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Do something kind for others. It's good for *you*.
If you want to learn how to do loving-kindness meditation, check out this guide from UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/loving_kindness_meditation
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REFERENCES 📚
Buchanan KE, Bardi A. Acts of Kindness and Acts of Novelty Affect Life Satisfaction. J Soc Psychol. 2010;150: 235–237. 10.1080/00224540903365554
Galante, J., Galante, I., Bekkers, M.-J., & Gallacher, J. (2014). Effect of kindness-based meditation on health and well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82(6), 1101-1114.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037249
Hofmann, S. G., Grossman, P., & Hinton, D. E. (2011). Loving-kindness and compassion meditation: potential fo,psychological interventions. Clinical psychology review, 31(7), 1126–1132. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2011.07.003
Pressman, S. D., Kraft, T. L., & Cross, M. P. (2015). It’s good to do good and receive good: The impact of a ‘pay it forward’ style kindness intervention on giver and receiver well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 10(4), 293-302.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.965269
Layous K, Nelson SK, Oberle E, Schonert-Reichl KA, Lyubomirsky S (2012) Kindness Counts: Prompting Prosocial Behavior in Preadolescents Boosts Peer Acceptance and Well-Being. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51380. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051380
Lee Rowland & Oliver Scott Curry (2019) A range of kindness
activities boost happiness, The Journal of Social Psychology, 159:3, 340-343, DOI:
10.1080/00224545.2018.1469461
Hunsinger, M., Livingston, R., & Isbell, L. (2013). The impact of loving-kindness meditation on affective learning and cognitive control. Mindfulness, 4(3), 275-280.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0125-2
Carson J. W., Keefe F. J., Lynch T. R., Carson K. M., Goli V., Fras A. M., et al. . (2005). Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain. J Holist. Nurs. 23, 287–304. 10.1177/0898010105277651
Hoge EA, Chen MM, Orr E, Metcalf CA, Fischer LE, Pollack MH, De Vivo I, Simon NM. Loving-Kindness Meditation practice associated with longer telomeres in women. Brain Behav Immun. 2013 Aug; 32:159-63.
Epel E, Blackburn EH, Lin J, Dhabhar FS, Adler NE, Morrow JD, et al. Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2004; 101(49):17312–5. Epub 2004/12/03. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0407162101.
MY PATREON: patreon.com/BrainCraft
And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠)
Do something kind for others. It's good for *you*.
If you want to learn how to do loving-kindness meditation, check out this guide from UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center: https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/loving_kindness_meditation
My Twitter twitter.com/nessyhill | Instagram instagram.com/nessyhill
Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator
REFERENCES 📚
Buchanan KE, Bardi A. Acts of Kindness and Acts of Novelty Affect Life Satisfaction. J Soc Psychol. 2010;150: 235–237. 10.1080/00224540903365554
Galante, J., Galante, I., Bekkers, M.-J., & Gallacher, J. (2014). Effect of kindness-based meditation on health and well-being: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82(6), 1101-1114.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0037249
Hofmann, S. G., Grossman, P., & Hinton, D. E. (2011). Loving-kindness and compassion meditation: potential fo,psychological interventions. Clinical psychology review, 31(7), 1126–1132. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2011.07.003
Pressman, S. D., Kraft, T. L., & Cross, M. P. (2015). It’s good to do good and receive good: The impact of a ‘pay it forward’ style kindness intervention on giver and receiver well-being. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 10(4), 293-302.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2014.965269
Layous K, Nelson SK, Oberle E, Schonert-Reichl KA, Lyubomirsky S (2012) Kindness Counts: Prompting Prosocial Behavior in Preadolescents Boosts Peer Acceptance and Well-Being. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51380. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051380
Lee Rowland & Oliver Scott Curry (2019) A range of kindness
activities boost happiness, The Journal of Social Psychology, 159:3, 340-343, DOI:
10.1080/00224545.2018.1469461
Hunsinger, M., Livingston, R., & Isbell, L. (2013). The impact of loving-kindness meditation on affective learning and cognitive control. Mindfulness, 4(3), 275-280.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0125-2
Carson J. W., Keefe F. J., Lynch T. R., Carson K. M., Goli V., Fras A. M., et al. . (2005). Loving-kindness meditation for chronic low back pain. J Holist. Nurs. 23, 287–304. 10.1177/0898010105277651
Hoge EA, Chen MM, Orr E, Metcalf CA, Fischer LE, Pollack MH, De Vivo I, Simon NM. Loving-Kindness Meditation practice associated with longer telomeres in women. Brain Behav Immun. 2013 Aug; 32:159-63.
Epel E, Blackburn EH, Lin J, Dhabhar FS, Adler NE, Morrow JD, et al. Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2004; 101(49):17312–5. Epub 2004/12/03. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0407162101.
