Being kind and good-hearted isn't just something your grandma preached about; it’s a life philosophy worth sticking to. Sure, life can be rough, and sometimes it feels like kindness is a one-way ...

People talk a lot about kindness, but the real thing usually hides in moments no one notices. It shows up in the quiet ...

Kind and nice — the two words seem to be synonymous, but there are key differences in how genuinely kind people act and how people just being nice act. Kindness comes from honoring one's own ...

It's one thing to be nice to people on a superficial level, and it's something else altogether to exhibit true and genuine kindness. The signs of a genuinely kind person that can't be faked come from ...

It feels great when — to quote Adam Brody’s “hot rabbi” character in Nobody Wants This — someone does a “mitzvah,” or good deed. Like a stranger pulling over to help when your car breaks down on the ...

I recently received the following letter that inspired this week’s column. Here it is. “I am an 87-year-old woman, gray-haired and using a cane since walking has become a chore as I have aged. I don’t ...

Science is here to remind us of the transformative power of kindness. According to the book 'The Biology of Kindness: Six ...

Have you ever really thought about the strength of kindness? I used to think that to be kind was to be weak, to be a pushover, and to get taken advantage of. I am from the Middle East and kindness is ...

How well do you treat yourself? Are you mostly helpful, sympathetic, forgiving, and supportive? Or are you often critical, demanding, unforgiving, or self-blaming? Most people treat themselves with ...