This series of blogs is designed to spark ideas for building on the positive things that already happen. I’m always on the look-out for new writers, especially from under-represented groups who don’t always get a chance to have their voices heard. If you’d like to write for Time for Kindness, send me your kindness blog idea.
When I founded Time for Kindness nearly 5 years ago, I wanted to share stories of the kindness that I was sure was happening in the world. I was convinced there was lots out there but we just didn’t talk about it enough. How right my certainty was! We now receive enough stories that we […]
This month’s guest blog shows how kindness is making a difference to community and climate in north Wales – a tale to inspire us all to be more mindful and live in greener ways. Thanks to Emily Ellis, Social Media and Communications Officer at Repair Café Wales, for sharing this example with us. We’d love
When I returned from my holiday in the summer, I was determined to spend more time outdoors – while I hadn’t been up a mountain, I had spent a lot of time in the fresh air and wanted more of that for my non-holiday life. So I love this blog from Julia Hartley, who has
Let me start by sharing some stories with you. Not selfish These are all examples of self-kindness. When we think about kindness, it is often in relation to other people. But it’s important to remember that we need it too. Sometimes people tell me that they don’t want to do things just for them because
This month’s guest blog comes from Charlie, the founder of the Transgentle website, a resource to educate and support allies to take positive steps and improve trans inclusion using kindness. In the blog he explains how his experience of being a trans person gives him empathy and insight, something he kindly shares with others to
Last month’s guest blog provided information about using personality types to understand other people better and communicate more kindly. This month Jen Gibbard, Virtual Assistant and Project Manager, shows how business operations are a great way to demonstrate kindness AND deliver business success. In business it’s often easy to overlook the subtle ways kindness already
There’s no denying that we continue to live in difficult and scary times which can be bad for our individual and collective mental health. There are some truly horrifying things going on around the world, both far away and closer to home. At times this can seem overwhelming and I, like many others, feel helpless
At Time for Kindness we believe that kindness is powerful because it connects us as humans. Our guest last month wrote about using understanding of different cultures to spot kindness. This month Nina Lenton, coach and creative thinking partner, continues the theme of communicating across difference, this time in relation to different personality traits. Most
This month’s guest writer, Sarah Black, introduces us to the fascinating subject of cultural intelligence (CQ) and the way that being mindful of cultures and differences can help us to see kindness so that we communicate and connect more effectively. In Sheena Iyengar’s TED talk about the art of choosing she describes her attempts to
What does a kind leader look like? And how can you spot them? That’s what I’m thinking about a lot at the moment. It seems to me that the leaders we most often hear about (particularly in politics and in business) are the ones that follow what I think of as the ‘scary monster’ mould.
