The knock-on effects of your actions can spread kindness more widely as people read the positive news of what you have done.
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 […]
“I was having dinner on holiday last year when I saw a lady crying on the table next to me. She was on her own, but on a phone call. After the call had ended, I went up to her to see if she was ok. She really appreciated it.” One of our workshop attendees
“I subscribe to Ethical Consumer (check them out here) but only because I like being able to check their online stuff when I’m buying things, so every time the physical magazine arrives I drop it in at my local zero waste/second hand shop and community hub where I know people will appreciate it over a
I recently chatted with Daniel Burns of KindLoook – someone across the globe with the same mission to get people sharing and talking about more kindness. If you love what we do here, go and check out Kind Loook too, you can find their website here, and fill your feed with positivity and hope by
I attended an introduction meeting for the Better Business Act and it was so wonderful to connect with even more businesses showing kindness through their support for equal importance for profit, people and planet. The Better Business Act is campaigning to introduce an amendment to Section 172 of the Companies Act, which sets out the
“Thanks to Orion being such a super fussy cat, the Pet Pantry is picking up a donation of 2 big boxes of food he’s turned his nose up at! At least there will be many other cats who benefit from it.” This lovely example of everyday kindness was shared by Carolyn on Facebook and she’s
“I broke my arm before Xmas and lots of random strangers have offered to help me – to put on my coat, take the lid off a hot coffee, zip up my bag!” This story was just one of many shared in a recent workshop I ran. Sharing kindness stories is a powerful activity we
I’m taking part in the Kindness Unites webinar series on February 26th and you can come! My session is open to the general public and it’s called “Noticing kindness: the powerful wellbeing habit you need.” You can get more details and book your tickets on Eventbrite here. I would absolutely love to see you there
“I visited a farm for veggies and a local (not chain) butcher too. I chatted in the shop about making changes; shopping local, and local fresh ingredients like this, and carrying cash on us and asking etc if they’d prefer cash or card. They were very happy and took cash after saying ‘no fees that
We strongly believe that kindness is not fluffy or weak – it’s powerful and not always the easy choice, it’s having the difficult conversation because you know a change of some sort is needed. This was demonstrated recently on a large scale as Amanda pointed on LinkedIn; ”An act of radical love, I think Bishop
