Featured Articles & Blogs
PsychologyToday.com article Why choose kindness: Boost your well-being by being kind—to others and to yourself by Marianna Pogosyan PhD, April 11, 2019
Today.com article 5 ways to have a better relationship with your mom, by Melissa Schultz, January 17, 2019
The Wise Brain Bulletin article News and Tools For Happiness, Love, and Wisdom, Volume 12, 3, Sept. 2018
Spirituality & Health article 3 Steps to a Kinder Mind, by Kalia Kelmenson, Mar 13, 2018
Whil.com, April 10, 2018: Making the Virtuous Viral at Work
The Great Kindness Challenge, Feb 28, 2018: Growing A Kind Mind With Imagination
Center for Courage & Renewal, Feb 16, 2018: The World Needs More Kindness. Here’s How You Can Help.
Live Purposefully Now, Feb 13, 2018: Taking Stock of Kindness: 20 Questions To Ask Yourself
New Harbinger Publications, Feb 2, 2018: How We Can Stop Being Suspicious of Kindness
Thrive Global, Feb 2, 2018: The Kindness Cure: How the Science of Compassion Can Heal Your Heart & Your World – This is how you can observe your own mind
Mind Body Green, Feb 1, 2018: 5 Science-Baked Ways To Grow Kinder: A Psychologist Explains
Leader Values, Jan 31, 2018: Leading with a Kind Mind – Tara Cousineau, PhD
Open Forest, Jan 31, 2018: Pay It Forward (Even When You Don’t Feel Like It)
Our Shoes Blog by Path2Empathy, Jan 31, 2018: The Kindness Cure (excerpt)
Finer Minds, Jan 30, 2018: 7 Secrets to Radical Kindness
The Good Men Project, Jan 24, 2018: Daddy’s Girls Get Lessons in Kindness
Podcast Interviews
Overcoming Distractions Podcast with David Greenwood, Mar 10, 2019, Why Kindness Matters in Business and in Life
Awakening Divine Wildness with Mal Duane, Oct 29, 2018, How To Create More Kindness
Speaking of Partnerships with Ken Bechtel, Oct 3, 2018, Episode 207: Tara Cousineau – Kindness is love in action
Awakened Woman Self Care Podcast with Emma Kupu Mitchell and Christine Pensa, July 4, 2018, Episode 042: Tara Cousineau’s Kindness Cure
NPR The Kindness Podcast with Nicole Phillips, April 5, 2018, Episode 026: Tara Cousineau, Author of “The Kindness Cure”
Dr. Nancy O’Reilly – Motivational Speaker and Author, Feb 13, 2018, Kindness Equals Love In Action
The Jefferson Exchange by Geoffrey Riley, Feb 12, 2018, All Things Considered (Jefferson Public Radio, Oregon)
Optimal Living Now with Justin Malik, Feb 2, 2018, An Excerpt from the book The Kindness Cure by Tara Cousineau (Daily Flash Briefings & Drop of Inspiration – The Power of Us)
The Soul-Directed Life with Janet Conner, Feb 1, 2018, Is There A Universal Ground of Prayer?
