Small Changes Big Shifts

In this episode of Small Changes Big Shifts our very own Chief Operations Officer, Jamie Durner, comes on the show to interview Dr. Michelle Robin about the mission and vision of the podcast. Jamie is a whole person practitioner, wellbeing program developer and facilitator, and a health, life, and business mentor and coach. She started working with Small Changes Big Shifts in 2021.

Memorable Quotes:

• "I know that there's a lot of uncertainty in the world, but what I am certain about is if you will dial into your own inner-knowing, and you'll do more good stuff than bad stuff for your body on a daily basis, when you lay your head down on your pillow at night, that you will have your health."
• "I want to make sure I use all the talent that God or Creator gave me."
• "Jamie, I'm afraid every day. I'm a fear-based personality. So, you know, I'm afraid every day, but I do it anyway. I want to tell you I don't like getting on stage. I don't like being on camera. I do it anyway because I feel the calling of my spirit a little bit greater so I can go on and on.
• "Always pray to have eyes to see the best in yourself, a heart that forgives the worst, a mind that forgets the bad, and a soul that never loses faith."

What You'll Learn:

The mission of the Small Changes Big Shifts podcast, how to take advantage of what you learn by tunning in, and a little bit of Dr. Robin's heart and vision for 2022.

This Episode Includes:

• How Jamie Durner met Dr. Michelle Robin and became a member of the Small Changes Big Shifts Team.
• 2022 is Dr. Robin's 30th year in practice and instead of dialing down she is planning to continue bringing the community together by telling stories of wellbeing and inviting experts to the podcast.
• The Wellness Consortiums, which are a group of people in the Kansas City area, working around whole person health, are one of the key components of building community in the area.
• The goal of Small Changes Big Shifts is to be "seed planters" of wellness in the lives of those we come in contact with.
• Pursuing a healthier version of you allows you to be a "go-giver."
• We look a little into Dr. Robin's story of pursing her own health and the mentors who helped her along the way.
• Your vibe attracts your tribe.
• Choosing a word for the year helps you solidify your life's purpose and goals. Dr. Robin's word last year was "surrender." This year she thinks it might be "joy." Jamie's word for the year is "play."
• Robin's hope for the Small Changes Big Shifts podcast is for people to hear one idea, one thought, one connection, one word that will help them along on their journey.
• A few of the upcoming interviews and plans for the podcast for the year 2022.

Takeaways From Today's Episode:

1. Consider choosing a "WORD" for the upcoming year, or even just the first half of the year, that will resonate with your purpose and goals for 2022.
2. Write with your feedback on how the show has impacted you and how it's helped you be a go-giver for others and what you're interested in hearing more about!

Mentioned In The Episode:

• Advent Health
• You Matter Movement
• One Word
• Big Shifts Foundation
• Community America Credit Union
• William Davis Wheat Belly
• John O'Leary Live Inspired
• Kansas City Wellness Consortiums

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Join us as we welcome Barbara Unell and Tricia Rausch on this week's episode, where they share the story how ParentCare was founded in Kansas City. ParentCare was developed with guidance from Barbara Unell, a parent educator, author of Discipline with Love and Limits, and founder of the Raised with Love and Limits Foundation. Tricia is a Registered Nurse and Coordinator of Perinatal Bereavement at AdventHealth and has teamed up with Barbara to ensure this program gives parents everything they need to raise their little ones. ParentCare is the first free program of its kind in the United States, where parents and caregivers have a place to go with questions or concerns about yourself or your children and get free, trusted, personal answers from experts who will listen at AdventHealth.

Memorable Quotes:

• "A family becomes healthier when parents take care of themselves."
• "The foundation is based on resources all parents and caregivers deserve to know about."
• "There's no cost to the program, but there is a cost to your well-being if you don't find something like ParentCare."
• "We are not trying to 'get rid of' stress in life – that's impossible. What we're trying to do is mitigate stress, so it doesn't become toxic in the body."
• "The number one factor for kids to stress less begins with relational health. They need personal relationships with parents and their caregivers who know how to be emotionally engaged with them."
• "Our culture seems to be returning to a simple concept – which is working together in order to tackle things."

What You'll Learn:

Why ParentCare's mission is about transferring the science into people's hands, how relational health can change an entire family's health, and why parents and caregivers have a difficult time accepting the word "support".

