Welcome to the You Can Heal Your Life podcast. Today you'll hear a chapter from The Joy of Actually Giving a Fuck,

the brand new audio book by author, columnist, and speaker David Hamilton.

In this excerpt, David discusses the importance of caring for others to foster a happier and healthier

society.

He contrasts traditional mindfulness, rooted in ethical and kind behavior as taught by Buddha with modern mindfulness practices

that often omit these aspects advocating for integrating kindness into mindfulness.

David coins the term, Kindfulness. into mindfulness to enhance both personal well-being and communal harmony.

Don't miss your chance to listen to the full audio book free with an Empower You unlimited audio trial.

Visit Hayhouse.com slash Empower You to start listening today. Chapter 1. Kindfulness. Have you ever wondered why the world seems to be so chaotic, complicated

and downright crabby sometimes.

One reason might be that we've forgotten how important it is to genuinely give a fuck about each other.

Here's why that matters. For starters, kindness feels good. Remember the last time someone

held the door for you, smiled at you randomly, or just listened when you had a really crappy day felt nice right?

That's because kindness is like this universal language that deep down we all understand and appreciate.

Plus, as we will see, it sets off a feel-good party in our brain and heart that actually makes us happier and reduces our blood pressure.

Life's a team sport.

Like it or not, we're all on this giant rock called Earth Together.

It's a group project, and we all know that group projects suck

when one person is slacking off or being an ass. When we support each other life

gets a little easier and a lot more fun.

And you know what?

Karma is a thing.

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