This collection of posts illustrates the difference that acts of kindness make to others’ lives. Your actions matter and these good news posts show you how.
Kindness is powerful because it connects us – and that’s the message we’re sharing at our wellbeing workshops for mental health awareness week. This year’s theme is community and our workshops encourage and solidify bonds between colleagues through kindness. We talk about why kindness matters, what it looks like and how we can bring that […]
“I was in Marks and Spencer and a woman in an electric wheelchair asked me to reach up and fetch a pack off blueberry muffins off a shelf which was out of her reach. I was very pleased that she had asked me.” This lovely moment of everyday kindness was shared with us by Mel
My daughter’s football coach gave us a lift to an away match. He swapped his car with his wife for the morning so that he had enough seats to give a lift to both my husband and I to watch her. As it’s coming to the end of the season and her youth team won’t
“When my relative was on her way to visit for the weekend, a kind person on the Tube platform at Kings Cross made sure that she knew which train to get on because there were several different lines that stopped at the same platform.” Simple acts of kindness like this make such a big difference
“My friend sent me a Sainsbury’s order this morning (within like… half hour of me telling her it was a shit day) and sourdough, snacks and BUTTER was amazing.” We’re so sorry you’re having a hard day but how wonderful that you have a kind friends like that who showed up for you. And thank
“I’m terrified of needles and had to have a blood test. The nurse was super lovely and I think could tell how scared I was. She complimented my dungarees and then was chatting to the other nurse there about dungarees generally and when I started chatting back they realised that I was doing well enough
You can learn to spot more kindness and positivity in the world! My wellbeing workshops kick off with an exercise in noticing kindness which always brings up a huge variety of examples, here’s one from a recent workshop: “I took the time to message someone in response to seeing a cat who looked like the
I wanted to let you know about the kindness-based workshop I’m offering as part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 (12-18 May). It’s called ‘Noticing kindness: a tool for hope and connection’. During the hour long workshop we’ll share uplifting stories and I’ll teach people easy to adopt habits to use at work and beyond. You
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
“I accompanied my mum to the hospital for a cataract operation this week. She is really squeamish about eyes and was incredibly nervous, to the point that she had to be given sedation (they don’t normally use that, it’s a routine operation for most people). Everyone at the hospital was so kind and supportive of
