“I wrote to our IVF clinic at the end of our journey with them to thank them for the support and kindness they had shown us over the years. I particularly mentioned our nurse who had been with us for the last 3 years of our time with them.Unbeknown to us she was leaving the […]
“When I left my employment I was a complete mess, stressed, depressed, burnt out, peri-menopausal, bullied, jobless… basically rock bottom. I rang an old colleague just for a chat and a bit of wise advice, and she offered me some freelance work, then put me in touch with someone who offered me more freelance work
Nikki Dudley often gives away a few free spots on Mum Write workshops for mums on low incomes or from underrepresented backgrounds. Her mission is to reach as many mums as possible and encourage people of all backgrounds to write more! This a great example of embedding kindness into your business from mission statement to
Alexis spoke to a bookkeeper recently to plead for help with managing her books – “she was more than happy to help but told me I didn’t need her, or the software I was struggling to use. Instead she explained a little about how accountants, bookkeepers and tax works for small business and told me
Isabel shared an act of kindness towards her recently, “being helped with a printer problem AND not being made to feel stupid when I could not resolve it myself.” This is so important to keep in mind when helping people. Do you remember a time someone helped you without making you feel stupid?
We all have expertise in something. It may be a work skill, a hobby or a life skill. You may have detailed knowledge of your favourite book or film. You may have expert understanding of what makes others tick. Or of what makes you tick. But we can’t all be experts in everything. Sharing our
Have you watched Becky Goddard-Hill TEDx talk on raising kind kids? I absolutely loved it! From the story she told at the start to sharing how she learned to be kind from her mother and the importance of kindness to the emotional wellbeing of our children, Becky is a kindness superhero. Do give it a
Share kindness and donate quality clothes and stuff that you no longer need to your local charity shop. Just like when @visitbanbury undertook the distribution of lots of wonderful donated items in November this year. The items had come from local people to be given to others within their community in Banbury. This was part
My next door neighbours have just had new windows fitted. Since we live in 3-storey houses, they had to have scaffolding put on the back of the house so that the window fitters could reach the top floor! So what’s that got to do with kindness? Well, the scaffolding has blocked the signal to our
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