This Episode Includes:

• The difference between the levels of stress our body experiences.
• Why parents feel overwhelmed raising kids these days, yet don't know where to turn for help.
• Tools for parents to build better relationships and communication patterns with their kids.
• Understanding every child and a family's need is different – and why it's less about a manual, but more about the communication and connection with each other.
• How parents even with adult children (who now have their own kids) are now able to build better relationships together through tools and resources found at ParentCare.
• Knowing what relational health really looks like in our life.
• Why this program's goal is to bring more peace, empowerment, and lower stress levels in parents' and caregivers' lives.

Three Takeaways from Today's Episode:

1. CARE is an acronym for Coaching, Advice, Resources, and Education.
2. It's critical parents and caregivers learn self-care, but also learn how to navigate the system and resources available to them.
3. This program helps build positive, nurturing, and safe relationships to reduce the toxic stress that leads to the Top 10 Health Issues in our culture today.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• Discipline Without Shouting or Spanking book by Barbara Unell
• Raised with Love and Limits Foundation
• American Academy of Pediatrics policy on spanking and shouting published in 2018
• AdventHealth in Kansas City
• ParentCare in Kansas City can be reached at (913) 632-4206
• ParentCare's Website
• Big Shifts Foundation

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Born in Ghana, West Africa, Kute is an inspirational speaker and transformational leader. He has been inspiring audiences around the world from the first time he spoke in front of 3,000 people at the age of 8, later speaking in over 300 venues by the time he was 18. He helps organizations develop authentic leadership and achieve extraordinary performance. He is the author of the bestselling book You. Are. The. One. and The Magic of Surrender. Today, he is highly sought out by major companies, seeking to redefine their paradigm for success, and inspire greatness. He is a next generation world leader out to awaken millions to "love" and "living" their inspired destiny.

Memorable Quotes:

• "I didn't think this was the book I was going to write, but I discovered this was the book seeking to be written."
• "I soon realized nothing I could do was going to cure my mother, and I had to go through this process of surrendering."
• "She wasn't attached to life, she wasn't attached to death, she was in a complete state of surrender."
• "Surrender is the passage to freedom."
• "Control is the master addiction, and it's also an illusion. If last year has taught us anything, it's taught us we are not as in control as we thought."
• "It's a shift from 'What do I want?' to 'What is it that life wants to express or create through me?'"
• "One of the reasons people are afraid of telling the truth is because they are afraid they will have to do something about it."
• "Take off the pressure of having to take action. Allow yourself to acknowledge the truth – no action needed. Just acknowledge it. Just be with it. You don't have to act. The willingness is all you need."
• "What is it costing you to lie to yourself?"
• "Pain is a messenger in our life. Pain is showing us where we're not aligned."

What You'll Learn:

How the word surrender came into Kute's life through his mother's story, why we have a difficult time accepting the word itself, and why this book changed Dr. Michelle Robin's life.

This Episode Includes:

• How this book surprised Kute.
• His last memories with his terminally ill mother and what he learned from her about the word surrender.
• The misconceptions about the word in our culture today – what it is, and what's not.
• What becomes of our life when we surrender to things happening around us – and how that brings us more joy in the end.
• What the word courage means to Kute.
• What Kute says to people when they ask, "How do I start to surrender?"
• Why playing a game of confusion allows us to avoid the act of surrendering.
• What Kute tells people when they ask how they will know if they are living their destiny.
• Why we must remember what life is really about.

Three Takeaways from Today's Episode:

1. Ego isn't a thing – it's a process. The challenge is not our ego. It's the overidentification with ourselves. When we learn to stop identifying ego as a "thing" to get rid of and start accepting it's something we need to "shift" – we experience more freedom.
2. As children, we are born free. Growing up, we fall into patterns – or become conditioned – to who we think we need to be so we can be loved. Is this really who you are or is this who you are conditioned?
3. Spiritual practice isn't about yoga, meditating, or other things like it. Spiritual practice is telling yourself the truth.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• The Magic of Surrender book by Kute Blackson
• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway book by Susan Jeffers
• One Word That Will Change Your Life by Jon Gordon
• The Hoffman Process
• Big Shifts Foundation Scholarship

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We've had a great month celebrating kindness thanks to this year's sponsor, City Wide Facility Solutions. Today, Dr. Michelle Robin welcomes Andrea Allison-Putman and Lori Bennett on the show to share their experience participating in the 31-Day Kindness Campaign. Join us to hear about the power of kindness and what they have learned kindness really looks likes in our everyday lives. Sometimes kindness can be as simple as listening with an open heart.

