How to practice kindness

From Crossing the Sacred Sea [Cruzando el mar sagrado] by Nathan A. Strait

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  1. () Small talk isn't small: the bigness of small talk [u]
  2. () Plainsong is an attempt to demonstrate what is possible [Plainsong Farm 'is a demonstration of love'] [u]
  3. () 6 signs that a partner would rather be with someone else: why a chronically disappointed partner can be bad for your mental health [u]
  4. () Cultivating and sustaining caring leaders [i]
  5. () Citizens in democratic countries have more benevolent traits, fewer malevolent traits, and greater well-being [p] [d] [u]
  6. () Creating compassionate change in school communities: leading together to address everyday suffering in schools [i]
  7. () Love and human flourishing [d] [u]
  8. () Cherished belonging: the healing power of love in divided times [i]
  9. () Gratitude from Will [at Plainsong Farm] [u]
  10. () Kindness: a path to human growth and connectedness [i] [d]
  11. () Restoring sanity: practices to awaken generosity, creativity, and kindness in ourselves and our organizations [i]
  12. () Hope for cynics: the surprising science of human goodness [i]
  13. () Kindness: a subjective ideal [p] [d]
  14. () Positive health: 100+ research-based positive psychology and lifestyle medicine tools to enhance your wellbeing [i] [d]
  15. Heather Devere [ed] () Friendship, peace and social justice [i] [d]
  16. () Artist profile: comedian Karen 'Big Dog' Chee on embracing comedy with kindness [u]
  17. () Wholesome mind ethics: a Buddhist paradigm [d]
  18. () Cloaked in kindness: bystander responses to witnessed benevolent and hostile sexism [d]
  19. Frits Koster, Jetty Heynekamp, & Victoria Norton [ed] () Mindful communication: speaking and listening with wisdom and compassion [i] [d]
  20. () What is unique about kindness?: exploring the proximal experience of prosocial acts relative to other positive behaviors [p] [d] [u]
  21. Colleen Renihan, John D. Spilker, & Trudi Wright [ed] () Sound pedagogy: radical care in music [i]
  22. () Beyond kindness: a proposal for the flourishing of science and scientists alike [p] [d] [u]
  23. () Care aesthetics: for artful care and careful art [i] [d]
  24. () The good life: lessons from the world's longest scientific study of happiness [i]
  25. () Kindness in short supply: evidence for inadequate prosocial input [p] [d]
  26. () The altruistic urge: why we're driven to help others [i] [j]
  27. () The possibility of a duty to love [i] [d]
  28. () Agreeableness and its consequences: a quantitative review of meta-analytic findings ['the trait has effects in a desirable direction for 93% of variables'] [p] [d]
  29. () Love sustains life: jkyo jkwainï and allied strategies in caring for the Earth [d] [u]
  30. () Trekking the Amazon with love and care [d] [j]
  31. () Surprisingly happy to have helped: underestimating prosociality creates a misplaced barrier to asking for help [p] [d]
  32. () Be kinder to yourself [u]
  33. () Even if you're the funny dad, teasing kids is bad parenting [u]
  34. () Beyond prejudice as antipathy: understanding kinder, gentler forms of discrimination [i] [d]
  35. () Beyond respect and beneficence: an ideal of appreciation [i] [d]
  36. () To us insectometers, it is clear that insect decline in our Costa Rican tropics is real, so let's be kind to the survivors [p] [d] [j] [u]
  37. () Loving others: the impact of compassionate love on later-life psychological well-being [p] [d] [u]
  38. () Stories of caring school leadership [i] [d]
  39. Mark Alfano, Michael P. Lynch, & Alessandra Tanesini [ed] () The Routledge handbook of philosophy of humility [i] [d]
  40. () Magdalena Newman on kindness momentums and her aha moment [u]
  41. () Survival of the friendliest: understanding our origins and rediscovering our common humanity [i]
  42. () Good chemistry: the science of connection, from soul to psychedelics [i]
  43. () Difficult conversations: navigating the tension between honesty and benevolence [p] [d]
  44. () Leading with character: 10 minutes a day to a brilliant legacy [i]
  45. () Normal: one kid's extraordinary journey [i]
  46. () A culture of caring: a suicide prevention guide for schools (K–12) [i]
  47. () You belong: a call for connection [i]
  48. () Caring school leadership [i] [d]
  49. () Preliminary development and validation of a scale to measure universal love [d]
  50. () Parental warmth and flourishing in mid-life [p] [d] [u]
