One act of kindness can start a domino effect. In celebration of her 40th birthday, Tamara Letter, an educator who specializes in kids and technology, decided to complete 40 random acts of kindness and share them with the world. Tamara joins me to talk about her adventure with kindness. Visit her website at TamaraLetter.com!

Being kind doesn’t cost a dime, but according to Darryl Lyons, there is a benefit to being kind with our finances. Darryl Lyons is ready to help people achieve the dream of financial freedom so they can enjoy life. Darryl’s San Antonio, Texas company PAX Financial Group is an Inc 5000 “Fastest Growing Company” and a “Best Place to Work.” He joins me to talk about being kind with your wallet. You can connect with Darryl on his website paxfinancialgroup.com.

His book is called “18 to 80: A Simple and Practical Guide to Money and Management for all Ages”.

Darlene Brock is the co-founder and president of The Grit and Grace Project, author and co-host of This Grit and Grace Life Podcast. Today, she talks to me about how in the midst of the busyness of producing award-winning music videos, managing music groups, promoting concerts, and serving as COO of ForeFront Records that she raised her two daughters, alongside her husband Dan.

Visit her website at DarleneBrock.com, and check out The Grit and Grace Life Podcast at https://thegritandgraceproject.org/

Voice actor, Daniel Ferguson, made millions laugh as a 2017 contestant in America’s Got Talent. He talks with The Kindness Podcast about life since AGT and teaches Nicole Phillips a few of his tricks. Get your daily laugh by subscribing to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFzOJmXVaP1tMLiww4aQzg

Good Works began by providing shelter for the rural homeless when Keith Wasserman had a vision to reach out to those struggling with homelessness and poverty in rural Appalachian, Ohio. During his last year at Ohio University, Keith remodeled the basement of his home into a two-bedroom apartment as a shelter for adults and children experiencing homelessness, with the help of friends and supporters. To learn more about Good Works, you can visit good-works.net.

Joe Vallee’s late grandfather, Arthur Vallee, was a former Disney animator in the 1930s & 40s. Joe based the character and program off of the story book his grandfather wrote-- Rainbow Rabbit. Joe incorporated the book’s themes of kindness, acceptance, tolerance, unity and inclusion into school lessons spanning grades Kindergarten through 4th. Learn more by visiting TheRainbowRabbit.com.

Bob Goff is a New York Times best selling author and was a recognized lawyer for over 25 years. In 2001, he saw a need in India and founded what is now known as Love Does. You can learn more about Bob at BobGoff.com and at LoveDoes.org.

In 2011, Colleen was run over by a freight truck, and after five weeks in a coma and twenty-nine surgeries later, Colleen survived. Rather than let the trauma and PTSD control her life, she became determined to find a way to make something positive from her pain. She decided she'd run again and dedicate her race medals to the everyday heroes around us, including the medical staff and blood donors who saved her life. Since then Colleen has run fifty races and completed forty triathlons, including four half-Ironman events. Now a spokesperson for the Red Cross, Colleen shares her incredible inspirational story to encourage others to take that first step forward.

You can connect with Colleen at https://www.colleenkellyalexander.com and find her book, Gratitude in Motion, on Amazon.

Sean Alexander’s life was changed forever when he found out his wife, lifelong athlete Colleen Kelly Alexander was run over by a freight truck while out on a bike ride. She survived and went on to compete in dozens of races and triathlons. Colleen credits much of her success to her biggest cheerleader, her husband, Sean. This week, I get to talk with Sean about walking a loved one through trauma and how to support the ones we love. You can learn more about Colleen and Sean’s story at https://www.colleenkellyalexander.com.

The impact of one person can affect the world. Brock Johnson continues to prove that, even though he died when he was just 14 years old. Brock’s mom, Kristi Johnson joins me to talk about The BrockStrong Foundation, a non-profit created to continue Brock’s legacy of kindness in Ohio and beyond.