Memorable Quotes:

• "You are not listening to what the answer is. You are listening for what's really going on in their lives."
• "Moments matter. Memories matter."
• "It's much easier to be kind when you feel good."
• "Everybody is fighting a battle. Either you are throwing gasoline on their situation, or you are throwing water on their situation."
• "Listen. Look people in the eye. Those things go a thousand miles. So many problems in our world could be solved if people step back and listen."
• "A simple smile goes a really long way."

What You'll Learn:

How the 31-Day Kindness Campaign makes it easier to learn about our community, what leaders should know about kindness and culture, and how self-care makes a difference in our ability to be kind to others.

This Episode Includes:

• How the Kindness Campaign helps companies and organizations bring \ their culture together.
• The importance of pausing and being present in our life.
• What leaders should know about kindness and culture.
• What future generations should know about kindness.
• How we can be better in corporate America – and what validation looks like for teams.
• How listening to the non-verbal things people say is different than what people are really saying with their words.
• Why connecting with yourself matters.

Three Takeaways from Today's Episode:

1. Everything in our world roots back to how we give and receive kindness.
2. We experience life better – the good and the tough – when we realize we are part of a bigger story going on behind the scenes.
3. A simple smile goes a long way.

Mentioned In This Episode:

• 31-Day Kindness Campaign
• 100 Rad Virtues by Lori Bennett
• Somewhere Over the Rainbow song by Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole
• Let It Go song by Idina Menzel
• Just Fine by Mary J. Blige
• Magic of Surrender book by Kute Blackson
• The Servant book by James C. Hunter
• Power vs. Force book by Dr. David R. Hawkins
• Maya Angelou quote
• Small Changes Big Shifts
• City Wide Facility Solutions

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Steve Gross is the Chief Playmaker at Life is Good Kids Foundation. The mission at Life is Good is to spread and harness the power of optimism to help kids heal from the impact of childhood trauma. The way that they do that is by partnering with the frontline men and women who dedicate their lives to building, healing, and creating life changing relationships with kids.

Memorable Quotes:

• "We have problems. We have challenges. There is suffering. But we can never lose sight of the opportunities that exist amidst the obstacles if we want to make things better."
• "But just being alive, we are going to suffer. And when we're suffering, nothing soothes that suffering more than somebody seeing us, valuing us, and treating us with love and kindness."
• "Our emotions are going to get the best of us from time to time, but when we become aware of it, we can take action to try to mitigate the response and to try to make things better."

What You'll Learn:

Why kindness is so important to cultivate, how to use kindness to impact those around you, and how kindness affects children specifically.

This Episode Includes:

• The origin and mission of the Life is Good Kids Foundation.
• Professionals who interact with children need to have a "kind human disposition" as much as their professional skill set.
• We will have suffering in this life but the power of optimism and kindness has the strength to get us through the suffering.
• Steve's father was the chief influencer in his life and continues to influence how he treats other people.
• Kind people are never unhappy people.
• Adverse childhood experiences, sometimes referred to as ACES, are overwhelming and frightening events that leave children feeling powerless. The most common are abuse, neglect, witness to violence, and severe household dysfunction.
• Almost every single human has some sort of childhood trauma.
• Childhood trauma can impact the way our brain develops.
• Kindness and love can soothe suffering.
• Getting to know others, seeing them, and truly valuing them means being curious and not judgemental.
• We can use the resources, privileges, and opportunities that we have to help others.

Three Takeaways From Today's Episode:

1. Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
2. It's not about perfection. It's about connection.
3. Practice changing your "I have to's" into "I get to's."

Mentioned In The Episode:

• No Hard Feelings by the Avett Brothers
• Life is Good Kids Foundation
• 31-Day Kindness Campaign
• Small Changes Big Shifts
• CityWide Facilities Solutions

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Matt is a former special education teacher and spent the majority of his educational career as an elementary principal. Under his leadership two elementary schools went from Low Performing schools to Top Ten High Performing schools in the State of Missouri.