  51. () Raising good humans: a mindful guide to breaking the cycle of reactive parenting and raising kind, confident kids [i]
  52. () 7 ways people bid for connection: we are desperate for connection, and there's more than one way to show it [u]
  53. () The war for kindness: building empathy in a fractured world [i]
  54. (/2024) Love, value, and reasons [i] [d]
  55. () The social significance of subtle signals [p] [d]
  56. () A year of living kindly: choices that will change your life and the world around you [i]
  57. (/2021) Heart to hands: making your community stronger through heartfelt intention and powerful actions [i] [u]
  58. () Training in tenderness: Buddhist teachings on tsewa, the radical openness of heart that can change the world [i]
  59. () Go where you are kindest [i]
  60. () How to raise kind kids: and get respect, gratitude, and a happier family in the bargain [i]
  61. () Nurturant love and caregiving emotions [i] [d]
  62. () The end of animal farming: how scientists, entrepreneurs, and activists are building an animal-free food system [i]
  63. () Kindness is not weakness: the heart of the ubuntu leader [i]
  64. () Fostering self-compassion and loving-kindness in patients with borderline personality disorder: a randomized pilot study [p] [d]
  65. () Positive emotion correlates of meditation practice: a comparison of mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation [d]
  66. () A practical guide to cultivating therapeutic presence [i] [d]
  67. Christopher Grau & Aaron Smuts [ed] (/2024) The Oxford handbook of the philosophy of love [i] [d]
  68. () The compassionate achiever: how helping others fuels success [i]
  69. () What's love got to do with it?: creating art, creating community, creating a better world [i] [d] [j] [u]
  70. () Attachment security as a foundation for kindness toward self and others [i] [d]
  71. () A methodology of loving kindness: how interpersonal neurobiology, compassion and transference can inform researcher–participant encounters and storytelling [d]
  72. () The first two rules of leadership: don't be stupid, don't be a jerk [i]
  73. () Offensive beneficence [d]
  74. () The gospel of kindness: animal welfare and the making of modern America [i] [d]
  75. () The construct of appreciation: it is so much more than gratitude [i] [d]
  76. () The kindness challenge: thirty days to improve any relationship [i]
  77. () A kinder voice: releasing your inner critics with mindfulness slogans [i]
  78. () On attentive love in education: the case of Courage to Teach [i] [d]
  79. () Why are some individuals more resilient than others: the role of social support [d]
  80. () The nurture effect: how the science of human behavior can improve our lives and our world [i]
  81. () How not to be Reviewer #2 [u]
  82. () Empathy and prosocial behavior [i] [d]
  83. () Kindly let go of your '-ism' [u]
  84. () Religious and moral hybridity of vegetarian activism at farm animal sanctuaries [i] [d]
  85. () The therapy relationship: a special kind of friendship [i] [d]
  86. () Respecting ourselves [i]
  87. () The right to be loved [i] [d]
  88. () The psychological effects of the contextual activation of security-enhancing mental representations in adulthood [d]
  89. () The three gates of speech [and the four-way test: a history and critique] [u]
  90. () The like switch: an ex-FBI agent's guide to influencing, attracting, and winning people over [i]
  91. David A. Schroeder & William G. Graziano [ed] () The Oxford handbook of prosocial behavior [i] [d]
  92. () Beyond addiction: how science and kindness help people change [i]
  93. () Effect of kindness-based meditation on health and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis [p] [d]
  94. () The origins and nature of compassion focused therapy [d]
  95. () My gentle barn: creating a sanctuary where animals heal and children learn to hope [i]
  96. () Serving with spirit: an integrative model of workplace spirituality within service organizations [d]
  97. () Austere kindness or mindless austerity: the effects of gift-giving to beggars in east London [d] [u]
  98. (/2016) A plea for the animals: the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion [i]
  99. () Leaders eat last: why some teams pull together and others don't [i]
  100. Michael Edwin Bernard [ed] () The strength of self-acceptance: theory, practice, and research [i] [d]
  101. () Zooland: the institution of captivity [i] [d]
  102. () The art of communicating [i]
