Kindness creates connection, and it begins with empathy. Kindness has emotional and physical benefits, and can create a ripple effect through society and relationships.

In this episode, Anya and Mark discuss the importance of empathy and recognising our common humanity. They highlight the positive physical and emotional effects of kindness, including the "helper's high" and the ripple effect that can touch the lives of many.

Three prompts

1. Where can you be unexpectedly kind?
2. What does being unkind give you?
3. How can you add more kindness to your life?

Resources

• Be More Kind, by Frank Turner
• The Little Book of Kindness: Connect with others, be happier, transform your life, by Dr David Hamilton
• Ram Dass
• Kindness: The Little Thing that Matters Most, by Jamie Thurston
• Clear is Kind. Unclear is Unkind – Brené Brown
• Matthew Bellinger
• Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart, by John Wellwood
• Idiot Compassion and Mindfulness
• Pearse Polyvagal Habitats Model
• How to do the Work – free resource from Byron Katie
• Loving Kindness meditation
• Anya Pearse, Intuitive advisor and her An Hour of Kindness

This podcast is produced by Origin.