Kindness benefits everyone, the giver, the receiver and society and is one quality that can be placed at the centre of a unified purpose for the world.
My guest on this week’s episode of The Lifestyle First Podcast is Dr Emma Short.
Emma is a histopathologist and holds a PhD in cancer genetics and diplomas in mindful nutrition and shinrin yoku. She’s also a qualified mediation teacher and personal trainer.
We discuss the definition of kindness and how kindness primed the human species for language development. Babies as young as 6 months can recognised kindness.
We talk about the benefits of kindness – the ripple effect of passing it on and also the health benefits with less high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease and less depression and anxiety.
It’s an essential ingredient in the healthcare system
Some of us are more inherently kind than others, linked to our genetics and social experiences, but kindness can be learnt.
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The one question we discuss is “Why does kindness matter?”
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The two references we look at are:
o Kim SK and Ferraro KF (2013) Do Productive Activities Reduce Inflammation in Later Life? Multiple Roles, Frequency of Activities and C-Reactive Protein The Gerontologist 54(5): 830-839
o Alden LE and Trew JL (2013) If it makes you happy: engaging in kind acts increases positive affect in socially anxious individuals Emotion 13(1):64-75
- The three actions to take are
o Make a conscious effort to perform an act of kindness
o Make an effort to recognise when someone is kind to you
o Ask yourself what is my purpose
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In this episode I also make 2 announcements
- The launch of the book: A Prescription for Healthy Living. Yes. I am an author! A culmination of the expertise of over 30 co-authors bringing together an array of insights into multiple aspects of lifestyle in one amazing book. I’ll be bringing the co-authors on to future episodes to share their knowledge and experiences.
Book available on Amazon – here’s the link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prescription-Healthy-Living-Lifestyle-Medicine/dp/0128215739/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3VLHX0B1Q0B7M&dchild=1&keywords=a+prescription+for+healthy+living&qid=1608562418&sprefix=prescription+for+healthy+%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-2
- The launch of The Lifestyle First Academy! The key training platform to Discover, Notice and Activate who you are, what you want and where you are going. My flagship course – Start Now: Transform your Lifestyle to Transform your Life – is launching on 24th January, International Education Day. By signing up to the course as a founding member you will also be supporting my contribution to global education by providing e-learning facilities to children around the globe.
Join with the code JAN24 for your 24% discount up to 24th January – here’s the link
https://dralkapatel.com/academy/
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