Matt contributes this increase in achievement to the power of positive relationships. When organizations are focused on people – great things happen … and it's the little things that make a big difference.

Matt currently serves as a Senior Consultant with Franklin Covey, a Room Tilter for Limitless Minds, and Lead Coach for John O'Leary LIVE INSPIRED.

Matt is also the President of Miller Consulting, serving a wide variety of clients in the St. Louis area.

He has been a Director for the West County Fire and EMS District for the past 18 years, serves on the YMCA Board, and is highly involved at St. Vincent DePaul Church in downtown St. Louis.

Memorable Quotes:

• "I've never been more truly convicted to know that the most important thing we can do is to hook on to others and just say, hey, I'm here and be that person for them when they need us the most."
• "If we get the personal side right, there's an ROI on the professional side, but too many times, people are only focused on that professional side. We're proving that when you make sure you're taking care of self and you're putting family first in the schedule, there's an ROI on that professional side as well."
• "The main thing is to keep the main thing, the main thing."

What You'll Learn:

Strategies to create a balanced life that leads to positive relationships and sustainable kindness towards others.

This Episode Includes:

• Matt Miller grew up in a small town and he attributes his propensity to pursue positive relationships to growing up in a close-knit community.
• Be the person that sees something in somebody that they don't see in themselves.
• If you want to change the world, you have to start with your own.
• Don't waste time on things you can't control.
• Stay in your circle of control, learn how to do simple better, and take the next right step.
• When you put yourself and your family first there is a return on investment in your professional life as well.
• Protect your psychological immunity by monitoring what you're putting inside your head, like the ideas, thoughts, and beliefs.
• Recognize that everyone has four letters written on their forehead: MMFI, or make me feel important.
• Learn how to create soul to soul connections with others.
• Being positive often starts with being less negative.
• Be intentional and give yourself grace.

Three Takeaways From Today's Episode:

1. If there's somebody that's been hovering around your awareness, send them a text, pick up the phone, write them a nice note, snail mail or an email. Don't put it off because you never know what someone else is going through.
2. Practice being more intentional as you go about your day by speaking with and connecting to others.
3. Think of one good thing that's happened to you today and share with a significant other in your life.

Mentioned In The Episode:

• Community America Credit Union
• City Wide Facilities Solutions
• Advent Health
• 31-Day Kindness Campaign - SIGN UP HERE
• Small Changes Big Shifts
• Wheel of Support
• John O'Leary LIVE INSPIRED
• Hysteria by Def Leppard
• Leader In Me

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Susan Mettes is the author of the brand-new book coming out November 2 called, "The Loneliness Epidemic – Why So Many of Us Feel Alone and How Leaders Can Respond."

Susan has been studying people and their decisions for over a decade. She has experience in behavioral economics, writing, research, survey design and analysis, travel, journalism, public policy, and teaching.

Susan is currently working as an Associate Editor at Christianity Today magazine. Her family alternates between living in East Africa and Washington D.C.

Memorable Quotes:

• "Loneliness is really when we're disappointed with our relationship. So sometimes that takes the form of missing a specific person. Sometimes we wish we had friends, more friends, different friends, a specific friend. But it's always that gap between the relationships we want to have and the relationships we actually have."
• "In the United States, the older you are, the less likely you are to be lonely. It is a young person's problem in our country."
• "But sometimes people who are very glamorous are also insecure and also feel lonely. And I think it's really important to me to remind people that when somebody looks like they have a good life to you, don't assume that they're emotionally feeling great all the time."
• "You have to start. You have to be somebody who's kind. You have to be somebody who is willing to reach out. You have to be somebody who's asking somebody else if they want to do something with you."

What You'll Learn:

Research and facts on the loneliness epidemic in the United States and how to overcome loneliness with kindness.

This Episode Includes:

• Loneliness occurs when we're disappointed with our relationship.
• Most people are in the middle of the loneliness spectrum where they feel bad about it and wish it were different, but don't find it excruciating. Others find it excruciating.
• Quality friendships help defend against loneliness.
• The loneliest population is young people who are going through transition periods in their lives.
• The loneliness epidemic started before the pandemic.
• Even if someone's life looks appealing from the outside, they may be struggling emotionally on the inside.
• Kindness is a tool that we can use, or a building block, to help people get out of their feelings of loneliness.
• A variety of relationships is important for people dealing with loneliness.
• Kindness is part of the foundation of belongingness.
• If you pour gasoline on a fire of loneliness, you get more loneliness. But if you put kindness on loneliness, you can actually transform it.

