We need kindness to thrive but unfortunately many of us did not have kindness modeled for us so we do now what we did when we were children in order to feel safe.

We hide. We blame others. We yell and hit. We pretend to be happy when we're not and we try to make everyone around us happy. No wonder we don't feel feel happy.

The key to joy is learning to be kind to ourselves and others. By channeling kindness through our bodies, we bring healing to ourselves and potentially bring healing to others. Even if others don't receive our kindness, we still get to feel good for channeling that energy in our bodies.

In this episode, I explore what kindness is, why we confuse self-compassion with being selfish and how to release our wounds that keep us from being kind to ourselves and others.

The key, as Mr. Rogers would say, is to learn to love ourselves the way we are right now.

Well, I love you the way you are right now. Thank you for being here.

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For more about kindness, compassion and curiousity, see my book on Amazon, From Crisis to Calm.