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Channel 4, Sunday Brunch, August 13th 2017

Some #TuesdayThoughts from @DrDRHamilton who tells us exactly how being kind to other people can literally improve your health! pic.twitter.com/4ofZOjE5KB

— Sunday Brunch (@SundayBrunchC4) August 15, 2017

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This is what I’m doing starting today. I love th This is what I’m doing starting today. I love the work of @52.lives Founded by Jaime Thurston, it helps a different person every week all through the year through acts of kindness. So the idea is to put one different item per day in a basket that you will donate to a food bank (in plenty of time for Christmas). So it’s a reverse advent calendar, where rather than open a square and receive a piece of chocolate each day, you give something each day instead. It’s great for getting children involved in the spirit of Christmas.💛 Here’s what Jaime posted: “In the first 6 months of the pandemic, @trusselltrust food banks distributed 1.2 million food parcels. And they have seen 47% increase in need since Covid hit. Most of the food distributed by food banks is donated by the public. So without the kindness of people like you, others would be going hungry. What do they need? If you’re not sure what to put in the basket, visit the Trussel Trust website - there’s guidance and also a food bank locator. A lot of supermarkets also have food bank collection boxes detailing what they need.” . . . #reverseadventcalendar #52lives #bekind
I’m so pleased that Influential Woman by Dion Jo I’m so pleased that Influential Woman by Dion Johnson ( @dionthewomanologist ) is now published. I mentored Dion as part of the @hayhouseuk Diverse Wisdom programme. I recall the day when Dion had so much happening in her life that she wasn’t going to submit the book at the end of the competition. Now, I’d read the sample chapters and thought they were brilliant, so I ‘kindly’ gave Dion a little nudge to get it done. 😂 During the call, we went through all she needed to do to make the submission. To cut a long story short, she won the competition and her book is now officially published. I love it. Even as a man I took so much from it, helping me to see where I could embrace some of my individuality and be the leader I want to be. It is aimed for women, of course, and I believe it will be helpful to women, whether you are, or wish to be, a leader in business or even in your own personal life. I think it will help you to step into the leader you know in your heart you can be. I think that’s why I love the book so much. I also know what it’s taken for Dion to write the book. As a black woman and with a facial disfigurement, Dion has had to face inequality most of her life. Yet, she has embraced the power inside herself to move past these inequalities, to rise up and become the person, and the leader, she always knew she could be. If you feel moved to read the book, I hope you gain much insight and inspiration from it.🙏💛😊
As it’s Black Friday, here’s my FREE 4-part on As it’s Black Friday, here’s my FREE 4-part online course on, ‘The Biology and Contagiousness of Kindness’. It’s not just free on Black Friday. It’s always free, to be honest, but I thought today might be a good time to let everyone know. It covers how kindness impacts mental health, physical health, how it’s contagious, and even shares how to practice kindness to yourself. It’s all backed up by science, and there’s transcripts of the lessons, videos, audios and PDF’s of exercises. Feel free to share it with your family, friends, colleagues, neighbours. It’s free. Link is in my bio. 😊 I originally created the course as one that I’d sell as an online course but I decided that I wanted everyone to have access to it as I truly believe that kindness can make a real difference in people’s lives, and the more we know about it the better.🙏💛✨😊
Here’s a short clip from when I was interviewed Here’s a short clip from when I was interviewed by @drbodymindsoul (Dr Jude Galea) on her podcast. Jude is an ER doctor but recently started this podcast to explore how the mind, lifestyle, and other holistic practices could benefit health. This is how kindness is the opposite of stress. You can listen to the whole podcast by linking through to Jude’s page. 😊
Go easy on yourself. You don’t need to achieve e Go easy on yourself. You don’t need to achieve everything by a particular time. Try not to feel pressure to ‘use’ the time of lockdowns to become something specific or to achieve all your goals. You don’t need to have mastered a new skill. As some people have noted, just getting through these tough times is a huge achievement in itself. If you’re reading this, well done for getting this far, not just this year, but in your life. The fact you’re here and breathing is testimony to the fact that you got through previous difficult times and you’re still here. So go easy on yourself. You deserve it. A flower is in no rush to bloom. It blooms when the time is right for it to bloom. Be like a flower. When it rains, let it rain. When the sun shines, let it shine. May your petals unfold regardless. And like a flower, may your presence bring a smile to someone’s face today. . . . #bekindtoyourself #goeasy #goeasyonyourself #takeiteasy #mentalhealth #happiness