Three Takeaways From Today's Episode:

1. Practice kindness this week by starting a conversation with your neighbor.
2. Consider the quality of your relationships and if you're substituting or supplementing your social life with social media.
3. Choose one person to deepen your relationship with by cultivating mutual regard through acts of kindness.

Mentioned In The Episode:

• Community America Credit Union
• City Wide Facilities Solutions
• Advent Health
• 31-Day Kindness Campaign - SIGN UP HERE
• Small Changes Big Shifts
• The Loneliness Epidemic, Why So Many of Us Feel Alone—and How Leaders Can Respond by Susan Mettes
• Till We Have Faces By C.S. Lewis

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Vicki O'Grady is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor, author, and accomplished workshop presenter.

She has worked in the fields of mental health, addictions, eating disorders and personal growth since the late 70's.

Vicki has traveled throughout the United States and Israel presenting personal growth workshops and seminars.

She is the former President and founder of Personal Power and Prosperity, a personal growth organization.

In 2014, Vicki started the You Matter Compassion Project, which involves giving out YOU MATTER cards.

Upward of 2 million have been given out by people in the US, Israel and other countries.

Memorable Quotes:

• "We're all seeking through outside experiences and through other people to validate our specialness, our goodness. We're trying to feel that unconditional love from a person that gives our life meaning. And one of the things that I found is that we all seek things outside of ourselves to try and give us that, whether it's an addiction or a person or a job or exercise."
• "People say you can't love other people until you love yourself. And I don't believe that's true. I know that I loved and gave love before I loved myself. But the difference was when I really did love myself, I trusted your love."
• "I don't want to be a person who causes harm in the world. I want to be a person who does kind acts. And I want to make this distinction because I think it's really important. I still think mean thoughts. I still shook my fist at somebody who pulled out in front of me yesterday. Twice. I still think these things, but I don't give myself permission to act on them. That's the difference today."

What You'll Learn:

The importance of telling other people that they matter and how to love others in spite of your own healing journey.

This Episode Includes:

• How Vicki started the You Matter movement by writing signs to show people while in her car. Signs like "sorry" and "your tail lights are off" turned into a sign that said, "You Matter."
• Different reasons why people need to hear that they matter.
• The "feel-good" hormones like serotonin and dopamine are released when we create connections with others.
• Telling people they matter is a great way to build connections and spread kindness.
• The origins of the You Matter Marathon movement.
• A lot of people grow up not realizing how special they are. They look for meaning in other things that are not fulfilling.
• When people feel like they matter, they stop looking for validation from outside sources.
• We don't have to be perfect to be kind, we simply have to refuse to act on mean impulses and choose kindness instead.

Three Takeaways From Today's Episode:

1. Choose one person today and tell them, "Hey, you matter."
2. Identify one act of kindness you can perform, either for yourself or someone else.
3. Comfort, connection and compassion are vital to our growth and happiness, and all need to come from an outside source.

Mentioned In The Episode:

• Citywide Facilities Solutions
• Kindness Campaign
• You Matter Marathon
• You Matter Compassion Project
• Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix
• Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-a-lot
• Make You Feel My Love by Adele

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Linda Cohen is known as the Kindness Catalyst. She has been a nationally recognized kindness expert and professional speaker for over a decade. Linda works with a wide variety of businesses and associations on the ROI of Kindness.

She is the author of two books. Her first book is called, "1,000 Mitzvahs: How Small Acts of Kindness Can Heal, Inspire and Change Your Life."

Her new book is called, "The Economy of Kindness: How Kindness Transforms Your Bottom Line," and will be published in October 2021.

She lives in Oregon with her husband of 28 years. They have two spirited young adult children and two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Ginger and Remy. She loves practicing yoga and meditation and will never pass up a good cup of Earl Grey tea!

