What’s the role of kindness and its importance in personal and professional growth?
In this episode, I am joined by Harpal Dhatt, also known as the Kindness Chef. She is a podcast host, a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster, and the founder of Kindness Cafes.
She helps leaders create a culture of kindness with nourishing recipes & menus to increase wellbeing.
Harpal explains how her journey began with compassion but evolved into focusing on kindness. She emphasizes the need for self-compassion and discusses the challenges of practicing kindness, especially when people are suffering.
Highlights
- Harpal shared how she realised the power of compassion in alleviating suffering.
- She believes that kindness is a powerful force for growth and how to use the KIND model to reduce stress and burnout.
- She struggled to explain compassion to others and eventually found that kindness was a more universally understood concept.
- Harpal emphasizes that being kind to oneself is the first step to being kind to others.
- She shares how she used the Kindness menu as exercises during the covid 19 pandemic in organisations.
- We also discussed how creating a culture of kindness can boost employee engagement and turn them into strong brand ambassadors.
More info about the podcast
- Website: https://www.francinebeleyi.com/podcast/
- Watch on Youtube https://bit.ly/3LKwUT1
Connect with Harpal Dhatt
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/harpaldhatt/
- Website kindnesschef.com
- Transforming Trauma by Doctor James Gordon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transforming-Trauma-Discovering-Wholeness-Healing/dp/1529398126
Connect with Francine Beleyi
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/francinebeleyi/
- Website: https://www.francinebeleyi.com/
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