stories Behind the Life-Changing Power of Giving.

Discuss

1. What led you to your occupation? And why did you write this book?
2. Are we hard wired to give?
3. How can philanthropic or volunteer work actually increase your productivity, efficiency, and competency in the office?
4. How do we explain the phenomenon of donor fatigue –when helpers get tired of helping? (the 4 stages of burnout and 9 ways to combat compassion fatigue)
5. What are the scientifically-proven mental health benefits of giving?
6. Why are more and more students focusing their degrees on philanthropy and social entrepreneurship?

Tease 20 sec. - SHOUT OUT TO MILITARY, Facebook (stay young media group) , download podcasts – follow us on twitter @StayYoungMedia coming up - Jenny Santi will share some of her favorite giving stories.

Segment 3

Judy – Tease the upcoming Dementia Defender 844-WELL100

We are spending the whole hour talking about why it is good for your health to give. You may say, well I don’t have any money to give to others – well we’re not just talking about money – we are also talking about giving of your time and talents. Jenny Santi, author of the book The Giving Way to Happiness: Stories Behind the Life-Changing Power of Giving has some great stories to tell us about.

Discuss 

1. What are some of your favorite stories
2. What do you say to those who “don’t have time” or “don’t have money”
3. Why Good Things Happen to Good People, Stephen Post, a professor of preventative medicine at Stony Brook University, reports that giving to others has been shown to increase health benefits in people with chronic illness, including HIV and multiple sclerosis.
4. A 1999 study out of the University of California, Berkeley, found that elderly people who volunteered for two or more organizations were 44% less likely to die over a five-year period than were non-volunteers, even after taking into account age, exercise habits, general health, and poor habits.
5. Stephanie Brown of the University of Michigan studied elderly couples . She and her colleagues found that those who provided help to friends, relatives, or neighbors, or gave emotional support to their spouses, had a lower risk of dying over a five-year period than those who didn’t. Interesting finding in this study – the giver benefited the most because receiving help wasn’t linked to a reduced death risk.
6. Researchers suggest that may improve physical health and longevity because it decreases stress. In a 2006 study at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Tennessee, people who provided social support to others had lower blood pressure. http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/5_ways_giving_is_good_for_you

 

Judy tease DD – grab a pen! 844-well100. Podcasts itunes, stayyoungamerica.com – 45 sec.

Coming up Medical Mania Trivia and then at the end of the show - Dementia Defender Riddle of the day – your chance to win a free copy of the book Age to Perfection. Follow us on Twitter @StayYoungMedia

Segment 4 –

 

Judy Announcement tease DD 844-Well100 – 30 sec.

MEDICAL TRIVIA - Darla Shirley – Youth World 

1. True of False. Like fingerprints – everyone has a unique tongue print

Answer: True

2. True or False: When awake, the brain produces enough electricity to start a car

Answer: False, but it is enough to light up a small light bulb

3. Research shows that people with what color eyes have a higher alcohol tolerance?

Answer: Blue

4. Our eyes can determine how many different colors A.) hundreds B.) thousands C.) Millions

Answer: 10 million

5. If the human eye was a camera, how many megapixels would it have?

Answer: 576

DEMENTIA DEFENDER

A passenger train leaves New York for Boston traveling at the speed of 80 km/hr. In half an hour a freight train leaves Boston for New York traveling at the speed of 60 km/hr. Which train will be further from New York when they meet?

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