Memorable Quotes:

• "If you see what needs to be repaired and how to repair it, then you have found a piece of the world that God has left for you to complete. But if you only see what is wrong and what is ugly in the world, then it is you yourself that needs repair." - Rabbi Menachem Schneerson
• "When you're full you can give from your overflow and you're not continually depleting yourself."
• "Let's get back to putting our arms around each other, no matter who we are."

What You'll Learn:

How to create a culture of kindness in your organization and methods to give and receive kindness in your own life.

This Episode Includes:

• Kindness is happening every day, everywhere.
• People were reaching out and supporting each other during the first part of the pandemic. Let's get back to that.
• Focusing on kindness has amazing benefits physically.
• When an organization can focus on kindness, they are helping their employees in more ways than one.
• When a company has a culture of kindness it affects the reputation of the company.
• Keeping and retaining good employees is another measure of a culture of kindness.
• Managers are the leaders who can help create that culture of kindness.
• Kindness is an inside and outside job. There are ways you can be kind to yourself, which then helps you be kind to others.
• If you want to see more kindness in the world, make sure your media diet is limited.
• The size of the kindness isn't that important, it could be small.
• There is a ripple effect when one person is kind to another.
• Giving and receiving kindness are both important. Be open to receiving kindness and allow others to be the giver.

Three Takeaways From Today's Episode:

1. Add a gratitude practice by taking a moment to think about what you are grateful for each day and add it to your morning or evening routine.
2. There's a lot we can't control, but we can always control how we react.
3. You don't have to have a certain job title to be a kindness catalyst.

Mentioned In The Episode:

• Advent Health
• Community America Credit Union
• City Wide Maintenance
• Kindness Campaign
• Finding Your Tribe
• Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
• Simple Abundance
• Pocketful of Miracles
• The Economy of Kindness: How Kindness Transforms Your Bottom Line
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City Wide is the largest management company in the building maintenance industry, facilitating janitorial and more than 20 additional maintenance services for every client.

They do more than just manage maintenance services for commercial facilities, they pride themselves on being a partner that helps you save time and solve problems!

We spoke with three members of the City Wide Team:

Jeff Oddo, the CEO and owner of City Wide Facility Solutions and City Wide Franchise.

Lisa Greco, the director of People and Culture at City Wide Facility Solutions.

Tom Bridgeforth, a present owner of a City Wide Facility Solutions franchise in central New Jersey.

Memorable Quotes:

• "And for me, Michelle, the ripple is all about kindness, treating others like they matter. It's like treating people like someone else's precious child, someone that deserves respect, and is worthy of love and kindness." - Jeff Oddo
• "Whether that's walking the halls, whether that's bringing in new talent, whether that's enriching the lives of the employees that I work with each and every day, I would hope that each and all of those little small interactions and actions really add up at the end of the day to something meaningful for each and every employee that works at City Wide." - Lisa Greco
• "There's a kindness to yourself. Self-care. It's hard to give to others when your bucket is empty." - Dr. Michelle Robin
• "We've got to make time for our families and to spend more time together, because again, the pandemic made that point to us." - Tom Bridgeforth

What You'll Learn:

Personal stories on kindness and how to create the ripple effect from one small act of kindness.

This Episode Includes:

• The legacy left by Jeff's father on City Wide employees from his one small act of kindness each day.
• How the people in Jeff's life have cultivated a desire in him to spread kindness.
• Strategies for creating small acts of kindness within one's own family.
• The importance of making time for yourself and your family.
• Three individual's different reasons and motivations behind kindness.
• Motivation and inspiration to start implementing small acts of kindness in your own community.
• Tom Bridgeforth's moving story about his daughter's brain tumor and how his community stepped in to care for his family.
• Real life examples of how we can all be kinder to each other.

Three Takeaways From Today's Episode:

1. Kindness creates a ripple effect so try and do one small act of kindness for someone else today.
2. Practice thinking of other people as human beings, as if they were part of your family, rather than as a means to an end.
3. Don't be scared to receive kindness from others.

Mentioned In The Episode:

Many of you know we have a serious mental health crisis happening this year because of the pandemic and creating a ripple of kindness has the power to change that.

Small Changes Big Shifts and City Wide Facilities Solutions are launching a 31-day Kindness Campaign on October 14th, so we're inviting all of our listeners to go sign-up for free so we can all take part in this movement.

Visit https://www.smallchangesbigshifts.com/kindness/ to join us!

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