We spend a lot of time trying to make ourselves feel better.

Helping someone else is a great way to get out of your own head.

Small acts of helping go a long way to help us feel better about ourselves.

There is no shortage of influencers out there providing advice and hawking products to improve our lives. So, whether it is how to maximize fitness gains, how to sleep better, or how and when to meditate, we are seemingly all on a quest to feel happier. Yet, what if there's another way to feel better that we may not think about enough?

Here's a newsflash: If you want to really move the feel-better needle, then help someone else. You don't have to do huge things to help others. I’m saying the more we notice people who could use something from us, the more it can positively change our moods, especially if we act on that urge to help them.

We Love Watching Other People Help, But How About Us Stepping Up?

There are endless videos online of people doing kind things for strangers, including paying for gas, cleaning up yards, and providing money to those in need. These stories are heartwarming. But what if we are watching popular videos about kindness and not enough seeing the power of doing kind things ourselves? Do we want to settle for........

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