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The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Donna Cameron on Kindness

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Buddhism, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

4.5 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Donna Cameron has spent her career working with non-profit organizations and causes as an executive, consultant, a trainer and a volunteer. She’s the recipient of multiple awards an has published numerous articles. In 2011 she co-authored a book with Kristen Leathers called One Hill, Many Voices: Stories of Hope and Healing. In this interview, Donna and Eric discuss her book, A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You. You’ll hear insights into what it means, feels like and looks like to live kindly and your perspective on kindness will be broadened and enriched – possibly even changed – as a result.  **Spiritual Habits Workshop – Enrollment ends 4/21/19! There’s still time to discover how spiritual habits connect you back to your deepest, truest self. Learn how to put personalized Spiritual Habits to work in your life in a special, one-time program with Eric and a small group of listeners. Click here for more information: thespiritualhabit.com Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Donna Cameron and I Discuss… Her book, A Year of Living Kindly: Choices That Will Change Your Life and the World Around You That incivility is contagious That kindness is contagious Listening for the missed note instead of the music Playing “Gotcha” in the way you look at life The negativity bias The power of kindness The difference between nice and kind Her year of living kindly and blogging about it Quantifying the benefits of kindness Being indifferent and still being nice How you can’t be indifferent and still be kind That it takes courage to be kind, it doesn’t take courage to be nice Extending yourself beyond what is comfortable Caring, making an effort without worrying about getting anything in return The chasm between kindness and unkindness Not being unkind doesn’t mean that you are being kind Keeping score and being kind That when we say yes to one thing means we’re saying no to something else The health business of kindness How kindness alleviates social anxiety Employing curiosity instead of judging people – “I wonder what’s going on in their lives?” Various kindness practices Practicing a pause Asking yourself “What is the kind response here?” Receiving graciously as an act of kindness Donna Cameron Links: ayearoflivingkindly.com Facebook Twitter Robinhood is an investing app that allows you to buy and sell stocks, EFTs, Options, and Cryptos all commission free at any level. All it takes to do so is 4 taps in the app on your smartphone so it makes investing easy for beginners and experienced people alike. For The One You Feed listeners, you can get a free stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help you build your portfolio by going to  youfeed.robinhood.com Quip has guiding features that are a built-in support system for better brushing and it’s an affordable $25 www.getquip.com/wolf get your first refill pack for free The Great Courses Plus offers thousands of courses in virtually any topic and you can listen on demand anywhere. Get a FREE trial and lock into their lowest price of $10 per month (50% off the regular price!) when you sign up for a 3-month plan thegreatcoursesplus.com/wolf If you liked this episode, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Johann Berlin Barbara Bonner See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There's been considerable research in recent years showing that unkindness and

0:06.2

instability are contagious. But at the same time, there's also been a lot of

0:11.1

research showing that kindness.

0:20.8

Welcome to the One You Feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the

0:26.1

importance of the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are

0:31.4

what you think, ring true. And yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen

0:36.6

or empower us. We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what

0:43.2

we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and dampen

0:47.8

our spirit. But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes

0:52.9

conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living. This

0:57.5

podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction.

1:01.2

How they feed their good wolf.

1:17.3

Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is Donna Cameron who has spent her

1:22.2

career working with nonprofit organizations and causes as an executive, a

1:26.5

consultant, a trainer, and a volunteer. She's the recipient of multiple writing

1:30.9

awards. Donna has published numerous articles and in 2011 co-authored with

1:36.0

Kristen Leathers, one hill, many voices, stories of hope and healing. In this

1:41.5

interview, Donna and Eric discuss her book, A Year of Living Kindly, Choices that

1:46.3

will change your life and the world around you. Hi, Donna. Welcome to the show.

1:50.2

Hi, Eric. Thanks for inviting me. I'm delighted to be with you. Yeah. Your book is

1:54.6

called A Year of Living Kindly, Choices that will change your life and the world

1:59.2

around you. And we will get into that in just a moment, but we're going to start

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