Today (13th Nov) is World Kindness Day. Let’s ma Today (13th Nov) is World Kindness Day. Let’s make a special effort to help each other, to support each other, to have compassion for those who are suffering. I love this day of the year and I always look forward to it as it’s a global reminder that being kind is our nature. We are wired for kindness. Kindness genes (there are such things; they code for kindness hormones and their receptors) are among the oldest in the human genome at about 500 million years old. The natural tendency to help others, to be compassionate and care, is ancient in us. Yes, we sometimes forget to be kind, we are sometimes overwhelmed in our lives that we can’t see the way through, but we are only human. You don’t always need to get it right, so remember to have compassion for yourself too. Life presents each person with their own set of circumstances that make the light easier or more difficult to see. But the light, the spirit, of kindness is always there. It’s inside you. It’s who you are. We each just need to notice in our own time. On this day, if you feel moved with the spirit of kindness, you don’t necessarily need to do big, noticeable acts of kindness for it to ‘qualify’ as kindness. The small, quiet, seemingly invisible acts of kindness have huge weight. Each sends ripples outwards that pass through our collective consciousness and remind all of us that kind is who we are, even when we sometimes forget it. If you can, be kind, show compassion, extend your hand in forgiveness. Be the light of kindness. . . . #worldkindnessday #bekind #kindnessistheway #kindnessiscontagious
It’s World Kindness Day on Friday (13th). I’m It’s World Kindness Day on Friday (13th). I’m doing a Live Zoom talk at 1pm in concert with the @museumhappiness I’ll share how kindness impacts mental health and all the ways it affects the body, including the immune system, cardiovascular system and even ageing. Tickets are by donation and all proceeds go to the Museum of Happiness, which is soon launching a programme to support mental health in schools. I truly love the work they’re doing.🙏 You can get the ticket link on my website on the ‘Speaking’ page. Sorry - links don’t work on Instagram posts or I’d have linked my website in this post. . . . #kindness #bekind #worldkindnessday2020
Many things are contagious and some of these are V Many things are contagious and some of these are VERY contagious: kindness, smiling, happiness, laughter, joy, cheerfulness. Feel free to spread them widely. 😀 . . . #kindnessiscontagious #smilingiscontagious #happinessiscontagious #laughteriscontagious #joyiscontagious #cheerfulnessiscontagious #kindnessquotes
It’s easy to focus on our seeming mistakes here It’s easy to focus on our seeming mistakes here and there in life, but life is quite relative. Within reason, one person’s mistake is another person’s learning curve. We all make mistakes, or at least we call them mistakes. Heck, I’ve made my fair share of them. But we don’t criticise a child for falling down. We know that falling is part of learning how to walk. We know they’ll get up again and get better at walking. I don’t think life is ever really that different, regardless of how old we are. It’s just the context that changes. The falls just become less physical and more emotional, or they become about actions (or lack of), or they’re to do with relationships. All the while we just get better, not at walking, but at ‘Lifeing’(if that’s a word.:-) Maybe we need to give ourselves space to learn as we give children space to walk. Self compassion is that sense of understanding what it’s like for you and that you’re just trying your best to navigate a course through life, sometimes buoyantly, sometimes falling in the mud, sometimes knowing exactly where to go, sometimes not having a clue what you should be doing or what your next step is. Self compassion is understanding that this is all ok. ‘Mistakes’ - if that’s what we’re to call them - are part of what learning is. Either you learn not to do something again; or you learn how to do something better; or you learn something about yourself and what you’re going through, where you’re forced to recognise what it’s like for you; or you learn to ask for help; or forgiveness; or to say ‘No’, or Yes’, depending on the question; or you learn how to treat people better; or set boundaries. These things are the adult versions of walking. Let’s give ourselves the gift of making ‘mistakes’ and not beating ourselves up about them. #selflove #selfcompassion #bekindtoyourself #justdoyourbest
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