More than simply thought-provoking, this book challenges and inspires the reader to effect change through kindness. In warm and engaging prose, the book explains true kindness as opposed to mere niceness and explores its power and benefits. It motivates individuals to exhibit and practice kindness, describing in clear and simple terms ways to integrate kindness as the response of choice. Included are techniques for developing the ability to empathise with others and strategies for being kind to oneself.

Author Biography

Margot Silk Forrest is the founder of 'The Healing Woman', a non-profit organisation for adults recovering from childhood abuse. She is a former editor for the 'San Jose Mercury News' and the 'Dallas Times-Herald' and the co-author of 'EMDR: The Breakthrough Therapy for Overcoming Anxiety, Stress and Trauma' and 'The Soul in the Computer: The Story of a Corporate Revolutionary'. She lives in San Luis Obispo, California.