Promoting Goodwill Month Recommendations 2022

With July being Promoting Goodwill Month, we should make it our mission to teach the world about the transformative power of kindness!

Ask Afrodaddy

Ask Afrodaddy is hosted by Terence Mentor (aka “AfroDaddy”) and Julie Mentor (aka “Nickname to be decided”.) They take questions about life and try to answer them before their two toddlers wake.

Hidden Brain

Using psychology, anthropology, neuroscience, and more, host Shankar Vedantam interviews experts to investigate wide-ranging phenomena.

The Michelle Obama Podcast

The Michelle Obama Podcast features the former First Lady of the United States of America, diving deep into conversations with loved ones.

SelfHealers SoundBoard

In this podcast, you’ll learn how to recognise your patterns, heal from your past, and create your Self. It can be described as wise and honest.

Unlocking Us with Brené Brown

Brené Brown has spent over 20 years studying the emotions and experiences that bring meaning and purpose to our lives, dedicating her career to researching and speaking about vulnerability and courage, and if ever there was a time for the voice of someone who’s done her homework on these subjects, it is now. Brown uses an easy to follow along formula for these solo episodes.

12 Week Relationships Podcast

What happens when you take a Doctor with 10 years of clinical experience and pair him with a wedding photographer? You get the 12 Week Relationship Podcast, a place where better relationships are made stupid-simple. In this podcast, the hosts talk a lot about their 12 week programs and how they’re designed to help you become your own relationship expert.

Elana Afrika’s Baby Brunch: Expert Advice For New Parents

Through their parenting podcasts, parenting videos, articles and blogs, they offer a platform for moms and dads to learn and laugh.

Honey I’m Home

As the host Thando Au says : “If Honey I’m Home makes one iota of a difference in anyone’s ability to experience life differently, then I am exceedingly pleased that I shared parts of me with the world.”

Modern Love Podcast

For 18 years, the Modern Love column has given New York Times readers a glimpse into the complicated love lifes of real people.

The Great Equalizer

The Great Equalizer podcast is an unfiltered, honest and (at times) irreverent account of the realities of being a parent in modern Jozi.

Want to learn how to be kinder to others? Well, first, let’s be honest: showing kindness in every situation can be hard. However, these books on bettering our family relationships are a great way to help you develop deeper empathy.

Far From the Tree by Robin Benway

National Book Award Winner, PEN America Award Winner, and New York Times Bestseller! As a contemporary novel it hits all the right notes, delving deep into teenage life with sensitivity. Perfect for fans of This Is Us, Robin Benway’s beautiful interweaving story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family.

Raising Good Humans: A Mindful Guide to Breaking the Cycle of Reactive Parenting and Raising Kind, Confident Kids by Hunter Clarke-Fields

In Raising Good Humans, you’ll find powerful and practical strategies to break free from “reactive parenting” habits and raise kind kids. This is truly a wise and fresh approach to mindful parenting. With this book, you’ll find powerful mindfulness skills for calming your own stress response when difficult emotions arise.

What Happened To You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Dr Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain development and trauma expert, Dr Bruce Perry, discuss the impact of trauma and adverse experiences and how healing must begin with a shift asking, ‘What happened to you?’ rather than ‘What’s wrong with you?’. Through wide-ranging and often deeply personal conversation, Oprah Winfrey and Dr Perry explore how what happens to us in early childhood influences the people we become.

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie

Codependent No More is the definitive book on codependency, clarifying what it is, why so many struggle with it, and most importantly, how to overcome it – by former codependent and beloved self-help author Melody Beattie. This book can be recommended to anyone, even though the book touches on subjects of those suffering from addiction and those with a loved one suffering.

Love More, Fight Less: Communication Skills Every Couple Needs: A Relationship Workbook for Couples by Gina Senarighi

In her book, Gottam-certified relationship coach Dr. Gina Senarighi gives us the tools and strategies we need to communicate effectively.

Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship by Mira Kirshenbaum

There are many books that promise to help you fix a bad relationship. This ground-breaking bestseller is the first which deals with that most crucial of decisions – should you stay with your present partner, or should you go? Mira Kirshenbaum provides expert guidelines that are the key to making all your choices, concrete steps that you can implement right now.

These educational video recommendations, will hopefully spark ideas of kindness inside of you, during Promoting Goodwill Month.

The three requirements of a good relationship by The School of Life

Many people, after they’ve been in a relationship for some time, will privately admit that they are – in many ways – frustrated and disappointed by the person they’ve chosen to be in a relationship with.

Is adoption the option for you? by Elana Afrika’s Parent and Baby Brunch

Are adoptive parents better parents because they have more time to emotionally and mentally prepare? PROCARE’s very own Eloise Loots, who is a social worker and adoption specialist, is here to explain how adoption really works.

The power of vulnerability by Brené Brown

Brown hosts the Unlocking Us podcast, and her 2010 TED Talk, “The power of vulnerability,” is one of the most viewed talks in the world.

The secret of successful relationships: rupture and repair by The School of Life

No relationship is ever stable; each goes through a regular cycle of ‘rupture’ and ‘repair’. One of the worst feelings in the world is when you get misunderstood by the very own people who care for you. Watch this video to learn how to accept someone’s weakness and forgiving them for not being strong, ultimately learning how to manage your expectations.

Building connections: how to be a relationship ninja by Rosan Auyeung-Chen

Building strong, healthy relationships is the key to successful networking.

The difference between healthy and unhealthy love by Katie Hood

In a TED Talk about understanding and practicing the art of healthy relationships, relationship revolutionary, Katie Hood, reveals the five signs you might be in an unhealthy relationship – with a romantic partner, a friend, a family member – and shares the things you can do every day to love with respect and kindness.

Warrior Ric’s advice for parents who feel like failures by Elana Afrika’s Parent and Baby Brunch

Need a nudge in the right direction? Things may not be going the way you wanted or expected, but that doesn’t mean you’re failing as a parent. It almost seems taboo to even mention you have no idea what you’re doing. Motivational artist Warrior Ric is here as the drill sergeant to bring your life back to attention – watch this advocate for positivity and take your life back today!

The 4 habits of ALL successful relationships by Dr. Andrea & Jonathan Taylor-Cummings

The quality of our relationships impacts just about everything that really matters most. But successful relationships don’t just happen automatically. We all need to be equipped to get over the hurdles, so that our relationships don’t just survive, but thrive. Based on over 20+ years’ experience of working with countless couples, Dr. Andrea & Jonathan Taylor-Cummings share their observations of the 4 fundamental habits that all successful relationships exhibit.

How to start having healthy relationships right now by SelfHealers SoundBoard

When you start thinking about how to have a healthy relationship, don’t immediately zero in on what the other person is like or what they do for you. In the SelfHealers Circle, the SelfHealers SoundBoard have created a sacred space for people around the world to support, empower and connect with one another on their healing journeys.

How to let go of relationships that don’t serve you by SelfHealers SoundBoard

Your story is what you tell yourself to justify your decisions. Letting go of a relationship is a very difficult thing to do, but if that relationship is no longer serving you, it is necessary, as it could be holding you back from the possibility of forming extraordinary relationships. To focus your energy on living positively and proactively, you need to learn how to move on.

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