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Do We Have an Instinctive Urge to Be Kind?

By Emiliana Simon-Thomas — 2019

When someone needs help, what is your first impulse?

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What Unites Buddhism and Psychotherapy? One Therapist Has the Answer.

In The Zen of Therapy, Mark Epstein weaves together two ways of understanding how humans can feel more settled in their lives.

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Oliver Burkeman
2022
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Mindfulness: Embrace the Astounding Strength of Kindness

The impact we can have on the world we share, if we choose to be kind in every circumstance or even in an occasional situation, simply can’t be overestimated.

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Karen Casey
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Searching for the Heart of Compassion

Call it love, kindness, compassion for all beings—it’s the real elixir, the only one that truly transforms life for ourselves and others.

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Marc Ian Barasch
2005
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Why Kindness Heals

Dr. Doty shares a new science of kindness that will help all of us, physicians and patients alike, to see in new ways how and why kindness heals and even more importantly how being kind results in one living a longer and happier life.

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James Doty M.D.
2016
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Three Strategies for Bringing More Kindness into Your Life

Research-based tips that draw from the GGSC’s new website, Greater Good in Action.

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Juliana Breines
2015
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The Art of Kindness

Kindness is more than behavior. The art of kindness means harboring a spirit of helpfulness, as well as being generous and considerate, and doing so without expecting anything in return.

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Steve Siegle
2020
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The Spiritual Practice of Kindness

I wonder how the world would be, how we would live, how children would learn if we intentionally cultivated the spirit of being kind each day. In a world filled with fear and cruelty, we are itching for an outbreak of this characteristic.

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Jean Wise
2016
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Intentional Acts of Kindness

Mary Ann Christie Burnside teaches us how the kindness we offer ourselves and others affects what happens in the very next moment.

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Mindful Staff
2011
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Being Kind Is Good for Your Health: How to Practice Kindness Every Day

People who experience kind and loving environments fare better.

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A. Pawlowski
2019
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5 Principles of Genuine Kindness

The definition of kindness is “the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate.” In a perfect world, this is a quality we would wish to bestow upon ourselves and hope others also possess. But why does it seem so hard?

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Dr. Charles F. Glassman
2020
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