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.
Amplify kindness: Recognise and reward the children in your life when they do something kind. How do you reward the children in your life when they do something kind? Recognising and rewarding kindness builds the kindness muscle in children and helps them grow into kinderadults. You don’t need to spend money to reward children either, […]
Throughout 2021 I have featured lots of wonderful guest writers for the ‘What If’ kindness series. I decided that the final one of the year should come from me! In January this year, I did two things that proved to be significant: I wrote a LinkedIn article and opened it with the words ‘This year
Amplify kindness: Find and follow social media accounts that celebrate kindness. There are lots of them about. I’ve found it’s a great way to spread kindness to others by sharing positivity, as well as giving me a boost. It also gives me new ideas for ways I can be kind to others. Here are some
As we count down to the end of 2021, let’s celebrate, amplify and add to all the kindness in the world. I’ll share something each day to inspire you and make you smile. Feel free to join in and share the kindness vibe more widely. Day 1 – Watch films about kindness and recommend them
My lovely Mum spent hours yesterday re-covering the chairs in my kitchen 😍 We had a new kitchen installed over the summer and although we love our table and chairs, the covers were looking shabby next to the shiny new cupboards. I bought some new fabric to go with the tiles, but I’m hopelessly impractical!
Perhaps I’m becoming a bit obsessed with kindness if I find myself taking a photo of toilet doors at the station on a Saturday evening….😆 But there had just been a brilliant conversation between the people in the end and middle cubicles. The end cubicle was out of paper and there was some confusion about
Today is World Mental Health Day. So I am delighted to bring to you this guest blog written by Sarah Tite, Director of Fundraising and Communications at the Mental Health Foundation. In it she shares a difficult time she experienced and how being kind to herself helped her to move forward. At the heart of
I’m focusing on being kind to myself today – well, it is my birthday 🎂🥳 ❤ Wearing my fabulous new hoodie from @kindshop.co.uk ❤ Pretty & sparkly new nails from @izzybnails ❤ Starting a new painting after an art mentoring session with @jane_beinart_artist I’ve also been for tea and cake with one of my sisters and had toasted
Did you know that kindness is on the curriculum for schools in England? I didn’t, so I was delighted to find out that it is. Apparently it’s expressed differently at different key stages, to make it age appropriate. We hear a lot about the unkind aspects of education, so I’d love the balance to be
This month’s guest blog comes from facilitator, author and founder of Inky Thinking, Tom Russell. As a leader of an organisation, he has spent a lot of time considering the importance of kindness and is able to demonstrate what that looks like with his team on a daily basis. Kindness in leadership is a subject