  103. () Hardwiring happiness: the new brain science of contentment, calm, and confidence [i]
  104. () A review of client self-criticism in psychotherapy [d]
  105. () How caregivers can create a 'culture of gentleness' [u]
  106. () Perspective-taking and outgroup helping: the moderating role of warmth impression and outgroup status [d]
  107. () Political emotions: why love matters for justice [i]
  108. (/2024) How to recognize and overcome perfectionism [u]
  109. (/2015) Altruism: the power of compassion to change yourself and the world [i]
  110. () The sisters of mindfulness [forgiveness, gratitude, loving-kindness, compassion, acceptance, and best-self visualization] [p] [d]
  111. () About self-marriage [u]
  112. () The way of the bodhisattva: the importance of receiving [u]
  113. () Signs of spiritual progress [u]
  114. () Recovery at work: understanding the restorative side of 'depleting' client interactions [d]
  115. () Being Buddha at work: 108 ancient truths on change, stress, money, and success [i]
  116. () Strong mindfulness: integrating mindfulness and character strengths [d]
  117. () The meaning of nice: how compassion and civility can change your life (and the world) [i]
  118. () Why appreciation matters so much [u]
  119. () Lessons in love [on Dominique Youkhehpaz: 'Love is the driving force in all I that am and all that I do'] [u]
  120. () A cooperative species: human reciprocity and its evolution [i] [d] [j]
  121. () Living with your heart wide open: how mindfulness & compassion can free you from unworthiness, inadequacy & shame [i]
  122. () Becoming a mensch: timeless Talmudic ethics for everyone [i]
  123. () Flourish: a visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being [i]
  124. () 'Don't leave me hanging': homeless mothers' perceptions of service providers [d]
  125. () Social work under pressure: how to overcome stress, fatigue and burnout in the workplace [i]
  126. () Smile intensity in photographs predicts longevity [d]
  127. () Acts of kindness and acts of novelty affect life satisfaction [p] [d]
  128. () What's love got to do with it?: contemporary lessons on lawyerly advocacy from the preacher Martin Luther King, Jr. [u]
  129. () The way you make me feel: evidence for individual differences in affective presence [d]
  130. () The compassionate mind: a new approach to life's challenges [i]
  131. Mario Mikulincer & Phillip R. Shaver [ed] () Prosocial motives, emotions, and behavior: the better angels of our nature [i] [d] [j]
  132. () Helping for change [p] [d] [u]
  133. () Having less, giving more: the influence of social class on prosocial behavior [p] [d]
  134. () Biophilia as a universal ethic for conserving biodiversity [p] [d]
  135. () Teaching kindness: the promise of humane education [d]
  136. () The problems with blaming [i] [u]
  137. () Perceived social isolation and cognition [p] [d] [u]
  138. (/2017) Developing helping skills: a step-by-step approach to competency [i]
  139. Beverley Anne Fehr, Susan Sprecher, & Lynn Underwood Gordon [ed] () The science of compassionate love: theory, research, and applications [i] [d]
  140. () Buddha's brain: the practical neuroscience of happiness, love & wisdom [i]
  141. () Being nice [u]
  142. () Putting others in the center [i]
  143. () Maintaining whiteness: the fear of others and niceness [d]
  144. () The art of comforting [d]
  145. () A short history of kindness [in Western intellectual history] [i]
  146. () Neurobiology of empathy and callousness: implications for the development of antisocial behavior [d]
  147. () The mindful couple: how acceptance and mindfulness can lead you to the love you want [i]
  148. () Can nature make us more caring?: effects of immersion in nature on intrinsic aspirations and generosity [p] [d]
  149. () Simple kindness can go a long way: relationships, social identity, and engagement [d]
  150. () Leading with kindness: how good people consistently get superior results [i]
  151. () The zen of helping: spiritual principles for mindful and open-hearted practice [i]
  152. () Time to try a little tenderness?: the detrimental effects of accountability when coupled with abusive supervision [d]
  153. () Loneliness: human nature and the need for social connection [i]
  154. () Nice guys can get the corner office: eight strategies for winning in business without being a jerk [i]
  155. () Open hearts build lives: positive emotions, induced through loving-kindness meditation, build consequential personal resources [p] [d] [u]
