BITESIZE | Why Kindness is the Superpower You Didn’t Know You Had | Claudia Hammond #375

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Dr Rangan Chatterjee

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🗓️ 29 June 2023

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“Behaving compassionately improves the lives of others, it also improves our own lives. There are measurable boosts to health, both mental and physical. Behaving kindly can act as a buffer against burnout and stress, and improve our well-being. It brings us happiness and can even help us to live longer.” Claudia Hammond Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today's clip is from episode 312 of the podcast with Claudia Hammond, an award-winning broadcaster, author, and psychology lecturer at the University of Sussex. In this clip, she brings us some of the psychology and neuroscience on why kindness matters and shares a simple practice we can all do to notice and create more kindness in our daily lives. Thanks to our sponsor https://www.drinkag1.com/livemore Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Show notes and the full podcast are available at drchatterjee.com/312 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:47.3	Welcome to Feel Better Live More bite size, your weekly dose of positivity and optimism to get you ready for the
0:57.0	weekend. Today's clip is from episode 312 of the podcast with Claudia Hammond, an award-winning
1:05.6	broadcaster, author and psychology lecturer at the University of Sussex.
1:11.1	In this clip, she brings us some of the psychology and neuroscience on why kindness matters
1:17.6	and shares a simple practice we can all do to notice and create more kindness in our daily lives.
1:31.3	You wrote something that really caught my attention.
1:37.3	Behaving compassionately improves the lives of others. It also improves our own lives. There are measurable boosts to health, both mental and physical.
1:42.3	Behaving kindly can act as a buffer against burn out and
1:46.6	stress and improve our well-being. It brings us happiness and can even help us to live longer.
1:53.9	That's a pretty good set off of kindness, isn't it?
1:56.1	Yeah, it really is. You know, that kindness does so many things for us that, why not do more of it?
2:00.5	Because there is good evidence about all these things. So there's lots of experiments, say, where they, really is. You know, that kindness does so many things for us that why not do more of it? Because
2:01.0	there is good evidence about all these things. So there's lots of experiments, say, where they
2:04.9	stop people in the street in the morning and they give them, he's done in Canada, they give
2:10.0	them $5 or $20. And then half the people are told, spend it on yourself sometime today and meet
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