Thank you for joining us for episode 386 of Live Happy Now.

World Kindness Day is just a month away, but there's no reason not to start observing it right now.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and this week I'm joined by Dr. Michelle Robin,

founder of Small Changes, Big Shifts, the Big Shifts Foundation, and the 31-day

Kindness Campaign. Launched in 2019, the Kindness Campaign is a free, inspirational email

adventure that begins October 14th. When you sign up, you'll receive a daily email suggesting

an act of kindness that you can do that day.

Michelle is here today to explain why kindness is so good for our well-being, how the campaign came about, and what it can do for you.

Robin, thank you so much for coming back on Live Happy Now.

Thank you for having me. I love the mission.

Oh, well, I love your mission, and it aligns so well with everything that we do at Live Happy Now. Thank you for having me. I love the mission. Oh, well, I love your mission. And it aligns so well with everything that we do at Live Happy Now. So you've got a wonderful campaign we're going to talk about, but I've got to know, why is kindness your jam? Like, why is it such a hot thing for you? And how did you get so involved in it? Well, it's kind of a funny story. So my background's around well-being. I've been around the space about 40 years. As I replay my life, which you tend to do, the older you get, you've got to kind of see where people have enriched your life. And so in my second book, The E-Factor, Engage, Energize, and Rich, I really talk about getting engaged in the wellness journey and then

you have more energy. And then once you do that, you try to just enrich. And so part of my

mission right now is to enrich other people's lives and make an impact. And, you know, as a kid,

my mom was married four times by time I was 17, you know, had a little bit of sexual trauma and a

little bit of alcoholism trauma and

just really didn't feel like I mattered, especially to the people that you think you should

matter too. You know, by the grace of God or universe, there were people that came along in my

life that were kind to me. And you don't really see it until you can reflect older and

realize what has happened and what sustains you

through some of those tough moments. But this kindness campaign is pretty funny. One of my friends

Ann Coons, who's in our wellness movement in Kansas City, she's a mental health advocate.

And I happen to be working with her daughters when they were teenagers about 15 years ago.

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