  156. Yudit Kornberg Greenberg [ed] () Encyclopedia of love in world religions [i]
  157. () A course in happiness: mastering the 3 levels of self-understanding that lead to true and lasting contentment [i]
  158. () Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness [p] [d]
  159. () Altruism and reciprocity of Buddhist monks: evidence from behavioral game experiments in southern India [d]
  160. () Staying connected: the lived experiences of volunteers and older adults [d]
  161. () Personality trait change in adulthood [d]
  162. () Love's garden: a guide to mindful relationships [i]
  163. () People as resources: exploring the functionality of warm and cold [d]
  164. () Experiencing physical warmth promotes interpersonal warmth [p] [d] [j] [u]
  165. () Cold and lonely: does social exclusion literally feel cold? [d]
  166. () Be who you want to be: dealing with life's ups & downs [on cover: For girls only!] [i]
  167. () Universal dimensions of social cognition: warmth and competence [p] [d]
  168. () How to improve your marriage without talking about it: finding love beyond words [i]
  169. () Awakening through love: unveiling your deepest goodness [i]
  170. () Why good things happen to good people: the exciting new research that proves the link between doing good and living a longer, healthier, happier life [i]
  171. () Energizing others in work connections [i] [d]
  172. () Social exclusion decreases prosocial behavior [d]
  173. () The power of a positive No: how to say No and still get to Yes [i]
  174. () The mindful way through depression: freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness [i]
  175. () Love, open awareness, and authenticity: a conversation with William Blake and D. W. Winnicott [d]
  176. () Kindness to strangers [i]
  177. () Self-criticism and self-warmth: an imagery study exploring their relation to depression [d]
  178. () The power of nice: eight ways to kill the business world with kindness [i]
  179. () Kindness and joy: expressing the gentle love [i]
  180. () Happy people become happier through kindness: a counting kindnesses intervention [d]
  181. () An exploration and extension of Churchman's insights: towards the tackling of racial discrimination as a world problem [i] [d]
  182. () When good overcomes bad: the impact of volunteers on those they help [d]
  183. (/2009) The compassionate life: walking the path of kindness [i]
  184. () The four immeasurable attitudes in Hīnayāna, Mahāyāna, and Bön [u]
  185. () Cultivating a compassionate heart: the yoga method of Chenrezig [i]
  186. () Love promotes health [p]
  187. () Young professionals: cultivate the habits of friendship [u]
  188. () Making kind choices: everyday ways to enhance your life through earth-and animal-friendly living [i]
  189. () The force of kindness: change your life with love and compassion [i]
  190. () The likeability factor: how to boost your L-factor & achieve your life's dreams [i]
  191. () Friend, foe, ally, adversary... or something else? [u]
  192. () Are religious people nicer people?: taking a closer look at the religion–empathy relationship [d]
  193. () 'Nothing that feels bad is ever the last step': the role of positive emotions in experiential work with difficult emotional experiences [d]
  194. () I am you: the metaphysical foundations for global ethics [i] [d]
  195. () The milk of human kindness: lesbian authors write about mothers and daughters [i]
  196. () Mindful caregiving increases happiness among individuals with profound multiple disabilities [d]
  197. () Radical acceptance: embracing your life with the heart of a Buddha [i]
  198. () Emotional support skills [i] [d]
  199. () Detrimental effects of sanctions on human altruism [p] [d]
  200. Donald W. George [ed] () The kindness of strangers [i]
  201. () Serving time, serving others: acts of kindness by inmates, prison staff, victims, and volunteers [i]
  202. () Metta prayer [i] [u]
  203. Millicent H. Abel [ed] () An empirical reflection on the smile [i]
  204. (/2014) The worst is over: what to say when every moment counts [i]
  205. (/2004) Don't be nice, be real: balancing passion for self with compassion for others [i]
  206. () Bridging troubled waters: conflict resolution from the heart [i]
  207. Stephen Garrard Post, Lynn G. Underwood, Jeffrey P. Schloss, & William B. Hurlbut [ed] () Altruism & altruistic love: science, philosophy, & religion in dialogue [i] [d]
