While many families say the public outpouring of kindness helped them endure a nightmarish year, they recognize that the unlimited benevolence cannot last forever.
"This kindness helped me to understand what self-care really is about," she said.
You'll never know how much your kindness helped us face the day ahead.
In addition, kindness helps you to appreciate yourself and others more.
Paying attention to these acts of kindness helps to uplift the mind, open the heart and moves us out of a self-referential way of life.
They kept us afloat financially through donations, they joined in the effort to rescue the cats we hadn't been able to evacuate, and their kindness helped keep us at least semi-sane.
Dr. Foote is the co-author of Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change, a book that eschews the theatrics of interventions and tough love to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help their loved ones change.
She has most recently co-authored a book calledBeyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change that is a compassionate and science-based family guide for navigating the addiction treatment world, understanding motivation, and training in the use of CRAFT Community Reinforcementt and Family Training) skills.
Dr. Wilkens is a co-author of Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change (www.beyondaddictionbook.com), a compassionate and science-based family guide for navigating the addiction treatment world, understanding motivation, and training in the use of CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) skills.
She has most recently co-authored a book called Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change that is a compassionate and science-based family guide for navigating the addiction treatment world, understanding motivation, and training in the use of CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) skills.
