Thank you for joining us for episode 484 of Live Happy Now.

There are times when kindness seems in short supply, but this week's guest is determined to help the world master outrageous kindness.

I'm your host, Paula Phelps, and today I'm joined by Christina Joy Carlson, founder of the Kind Method and managing director of global philanthropy at Carter Global.

Christina has turned her personal practice of outrageous kindness into an inspirational campaign that can be practiced by individuals and corporations alike.

She's here to talk about what it means to practice outrageous kindness and how it can change

the world we live in. Let's have a listen. Christina, welcome to live happy now. Thank you. It's a delight

to be here, Paula. Thank you for having me on the show. Well, you have a terrific initiative that you're doing.

It's so in line with the live happy mindset. And as soon as I received your first email about it,

I was like, oh my gosh, we have to get her on the show to talk about this. And it revolves around

the idea of outrageous kindness. So I want you to start by telling us, if you would, what you mean by outrageous kindness.

And then tell us what it looks like in action.

Sure, absolutely.

So outrageous kindness is really rooted in the recognition that we all have power to make positive change and achieve

outrageous outcomes, no matter what our circumstances are. And it starts from that place,

believing in that about ourselves, but then also believing about that as in others. And it's rooted in that thought. It's rooted in a

commitment to making a better purpose for every moment. And I can get on a soapbox about that

point, just how many times people would much rather turn to social media and rant about a circumstance,

right? Instead of thinking about, okay, how can I flip this around? How can I make this better?

And so often we think of kindness as this great act, this great moment where maybe we rescued a dog

from the side of the road or ran into a building,

a burning building. But really, it's just in that unique time where we say, you know what,

I'm going to find a better purpose for this moment. And it's really focused on acknowledging

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