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Radical Kindness audiobook

  • By: Angela Santomero
  • Narrator: Angela Santomero
  • Category: Emotions, Self-Help
  • Length: 3 hours 23 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: March 05, 2019
  • Language: English
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Radical Kindness Audiobook Summary

The beloved creator of Blues Clues and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and protege of Fred Rogers explores the importance of kindness and how it can change your life in this essential guide and tie-in to the PBS special, “The Power of Radical Kindness.”

Angela C. Santomero, the creator, executive producer, and head writer of many of today’s most popular educational children’s shows believes in the radical power of kindness, on her shows, and in her life. Inspired by her mentor Fred Rogers, beloved host of the classic, award-winning PBS show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Angela has dedicated her life to teaching others that when you treat yourself and others with warmth, empathy, and respect, life changing benefits follows.

From the true meaning of self-care and the gift of vulnerability, to the importance of active listening or the magic of asking for help, Radical Kindness goes beyond The Golden Rule and entreaties to “be nice,” contending that kindness is the key to recognizing others, and ourselves, as worthy of love and understanding.

Much like gratitude, Angela contends we need a kindness practice. A practice in which we learn to see with our hearts and act from a place of compassion. As the Dalai Lama says, “Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” Through practicing radical kindness–toward ourselves, with loved ones, and to the world at large–we can transform ourselves, our neighborhood, and our world for the better.

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Radical Kindness Audiobook Narrator

Angela Santomero is the narrator of Radical Kindness audiobook that was written by Angela Santomero

ANGELA C. SANTOMERO is the co-creator, for the award-winning Blue’s Clues, and the creator of the smash hit Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and Super Why!; Creative Galaxy and Wishenpoof; and Charlie’s Colorforms City. The chief creative officer of 9 Story Media Group, she is the recipient of a Peabody Award, two Television Critics Association Awards, and the 2018 World Screen’s Kids Trendsetter Award. She has been nominated for more than twenty-five Emmy Awards and numerous Parents’ Choice Gold and Silver Awards. Angela is the author of Preschool Clues and blogs on AngelasClues.com. She lives in New York with her husband, two daughters, and two puppies.

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Angela Santomero is the author of Radical Kindness

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Narrator Angela Santomero
Length 3 hours 23 minutes
Author Angela Santomero
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Publisher HarperAudio
Release date March 05, 2019
ISBN 9780062939210

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The publisher of the Radical Kindness is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Emotions, Self-Help

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The publisher of the Radical Kindness is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062939210.

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Goodreads Reviews

Yelda

June 08, 2019

How do you stay immune to people’s unkind, dismissive and rude words and actions? Kindness. Kindness is contagious, as they say. I have to be honest with you, I hate rude and dismissive people. I can’t stand it when someone is rude and I almost always have to say something. But recently I decided I need to step back, not react, and teach my children a lesson on how to navigate the world with difficult people: kindness.I just loved this new little book on kindness. Not only does it ask us to be as kind as possible but it enlightens us of better ways of being. “Heart seeing,” listening with your heart and giving someone your presence when they are talking, is one of the biggest principles I took away from this book. “Giving someone your undivided attention is a sign of respect and admiration,” the author writes. Another idea I also loved was assuming the best of another person, despite any conflict you may be having with them— giving them the benefit of the doubt and keeping an open heart and mind, even if they slight you. These are very, very hard things to do, but I believe they work in making us happier. The author is a creator of famous children’s programs and has spent most of her life with children, whom she has learned from!I highly recommend this book as it taught me many things and I felt it was exceptionally well written!“Giving someone your full attention, concentrating on what they’re saying, and meeting what they say with genuine curiosity and attentiveness is one of the greatest kindnesses you can perform for another person, and all it takes it making the time to be in the moment.”

