We asked entrepreneurs, artists, creatives and folks from every walk of life to share stories of kindness with us because we believe that hearing about kindness inspires more kindness. Our world needs more kindness.

Jessica Hanaghan

The kindest thing anyone has ever done for me was when we adopted our second daughter. It was the beginning of the pandemic and we received a call that we had been matched with a baby to adopt. We have one daughter whom we adopted from birth almost 7 years ago and then had two quite tramatic failed adoptions and we had pretty much given up and packed away everything in the nursery. Read more>>

Kendra Johnson

My circle is incredibly close-knit. I would say the kindest thing they have ever done for me was simply show up for me. They constantly reaffirmed my greatness, the things I had accomplished, and most importantly, the impact I had on them and other people in addition to them. There were times when I would doubt myself and feel like I wasn’t working hard enough, doing enough, etc., but they would always remind me of how great I was. Read more>>

Sardia Robinson

When I was in college I was raising two boys and living pay check to pay check. One month I couldn’t pay my rent. One of my classmate overheard me talking to a friend about it, and the next day she gave me a check for $1,000. I cried like a baby. No one had ever done anything like that for me before. It changed the way I viewed the world. I shifted my outlook and realized that yes of course the world has a lot of bad in it, but it also has incredible kindness. And where I put my focus, matters. Acts of kindness are what truly matter in this lifetime. Read more>>

April Barker

The kindest thing that anyone has ever done for me in regards to my business was to believe in me so much that they invested their hard earned money into me publishing my first book. I have always loved writing and can remember writing poems since the second grade. Even then I had a strong voice and my first poem was “It Ain’t No Joke, When People Smoke!” Read more>>

Sally Bleck

Almost a year ago I was invited to teach a workshop at an upscale women’s retreat where I was unexpectedly shown how much skill I have when compared to someone just starting off. The retreat leader put a lot of trust in me and my vision for the workshop. Read more>>

Sara Jespersen

When opening my first Axe Throwing Bar, I was behind on my build out. A neighboring business owner reached out to check on my build out progress. After a quick visit he could see I was WAY behind. He came back with a team of 5 guys and proceeded to work along side me for the next three days straight so I could meet my opening goal. He brought over materials, cleaned, swept, shared my burden and lightened it be a few tons. Read more>>

Katie Sheen-Abbott

I moved to Spain in 2014 to study flamenco dance full-time at a school called The Cristina Heeren Foundation. Admittedly, I was a little naive regarding how intense and difficult the experience would be. But I’m glad I didn’t know beforehand, because if I would have known, I probably wouldn’t have done it. Read more>>

Alicia Mitchekk

I’ve been fortunate to be surrounded by wonderful mentors on my journey. Especially women! Their guidance and mentorship was a turning point in my life. They’ve embraced me, nurtured my talents, and sometimes created positions of authority that were tailored just for my creative gifts/talents. They believed in me so much so, that they allowed me to be just who am and meet me halfway. Read more>>

Germaine Shames

When, more than eight years ago, I decided to cross over from writing novels and screenplays to try my hand at writing for the live stage, I joined a playwrights’ group that met regularly to read and critique one another’s in-progress scripts. Because I was a newbie, and my colleagues far more experienced, I listened deeply to their feedback. It took me a few meetings to notice how much of that feedback focused on what my colleagues perceived as rule-breaking, hard to produce, or simply wrong. Read more>>