Ep. 13 - Kindness Matters: Building Emotional Strength, One Tool at a Time

Frances Fishman sits down with Laura Waldorf Reiss, founder of Kindness Matters, to explore how kindness, emotional awareness, and nervous system regulation can reshape the way we parent, lead, and live. Laura shares how Kindness Matters began, how the programming evolved, and why the work must be consistent and repeated to create lasting impact.

This episode is an invitation to see emotions as signals, build tools for regulation, and practice kindness intentionally, toward ourselves and others.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Kindness Matters was born
  
  
  
• Why the nervous system is at the center of behavior and connection
  
  
  
• Naming emotions and choosing tools like reframing, grounding, and communication
  
  
  
• Why children respond so powerfully to emotional education
  
  
  
• The ripple effect of kindness and the impact we cannot always see
  
  
  
• Partnering with others to expand a mission beyond one person
  
  
  

Find Kindness Matters:

Kindness Matters 365 dot org (KM365 dot org)

Note: Any event dates mentioned in the episode reflect what was said during the recording.

Connect with Laura Waldorf Reiss & Kindness Matters 

🌐 Website: https://kindnessmatters365.org/

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kindnessmatters365/?hl=en

OR https://www.instagram.com/laurawaldorfreiss/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kindnessmatters365org/

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