A Year Apart: Kindness Then, Self Kindness Now!

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In this heartfelt Shower Sprinkle, I revisit a recording I made one year ago—a message about kindness, connection, and the beauty of being gentle with one another. What I didn’t realize then was that this recording would resurface on World Kindness Day, creating a moment of pure synchronicity.

In today’s Shower Sprinkle I share:
 ✨ The original message I recorded about being kind every day, not just on National or World Kindness Day
✨ How my mentors, Cathy Heller and Kelsey Murphy, influenced her journey toward compassion and creativity
✨ The power of women holding space, encouragement, and community
✨ The full-circle moment that inspired me to add a new segment exactly one year later
✨ Why self-kindness is just as important—if not more important—than kindness toward others
✨ Science-backed facts about kindness and how it impacts your happiness, stress, immunity, heart health, and mental well-being

This episode invites you to pause, breathe, and reflect on one big question:
 “How kind am I to myself?”

Whether you’re listening on World Kindness Day or months later, this episode is a reminder that every day is an opportunity to choose kindness—toward others and toward yourself. 💕

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Music by: Jason and Ashley Scheufler
Artwork by: https://www.instagram.com/graphx_ink/

Episode Transcript

(00:04):
Hey friends.
Welcome to the Enter Sparkpodcast.
I'm your host, Casey Caton.
If you're looking to hearstories of transformation and
personal growth, this podcast isfor you.
My guest and I will be sharingthose sparking moments that has
changed the mental living a morefulfilling authentic life.
I'm so excited for you to heareach unique story.

(00:24):
So sit back, relax, and let'sget started.
Hey friends, I just wanted toshare something with you.
So today is November 13th and itis National Kindness Day.
Whenever you hear this, it maybe a month from now, it may be
three months from now.
I'm not really sure when I'mgonna share this, but a thought

(00:47):
of the day came to me is why arewe just sharing kindness for one
day?
What do you do to share kindnessand what does kindness mean to
you?
Today I got to spend some timein Kathy Heller's meditation
class, and then in a podcastinggroup with, Kelsey Murphy and
Kelsey.
And in both of those groups,both of those Zoom calls, I

(01:09):
wanna tell you that I wassurrounded by so many beautiful
women that were just holdingspace for each other.
And just being so gentle andkind.
Their words were so encouragingand so inspiring that it's just
amazing.
I just wanna ask you today, whatare you doing to be kind?
Are you being kind to someone?

(01:30):
What does it mean to you?
Like just sit with it and thinkdeep down in my core, what does
that mean?
What does it feel like?
I ask you just to sit andbreathe and think on that.
And I would love to know yourthoughts.
I only imagine if we could allbe kind to each other every day.
What a beautiful world it wouldbe.

(01:50):
Thanks for listening to myrandom thoughts.
Until next time, have a goodday.
Hey, friend, I hope you love theshower.
Sprinkle.
I just wanna tell you something.
I was listening to my oldpodcast or old recordings and

(02:10):
this one showed up, and today isactually World Kindness Day.
Ah, the Synchronicities.
Not only is that awesome, I alsowas in the same two calls today
with my two beautiful mentorsthat I mentioned, Kathy Heller.
And I also got to do a call withKelsey Murphy.
Hmm.
Such goodness.

(02:31):
They are such beautiful, kindpeople.
But what I wanna add fromrecording this a year ago that I
never aired to what I'm airingtoday on World Kindness Day is
also about being kind toyourself.
How are you treating yourself,friends, how are you treating
yourself?
Are you treating yourself likesomeone you love?

(02:54):
And let's just be honest aboutthis We have to treat ourselves
just like we would treat someoneelse.
And if you're listening to this,I'm pretty sure you're a pretty
kind person, so, so I wannaknow, I'm adding onto this
podcast of how kind are you toyourself?

(03:15):
Do you look yourself in themirror and tell yourself you
love yourself?
Do you treat yourself like youlove yourself?
I want you to start doing itevery day.
I also wanna tell you this, Iwas looking into kindness facts,
and I wanted to tell you thatone in three people report that
their best memories involvesomeone being unexpectedly kind.

(03:41):
There's also a whole bunch ofscience-based facts about being
kind, kindness, boost happiness.
Kindness reduces stress.
Kindness is contagious.
Ooh, let's feel the rippleeffect on that one.
Kindness improves heart health,kindness strengthens immunity.
Kindness reduces pain, itincreases your lifespan, builds

(04:03):
stronger relationships.
It improves your mental healthand kindness makes you more
attractive.
All right.
I just wanted to put this Showersprinkle out because I recorded
this a year ago.
Yes, a year ago.
And now I wanna show you whatI'm adding to about World

(04:25):
Kindness Day.
So happy world, kindness day.
In my world and in your world,friend, I know you treat every
day as it's world kindness day.
So reach out.
Tell me how you're celebratingWorld Kindness Day.
Did you go love on someone?
Were you kindness to someone?
And how are you treatingyourself?

(04:46):
All right.
Love you friends.
Thank you for tuning intoanother episode.
I hope today's story inspiredyou to embrace your own journey
of growth and change.
Remember, transformation isn'talways easy, but it's always
worth it.
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If you found something thatsparked you in this episode and

(05:08):
may spark a friend, I encourageyou to go share with them.
If you have your own story youwould like to share, I would
love to hear it.
So please reach out to me.
Until next time, friends, gohave some fun and let those
sparks lie.