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Feb 6, 2023 9 min

Episode 43: How Kindness Affects Your Body

from Your Body Advocate Hosted by Ruth Cummings

How Kindness Affect Your Body? In today's episode, we talk about how being kind to others and to ourselves can affect our body. First of all, *studies show that being kind can: Decrease symptoms of depression. & anxiety Lower blood pressure Lower the risk of heart disease Increase our feeling of happiness & wellbeing Increase our immune system function *University of California, Berkley & John Templeton Foundation Next, being kind to OURSELVES can: Help us calm down Increase our confidence & self esteem Improve our sleep Spread love & kindness Bring us up when we feel down We can be kind to ourselves: Mentally Physically Spritually Mental kindness to ourselves can include: Meditation & prayer-taking a quiet moment for our brain to slow down Breathing Journaling-get your circulating thoughts out Physical kindness to ourselves can include: Stretching Hydration Sleep Spiritual kindness can include: Receiving love from God or the Universe Being aware of gifts Spreading kindness with a smile Your Smile is Powerful You can spread kindness with one smile! Smile to stranger and people you know with deep gratitude and sincerity and they will most likely smile back, or smile even moments after you have gone. A smile can spread kindness, courage, happiness & love at the most random times when you are not aware what another person may be going through, and your smile is a boost they need at that exact moment. Spread love & kindness one smile at a time.

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How Kindness Affect Your Body?In today's episode, we talk about how being kind to others and to ourselves can affect our body. First of all, *studies show that being kind can: Decrease symptoms of depression. & anxietyLower blood pressureLower the risk of heart diseaseIncrease our feeling of happiness & wellbeingIncrease our immune system function*University of California, Berkley & John Templeton Foundation Next, being kind to OURSELVES can: Help us calm downIncrease...

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