Wonder Drug

7 Scientifically Proven Ways That Serving Others Is the Best Medicine for Yourself

By: Stephen Trzeciak MD, Anthony Mazzarelli MD

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

A pair of doctors team up to illuminate, through neuroscience and captivating stories from their clinical practice, how serving others—and pitching in to the world in general—is a secret superpower.

If a doctor’s prescription could bring you:
- Longer life
- Better health
- More energy and resilience
- Less burnout, depression and anxiety
- More happiness, fulfillment and well-being
- More personal and professional success (including higher income)
- And, no harmful side effects

Would you take it?

In Wonder Drug, physician scientists Stephen Trzeciak, M.D., and Anthony Mazzarelli, M.D., illuminate, through neuroscience and captivating stories from their clinical practices, how being a giving, other-focused person is a secret superpower. Serving others—and pitching in to the world in general—is the evidence-based way to live your life. Kinder people not only live longer, they also live better. Science shows that serving others is not just the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing to do.

Wonder Drug will make you rethink your notions of “self-care” and “me time,” and realize that focusing on others is a potent antidote to the weariness that so many of us feel in modern times. Getting outside of your own head, outside the swirl of self-concern that may dominate your mental chatter, is, ironically, one of the best things you can do for yourself.

Building upon their earlier work showing that, in the context of healthcare, having more compassion for patients is a powerful way to not only achieve better patient outcomes, but also promote well-being, resilience and resistance to burnout among healthcare workers, Trzeciak and Mazzarelli now extend their research to uncover how the power of serving others reaches far beyond the medical world and can be a life-changing therapy for everyone.

Wonder Drug relates to the varying meanings of giving in real people’s daily lives. The stories in this book will convince and inspire you to make simple prism changes. You don’t need a total life upheaval, just a purposeful shift in mindset. In fact, the crucial first piece of the evidence-based prescription is this: start small. Per science, the best way to well-being and finding your true fulfillment is this: scan your orbit for the people around you in need of help, and go fill that need, as often as you can.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Essentials

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Stephen Trzeciak, MD and Anthony Mazzarelli, MD (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Thank you for quantifying compassion

Your inspiring and informative book builds a solid case, not only for those receiving compassion, but for the giver. Thank you for your fantastic work!

Fantastic book highly highly recommend

This book provides an evidence-based approach to prove the theory that compassion and altruism are good for you. Call me convinced.

Required Listening for being a human

This book should be required reading for anyone who is human. it offers insight and suggestions for how to serve others in ways that feel necessary and achievable.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

This book is a great reminder of what's important in life. As a Christian, I love how this book reaffirms teachings from 2000 years ago through scientific research. The best way to find happiness is to spend a life serving others.

Motivating

There are a lot of stats, and it's a little academic but I loved all the supporting data.