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Episode 85: Can kindfulness help us to feel enough? With Dr David Hamilton


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How your body reacts to kindness, and how it boosts creativity & self-compassion

You may have heard about the health benefits of being kind. Not only can it lower blood pressure, and boost immunity. It can also positively alter your relationship with yourself, which piqued my interest for those of us who’ve spent decades driving ourselves relentlessly. Is kindfulness a solution to feelings of not-enoughness?

Dr David Hamilton is a speaker, columnist, and author of twelve books, including his most recent, The Joy of Actually Giving a F*ck. He’s delivered kindness sessions for Google, Bank of England, the NHS, and many others.

In this episode, David and I discuss “kind genes”, how mindfulness doesn’t help everyone to be kinder, and rethinking what success can feel like. David also gives us a kindness challenge, which I’ve been taking. Hear some of the things I’ve been trying.

 

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Links:

Dr David Hamilton (includes his new book)
Episode 66 of Enough, the Podcast (on kindness)
Alexandra Franzen’s list of 50 ways to be ridiculously generous

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