How To Be Kind - by Peacebeam

COURSE

How To Be Kind

With Peacebeam

In our busy lives, we can find ourselves endlessly juggling demands on our time and energy; lots of to do's, duties and responsibilities to attend to. In these difficult times, we are living through where everything is speeded up and time seems so short it can all feel rather overwhelming. Kindness isn’t another thing to achieve, or some impossible ideal of awakened serenity that we ought to be attaining. Kindness is a loving presence that is waiting to be invited into our lives, to calm and soothe, to bring comfort and solace, to remind you that you are loved and that love seeks you. Kindness isn’t unusual, special, or remarkable. It does not ask anything of us other than to live open to its warmth, security, and aliveness in all of the ordinary moments of our ordinary lives – especially the difficult ones, that is where kindness seeks us most. This course will help you to make kindness a way of life and invite its presence into your life and the lives of those around you. During the sessions, we will look at kindness from different perspectives, how we can engage with it in different parts of our lives, who we can be kind to, and why it matters. Each session consists of a reflection on a particular theme and then a Peacebeam meditation. There is room for journaling if you would like to bring your notebook but equally, you can use those periods for quiet reflection. You might want to listen to the sessions at the end of the day, perhaps just before bed when you have a little time to yourself, so that the gentle presence of kindness can be with you while you sleep.


Meet your Teacher

At Peacebeam, we are kindness evangelists, so much so that we have developed a currency of kindness and a theory around the social impact of kindness. We believe that when mindfulness and meditation are combined with kindness and action, it becomes a more complete practice for relieving stress, anxiety, and building resilience and connection. To give from a place of abundance brings immense joy, connection, meaning, and a sense of purpose. This is our form of activism.

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7 Days

1.8k students

4.9 stars

19 min / day

Gratitude

English


Lesson 1

What Is Kindness?

In this session, we look at what kindness means to you. We consider the objective and subjective naure of acts of kindness and the incredible freedom that choosing kindness gives us. We will meditate on your experiences of kindness and create the space to enter into that refreshing beauty.

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Lesson 2

Why Does Kindness Matter?

In this session, we explore the background philosophies on kindness, the neuroscience on the effects of kindness, and we spend time in meditation on why kindness matters to each of us personally.

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Lesson 3

What Can Kindness Do?

In this session, we consider our brains. Kindness has a very concrete space in the brain. It shares the same neural networks as empathy and compassion. Empathy identifies needs and kindness translates this sensation into a spontaneous acting to promote good, to relieve the need. The goal of this mechanism is to bind the human being to the human community – it makes us understand that we need each other, that we are stronger when we are together.

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Lesson 4

Who Can I Be Kind To?

This is a big question. Who and what is in our lives that invites our kindness? In this session, we consider two categories, the self and others, and meditate on both of them.

Lesson 5

Who & What Can I Be Kind To?

The last 50 years has seen an unparalleled species decline and our activity on this planet directly impacts the lives and flourishing of the creatures that call earth home too. We continue with our exploration of the categories of kindness and consider how we can be kind to animals and the planet.

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Lesson 6

Making Kindness A Habit

This session discusses some of the research around habit making and offers practical guidance on how to make kindness a habitual practice.

Lesson 7

Conclusion

This is a very short wrap up session and can be listened to at the end of Day 6.

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Recent Reviews

Tisch

December 27, 2025

Thank you 2025 end of year 🏞️ Peacebeam fills my heart with the kindness it brings to the world 🌅❤️🦊

Sal

January 31, 2025

Fabulous

Collette

January 19, 2025

Thank you for bringing more kindness into my life. I appreciate the peaceful way this course is taught. For the slow cadence that allows thought and the gentle, peacefully spoken words. I will be practicing kindness in my life and you’ve helped me to do this!!!

Mo

April 19, 2024

Another life changing course, thank you Peacebeam…🙏💛

California

September 21, 2023

Powerful and beautiful

Kelly

September 1, 2023

This is a beautiful course.

Melody

August 17, 2023

What the world needs. What if 75 % of the world practiced this. What a wonderful place it would be.

Wendy

August 12, 2023

I so enjoyed this course and will return to it again. The content is clearly important, but your delivery, with your beautiful words and calm, peaceful voice and lovely accent, made it all the more special. Thank you 😊🙏

Lennie

August 11, 2023

This was a beautiful course and one that I will revisit in future.

Margarete

June 22, 2023

Thank you for this series! Great reminder and I shall make it a habit to have kind thoughts, kind words, and kind actions! Grateful to you Peacebeam for this series! Namaste 🙏

Dan

April 28, 2023

Thoroughly enjoyed this course! It taught me a lot about kindness, and deepened what I already knew and felt. Left me believing, that the kindness I can produce for myself and others, will lead to a much better life for all..

Marla

April 18, 2023

Melanie

March 4, 2023

What the world needs now.

Bill

March 2, 2023

Thank you for the insight!

Ken

February 5, 2023

Habitual kindness to ourselves and others is key to community building. This simple, straightforward series reminds me not only to be kind but to seek kindness, and let go of spaces where kindness is so easily dismissed or diminished on purpose.

Nancy

January 25, 2023

Hugz

Mael

January 19, 2023

🙏🏼❤️

Stephen

December 25, 2022

You brought kindness to my consciousness in a poignant and beautiful way. I have always done my best to be kind. Not always have I achieved that. This brief course, which I have decided to repeat so as to ground the principles of kindness into my day to day living, is magnificently presented. My heart is filled with gratitude for your gift.

taratan

November 17, 2022

This was a wonderful course! Thank you for your time and your inspiring words. I hope to bring more kindness into this world and will be mindful of that aim each day when i wake. Many blessings to you and yours 🙏 🌻

Diane

September 16, 2022

Thanks so very much wisdom and genuine caring in your words. I will repeat this course to remind myself of the attitude I want to have. You have a beautiful mission and I believe it can help change the world ❣️

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