I was speaking at an event recently when a woman raised her hand and asked me, "Have you found that kindness truly is contagious?" What a great question. The answer I gave her was a resounding "Yes!" ...

My friend lost her dad just days after Christmas. I’ve never been in a situation where I needed to console a friend after a parent’s death, so I was on new ground. Am I talking too much or too little?

Medical researchers have found that not only does the recipient of kindness benefit from it, but it also helps to boost the ...

In honor of World Kindness Day (and World Kindness Week), we’re asking: what does kindness mean to you? Maybe it’s as life-changing as organ donation or as simple as a smile. However you define it, ...

The recipient of this week's Ben's Bell is Missy McCargar, a shift manager at a North Side restaurant who treats all her customers kindly. McCargar was nominated by one of those customers, Kendra ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Every year, District 51 students participate in ‘Kindness is Contagious’ week by spreading random acts of kindness across the Grand Valley. Fruita Monument High School ...

Kindness isn’t just a feel-good message we teach to our children or a cute saying on a bumper sticker or T-shirt. There is actual science behind kindness itself, considering it a health benefit for ...

Thursday is World Kindness Day. People celebrate it by performing acts of kindness which can range from something simple like giving a person a parking space, to volunteering, to sending a note or ...

Recently I celebrated the funeral of Annette Stein from St. Mathias in Hampton. Annette was 88 years old, and of late suffered from dementia. Days before her death, I anointed Annette at a Red Wing ...

One kind act can start a chain reaction. That was the message hundreds of students and community members heard Tuesday during Rachel’s Challenge presentations held at Capital High School. Rachel’s ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Regarding Leonard Pitts’ subsequently retracted column “Coronavirus reveals depth of our greed and our grace” (March 29): It ...

This December, we’re championing kindness in all its forms through HuffPost UK’s Kindness Advent Calendar. Check back daily (until 24 December) for new stories focusing on how individuals and ...