Create Your Now with Kristianne Wargo, Feb 1, 2018, My Strength Is My Story with Tara Cousineau, The Kindness Cure
Mindfulness Mode with Bruce Langford, Jan, 31, 2018, The Kindness Cure with Author Tara Cousineau
Mama Bear Dares with Tesi and Leslie, Jan 15, 2018, Love & Resist with Dr. Tara Cousineau
The Emotion Machine, Steven Handle, Dec 16, 2017 Make Kindness Cool Again: Practical Ways to Build a Newer, Nicer World
Radio Interviews
Host Lynn Ware Peek of The Mountain Life on KPCW/NPR Affiliate, July 25, 2018
ConsciousTalk Radio with hosts Brenda Michaels and Rob Spears, June 11, 2018
Dan Skinner on Conversations, Kansas Public Radio & Kansas Audio Reader Network/NPR Affiliate, May 6, 2018
Host Teri Knight on 15 With the Author, KYMN Radio out of Northfield, MN, April 30, 2018
Janeane Bernstein on Get the Funk Out KUCI 88.9 FM out of Irvine, CA, April 8, 2018
The Matt Townsend Show, BYU, XM Satellite, April 4, 2018
Host Cyrus Webb on ConversationsLIVE WMPR 90.1 FM, NPR Affiliate/Podcast, Jackson, MS, April 3, 2018
Host Heidi Holtan and John Bauer on 91.7 KAXE/90.5 KBXE Morning Show, NPR Affiliate Grand Rapid, MN, March 30, 2018
Host Vicki St. Clair on ConversationsLIVE KKNW AM1150 & FM98.9 HD out of Seattle, WA, March 26, 2018
Host Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones on the Alvin Jones Show WCBQ-AM 1340 -WHNC-AM 890 CBS Affiliate, March 15, 2018
Martha Frankel on Woodstock Book Talk WDST Radio, Radio Woodstock in Woodstock, NY, March 12, 2018
KMA Radio, KMALand, ABC Radio/Westwood One Affiliate with hosts Dean & Don, March 7, 2018
Geoffrey Riley on Jefferson Public Radio, a regionally syndicated NPR station out of Mendocino, CA & Eugene, OR, Feb 12, 2018
Mantra Wellness, Feb 2018, How Kindness Can Change Your Brain
South Shore Living Magazine, Feb 2018, Q&A: Tara Cousineau PhD Discusses Her New Book
The Kindness Connection, The Secrets of Happiness (print) 2017
Q&A Interviews
Virtues for Life: The Heart of Everyday Living, Feb 2, 2018, Q&A on Kindness with Tara Cousineau, PhD
Huffington Post
How to Be a Kindness Magnet, Sept. 29th, 2016
A Mother’s Letter to a Skinny Girl, July 14, 2015
Love and Lipstick, May 13, 2015
Teenage Girls: Angst-Ridden Changemakers, April 30, 2015
7 Ways for Parents to Stay Calm, Cool and Connected, Feb 12, 2015
Have Smartphones Made Parents Dumb? Jan 9, 2015
Nothing Good Happens in the Woods: Teens and Drinking, Jan 5, 2015
Guest Posts & Quotes
- Brides.com (May 21, 2015): Brides: Keep your Wedding Dress a Secret with these Simple Tips
- Desert News (May 2, 2015): What Dove’s latest body image campaign gets right — and wrong — about boosting self-esteem
- Seventeen.com (April 28, 2015): 10 Signs Your Bad Mood Is Something More Serious
- THE FIVE MOMS – StopMedicineAbuse.org (April 16, 2015): Teaching Our Teens Well: Self-Esteem vs. Self-Kindness
Dove’s Self Esteem Website
Moms As Role Models: What Makes a Good Role Model
Mindful Me: A Mindfulness Activity Guide for Mentors of Girls 11-14 years
Dove #ChooseBeautiful Campaign: Mindfulness Tools for Women (videos)
Expert Quotes in the following Dove articles:
Social Media – What Teenage Girls Say Themselves
Puberty in Girls: Help Your Daughter Across the Stepping Stones
How to Deal with Haters Online
Words of Encouragement and Support: How a Mom Can Support Her Girl
Build Trust to Help Your Daughter Communicate
Peer Pressure: Help Your Daughter Be Herself
Savvy Auntie
3 Keys to Helping Kids Find Self-Compassion
Five Ways to Brave the Body Image Wars
A Gift For You Auntie: Self-Compassion
Who’s Eavesdropping on Your Nieces and Nephews?
6 Ways Aunties Can Nurture Social Intelligence
Aunties as Empathic Guides: 5 Simple Steps
A Long-Distance Auntie Sister-Pact
10 Ways to Help Teens Cope with Tragic News
Setting Aunt-entions for the New Year
Time to Reset: Teaching Kids About Generosity
Tuning Into Your Niece’s and Nephew’s Social Network
How to Be a ConfidAunt on Teen Dating
Positive Body Image: How to Support Your Teenage Niece
Attitude and Aunit-tude: Mentoring the Teen in Your Life
