While Tiny Kindnesses can’t change hard things that happen like death or divorce, they can change the way individuals experience them. Bad news is real, but so is good news. It deserves amplification.

Now and then, I give up my spot in the grocery line to a stranger. Or, if a friend is in the hospital, I’ll surprise them by sending flowers. These random acts of kindness—given without expectation of ...

On the one-year anniversary of my brother's burial, living across the globe from my family, I started an Instagram gathering tiny stories of tiny, significant ...

Many readers will recognize Danusha Laméris as the author of the much-beloved poem “Small Kindnesses,” which went viral in 2019, shared by hundreds of thousands of people online and published in ...

What are some kindnesses that have been done for you? Have you ever listed them? I did that once, years ago, on a late night flight from my home in California, to my hometown in South Carolina. It was ...

“I rescued a lost dachshund!” an executive coaching client told me, her face alight. As she told the story of finding the frightened dog in her neighborhood, and the joy and relief of all parties once ...

Feeling appreciated and cared for in a relationship may seem subtle, but it's actually the root of positive relationships, according to a study from Current Opinion in Psychology. Not only do acts of ...

We are never getting out of this mess,” a friend remarked ages ago, referring to how the threat of COVID-19 would keep resurging. As an optimist, I would not accept it at first, but as the months ...