  208. () Loving internationalism: the emotion culture of transnational women's organizations, 1888–1945 [d]
  209. () A real teacher [u]
  210. () 'Simply to be let in': inclusion as a basis for recovery [d]
  211. () Welcome everything [p]
  212. () Cultivating compassion: a Buddhist perspective [i]
  213. () The treatise on the great virtue of wisdom = Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra [u]
  214. Mark R. Leary [ed] () Interpersonal rejection [i]
  215. () Making friends with death: a Buddhist guide to encountering mortality [i]
  216. () Kindness and the end of life [p] [u]
  217. () Being accepted for who we are: evidence that social validation of the intrinsic self reduces general defensiveness [d]
  218. () Building a community of love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh [u]
  219. () Love, conditional and unconditional [i]
  220. (/2010) The four immeasurables: practices to open the heart [i]
  221. () Developing balanced sensitivity: practical Buddhist exercises for daily life [i] [u]
  222. () Perske pencil portraits, 1971–1990 [i]
  223. (/2015) The power of nice: how to negotiate so everyone wins—especially you! [i]
  224. (/2001) Intimacy [u]
  225. () Emotional unavailability: recognizing it, understanding it, and avoiding its trap [i]
  226. (/2007) Teachings on love [i]
  227. () Merger and unconditional love as transformative experiences [i] [d]
  228. () Personal warmth and psychological health at midlife [d]
  229. () A guide to the Bodhisattva way of life = Bodhicaryāvatāra [i]
  230. () Commitment beyond self and adolescence: the issue of happiness [d] [j]
  231. (/2005) Warm smiles from cold mountains: Dharma talks on Zen meditation [i]
  232. () The kindness of strangers: and other clues to the meaning of life [i]
  233. () Tenderness and steadiness: emotions in medical practice [p] [d]
  234. () Lovingkindness: the revolutionary art of happiness [i]
  235. () Expanding the circle of caring: from local to global [i] [u]
  236. () Vessels of evil: American slavery and the Holocaust [i]
  237. (/1996) Tōrei Zenji's 'Bodhisattva's vow': translation and commentary [i]
  238. (/2019) Calls for papers: excerpts ['We need a continuous wake-up call'] [d] [u]
  239. () Befriending old age and death [u]
  240. () Contemplative psychotherapy: a path of uncovering brilliant sanity [u]
  241. () The fine arts of relaxation, concentration, and meditation: ancient skills for modern minds [i]
  242. () Guided meditations, explorations, and healings [i]
  243. () The power of love: the moral use of knowledge amongst the Amuesha of Central Peru [i] [d]
  244. () Present moment, wonderful moment: mindfulness verses for daily living [i]
  245. () Relationships with severely disabled people: the social construction of humanness [d] [j]
  246. () Metta: the philosophy and practice of universal love [i] [u]
  247. (/1998) Apologia [i]
  248. (/2007) The importance of friendliness [i]
  249. () Health and caring for living things [d]
  250. (/2003) Playfulness, 'world'-travelling, and loving perception [i]
  251. () The words of Martin Luther King, Jr. [i]
  252. () Love and sympathy in Theravāda Buddhism [i]
  253. (/1986) People skills: how to assert yourself, listen to others, and resolve conflicts [i]
  254. () Love and living [i]
  255. () Kindly bent to ease us: part one: mind [i]
  256. () Kindly bent to ease us: part two: meditation [i]
  257. () Kindly bent to ease us: part three: wonderment [i]
  258. (/1995) Letter to a harsh critic: I have nothing to admit [i]
  259. Herbert Arthur Otto [ed] () Love today: a new exploration [i]
  260. () On caring [d]
  261. (/1981) Strength to love [i]
  262. (/2004) Jean-Jacques Rousseau: precursor of Kafka, Céline, and Ponge [i]
  263. (/1970) The wisdom of the desert: sayings from the Desert Fathers of the fourth century [i]
  264. () The four sublime states: brahma-vihara: contemplations on love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity [o] [u]
  265. (/1994) Ideas and opinions [i]
  266. (/2002) The ways and power of love: types, factors, and techniques of moral transformation [i]
  267. (/1970) Try giving yourself away: a tonic for these troubled times [i] [u]
  268. () Universal benevolence [o] [d] [u]
  269. (/1812) The dignity of human nature: or, A brief account of the certain and established means for attaining the true end of our existence [o] [u]
  270. (/1985) Bodhisattva's four methods of guidance [i]

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