Elizabeth talks with Krista Dumba, a teacher and nurse who currently works with Alberta Health Services on mental health promotion, on the many health benefits of kindness. She shares inspiring ideas and examples of teachers who have helped their students to experience the benefits of spreading kindness.

Additional Resources:

• Dr. Dan Siegel’s Hand Model of the Brain
• Random Acts of Kindness
• Buddy Bench example
• Kindness Ninjas
• Rita Pierson’s TEDTalk
• Video of Coquitlam BC Breakfast Club
• Dr. Stuart Shanker
• Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
• Understood.org
• Dr. Kirsten Neff
• The Dalai Lama Center For Peace and Education