The two-step plan to practicing kindness

Check out these easy steps for living a kinder and more mindful life. Jen Caudle, DO, and Jud Brewer, MD PhD, weigh in.

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It doesn't take extra effort. It doesn't take energy. You don't need an app for it. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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What are a few steps to living a kinder and more mindful life? And honestly, why would we want to-- why should we want to?

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So the first step is to throw caution to the wind and try being kind, whether it's listening or holding

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the door for somebody without expecting anything in return or simply, you know, nodding and smiling and acknowledging

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somebody. So imagine what it would be like to make eye contact, just as a-- as a gesture of kindness toward everybody that we see,

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right, just-- just for a moment. It doesn't take extra effort. It doesn't take energy. You don't need an app for it. You know, it just happens.

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So that's step one. The next step is to simply step back and see, what did that

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feel like? What was it like when I practice kindness as compared to meanness or selfishness?

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And what's it like when somebody is kind toward me? Maybe somebody looked at me and acknowledged me as a human being, how does that feel?

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Maybe somebody listened to me rather than jumping in and trying to talk me down with their-- with their view.

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So I really think of this is probably just those two steps and rinse and repeat. Practice kindness and then see what it feels like.

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Receive kindness. See what it feels like. Rinse and repeat. I love that. I love that. [MUSIC PLAYING]