Jane Linley-Thomas launches new series about kindness

Kindness is such a simple word. We all have experienced the joy of kindness in our lives. We all aspire to be kinder. We believe that kindness has the power to change the world. Yet, knowing how to be kinder in an increasingly tough world is sometimes hard for all of us. 

Episode one of the KindnessCan podcast series is all about being kinder to ourselves.  Listen below, then read more underneath.

Self-Talk is the conversations that we have with ourselves. They become the basis of our thoughts. The more we have these thoughts the more we believe them as true. 

These thoughts are very powerful because they become the way we feel and then the way we act in different situations. From early on in our lives, we start having these conversations. However, it’s important to learn (from as young as possible) that many of these conversations and thoughts are not true. 

We have the power to confront and change these thoughts. This is a very powerful way of setting ourselves free from negative feelings and behaviours in our lives. We do this through a process of - Catch, Confront, Change.

Catch negative thoughts about yourself. Confront them by asking – are you true and useful? And then where appropriate, Change them for something more accurate and useful. 

At first, you might miss the thoughts before they have already become a hard feeling. When you have a hard feeling, start by asking yourself – what thought might have caused this unhappy feeling. Then confront that thought. 

Affirmations are a great way of gently correcting and realigning the conversations and thoughts we are having. Take control of your thoughts and feelings, by periodically dropping in kind and affirming thoughts about yourself. 

Affirmation: I am enough. I am a deserving recipient of love and kindness in the world.