How do we stay focused and not slip back into old patterns?

What is the difference between kindness and niceness?

If it’s greater to give than to receive, what is the greatest gift you can give?

These and other deep, meaningful questions are addressed when powerful kindness advocate Barbara Vercruysse joins The Rabbi and the Shrink.

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1:00 Kindness is not weakness

Given six months to live

What is my legacy?  What would I do with a second chance?

What kind of success leads to happiness?

6:00 How do we keep focus and not slip back into old patterns?

Gratitude is the foundation

Why waste our days in complaining and negativity?

What do challenges and obstacles teach us?

Do we give in to the darkness or do we strive to be the light?
You are the source of what you are looking for

12:00  Why do we think of kindness as weakness?

What’s the difference between kindness and niceness?

Kindness is love-based

If we meet negativity with negativity, then we are victims, too

Abraham is characterized by kindness and sowed the seeds of kindness throughout the world

Every human encounter is an opportunity and a sacred moment

Start each day with intention and develop resistance to triggers

21:00  Lead and teach by example

Always leave room for a constructive conversation

When you embody what you teach, words become less important

If it’s greater to give than to receive, what is the greatest gift you can give?

Vulnerability is a form of power

25:30  If you’re triggered, don’t take it personally

What is it in me that makes me feel triggered?

Secure people don’t get offended, even if they have the right to be

The story of the rabbi praising himself

30:00 The word of the day:  akrasia

weakness of will; acting in a way contrary to one's sincerely held moral values

Why don’t we do the right thing even when we know it’s the right thing to do?

Peer pressure, lack of conviction

We need to build our moral muscle memory