#107 Cultivating Kindness: A Recipe for Growth with Harpal Dhatt

What’s the role of kindness and its importance in personal and professional growth? In this episode, I am joined by Harpal Dhatt, also known as the Kindness Chef. She is a podcast host, a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster, and the founder of Kindness Cafes. She helps leaders create a culture of kindness with nourishing recipes & menus to increase wellbeing. Harpal explains how her journey began with compassion but evolved into focusing on kindness. She emphasizes the need for self-compassion and discusses the challenges of practicing kindness, especially when people are suffering. Highlights Harpal shared how she realised the power of compassion in alleviating suffering. She believes that kindness is a powerful force for growth and how to use the KIND model to reduce stress and burnout. She struggled to explain compassion to others and eventually found that kindness was a more universally understood concept. Harpal emphasizes that being kind to oneself is the first step to being kind to others. She shares how she used the Kindness menu as exercises during the covid 19 pandemic in organisations. We also discussed how creating a culture of kindness can boost employee engagement and turn them into strong brand ambassadors.   More info about the podcast Website: https://www.francinebeleyi.com/podcast/ Watch on Youtube https://bit.ly/3LKwUT1   Connect with Harpal Dhatt LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/harpaldhatt/ Website kindnesschef.com Transforming Trauma by Doctor James Gordon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transforming-Trauma-Discovering-Wholeness-Healing/dp/1529398126   Connect with Francine Beleyi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebeleyi/ Website: https://www.francinebeleyi.com/