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The Kindness Box

Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Another book -

"It takes boldness, even audacity, to step out of our habitual patterns and experiment with a quality like kindness — to work with it and see just how it might shift and open up our lives," writes meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg. She continues: "For kindness to be more fully realized it needs to be distinguished from being ineffectual or meek. It needs to be infused with wisdom. Kindness needs to be supported by courage and threaded with balance."

The Kindness Handbook | Book Reviews | Books | Spirituality & Practice
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
The following may not be specifically about being kinder. But kindness is one of the keys to being happy ...

I found it almost by "accident" - hope 2019 is a happier year for all of my devoted readers -

Happiness Greatest Hits

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
May not be precisely on topic but does mention helping others -

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Another interesting article - one of many? -

Often, getting people to change their behavior is treated primarily as a marketing problem. If only people really understood how desirable and important it is for them to do the right thing, they would do it more often. In many cases, though, people are already aware of the right thing to do. People know that climbing the stairs helps them to get more exercise, but they simply don’t do it.

A fascinating paper by Guarav Suri and James Gross in the August 2015 issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology suggests that perhaps changing people’s behavior in many cases is as simple as changing what they pay attention to.

kindness Archives - Fulfillment Daily

All the best!
 
Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
The "What is Love?" movie is part of the 'Let Us Spread Love Wherever We Go!' project. The mission of this project is to advocate Love and Tolerance in the World.

Love is one of the most talk about topics in the World and yet when asked, "What is Love?", different people have different meanings for Love. There is no one True or Right way of describing what Love is. However, most believe and agree that the ultimate objective in True Love is for the greater good of the people you love. Kindness to yourself and to others comes from a desire to support your own highest good and the highest good of others. When your highest priority is to support the highest good of all, you are naturally kind. You don't even have to think about it. It flows easily when your deepest desire is to be a loving, caring person. We hope that you would not only make this true for people you love, but also for people around you in your community, in your country and around the World.

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Let Us Spread Love Wherever We Go! - by Boon Kiat Chia

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
As a concept derived from Buddhist psychology, self-compassion entails treating oneself with kindness and care, like we would treat a dear friend. Kristin Neff, one of the leading self-compassion researchers, has identified 3 main components of self-compassion: self-kindness, feelings of common humanity, and mindfulness. Self-kindness refers to acting in kind and understanding ways towards ourselves. For example, instead of being critical (I’m so disorganized! I’ll never be successful!), our inner voice is supportive and warm (It’s OK that I missed the deadline. I worked hard and I’ll make it next time). A sense of common humanity is the recognition that everyone makes mistakes and no one is without their weaknesses. Accepting that we are not alone in our suffering comforts us with feelings of inclusivity rather than alienation. Finally, mindfulness offers a “meta-perspective” on our hardships, helping us to not exaggerate our distress and become engulfed by it.

To read more -

https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/between-cultures/201802/be-kind-yourself

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
It’s hard to watch someone who is suffering. We may feel their pain or absorb their sorrow; we may worry that we won’t know what to do or say. Those uncomfortable moments might make us turn away from their distress—to preserve our own well-being or to carry on with our lives.

But this is the wrong approach, says psychiatrist and researcher Helen Riess, author of the new book The Empathy Effect. The ability to connect empathically with others—to feel with them, to care about their well-being, and to act with compassion—is critical to our lives, helping us to get along, work more effectively, and thrive as a society.

Most of Riess’s research on empathy has focused on health care. Since doctors are confronted with suffering day in and day out, their situation is fitting for observing how empathy affects well-being. While doctors may think turning off their feelings and creating emotional distance helps them remain objective and provide better care, Riess’s research has shown that doing so makes patients distrustful, disgruntled, and less cooperative. And it makes for lonelier, less effective, and more burned-out physicians.

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Why We Need an Empathy Revolution - Mindful

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Kindness can create a virtuous cycle that promotes lasting happiness and altruism. Kindness is contagious. Once you start doing nice things for others, you might not want to stop. This month we’re focusing on kindness toward ourselves and others to close out the year on a positive note, and to make kindness a healthy habit to carry into the new year.

Happiness is a central desire in our lives. Gratitude is an important human strength that contributes to happiness. One study showed that grateful individuals were especially appreciative of the contribution of others to their happiness.

For full-article - click here -

http://www.uspm.com/spread-kindness-for-a-happier-you/

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Geoff-Allen

Geoff-Allen

Resident megalomaniac
Does the Warm Glow of Giving Ever Get Old?

Imagine what it would be like to eat at your favorite restaurant every day. Going there would be exciting at first, but with time it would simply become part of your routine—and you might even get bored with it.

Past research has found that we adapt surprisingly quickly to the good things we get in life, a phenomenon psychologists call hedonic adaptation. Doing something for the first time is likely to make us happier than doing something for the fiftieth time; we get used to it and take it for granted.

But do we adapt in the same way to giving good things to others? Research suggests that people who spend money on someone else experience a larger boost in happiness than people who spend money on themselves, at least in the short term. A recent study in the journal Psychological Science set out to test how the benefits of giving and getting compare over time, as they become routine.

The rest of the article is here -

Does the Warm Glow of Giving Ever Get Old?

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