Taylor

March 21, 2019

3.5* In the second chapter of this book there is a quote by Paramahansa Yoganada that I find strikingly poignant: "Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations. The ugliness of unkindness to others impel me to make myself beautiful with loving kindness. May harsh speech from my companions remind me to use sweet words always. If stones from evil minds are cast at me, let me send in return only missiles of goodwill". Beautiful, right?! I've been exploring the concept of radical kindness for a while and this book would be great for someone who is just getting started. It's divided in two parts. The first half is how to nurture oneself with kindness and the second half is about how to spread kindness. I was much more interested in the latter half. Parts of it felt a little self-help(y) and that's just not my jam. There are A LOT of quotes and musings from Mister Rogers and those were by far my favorite part of this book. As soon as i finished this, I put a biography of Fred Rogers on hold at the library. Oh! and there's also an amazing list in the final chapter of this book of ways to be kind to oneself and others that I loved.

Tanya Willis Anderson

November 06, 2019

So good! This book is chock full of ways to be kind to yourself and to others. The author focuses in on the art of being able to 'heart-see which is key, she offers, as the basis for kindness. Her mentor, Mister Rogers, is an example of someone who used this way of seeing people and in turn, the people he encountered were rewarded because of this sincereness. Santomero states that being kind to ourselves is foremost and similar to the idea of loving oneself and then being able to love others, being kind to oneself also enables the freeing of being truly kind to others, minus the ego and distractions that can get in the way. There were numerous ideas to take away from this book and while it shouldn't be radical to be kind to someone, it is in the manner we need to do it - in order to make it an habitual action on our way. At the end of the book, she gives 32 ways the reader can bring kindness in and out - such a useful book and delivered in a brilliant way without bring preachy or judgemental.

Judith (xstitchinglibrarian)

June 06, 2019

I loved this book. It's a great reminder about how we need to consciously learn the habit to be kind to ourselves and others. There is so much darkness in the world that we cannot control but this book teaches us how we can work on ourselves to help shed a little light on that darkness. By practicing the art of radical kindness towards ourselves and others we can help make the world a better place one kind act at a time. Kindness is contagious and just might make someone's day. Choose kindness my friends!I had to read it again... I still love this book, June 2019.

R.

December 04, 2019

“Mister Rogers once said, “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.”This was a fast read and part of my ongoing efforts to better myself by reinforcing some of the traits that I like and admire in other people. I think that there's a tendency in vast parts of our culture to want to downplay the importance of books that fall into the realm of self improvement, but the older I've gotten the more I've learned that I have plenty of room for improvement. Only in the last five years or so do I really feel like I've started to nail down what my particular flavor of weaknesses are. This is one of them. I'm a grump. I know it. I didn't used to think that was the case, but moving from the military to the civilian workforce really highlighted that the military is filled with bad attitudes and I soaked up more than my fair share of them.“Radical kindness means rooting all you say and do in kindness, being unconditionally kind all the time, to everyone. It means going beyond situational niceness or merely “doing the right thing” and, instead, living from a place of compassion.”Anyone that knows me knows I'm not unconditionally kind. But I wish I was. I wish I could be. Maybe one day.

Dana

April 07, 2021

One of my good book club friends read Radical Kindness and gave it an excellent review. When she passed it on to me, I knew I would be able to take away at least one thing from this book that aims to inspire kindness. Once I learned the author was the creator of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, a cartoon mirrored after Mr. Rogers that my son watches all the time, I was eager to read on. I liked the author’s approach and outlook and found this to be a great reminder to be kind and do good.I like picking up these self help books once in a while as a good way to refocus on ways to live a better life. These books usually bug me because there are too many anecdotes and annoying stories. Not so here. This was short and sweet. I loved that the author spoke directly and plainly about how to think happier and be kind. It was clear that those small actions would create positive results.I would recommend this to everyone because we can all use a reminder to be kind and think positively. It really is amazing how small changes in our own thoughts can improve our lives.

Jennifer

February 09, 2021

Quick read with good reminders of ways we can be kind to ourselves, others and our planet starting today. Great book to give as a gift and great to read during a challenging time because there are so many little suggestions you can put into place right away.

Kate

November 28, 2019

I really do try to choose kindness every day, but I can always do better. This is just a good reminder to keep on being kind, and that kindness spreads. Start by being kinder to yourself, and remembering that everyone is more than just a moment.

Chris

November 05, 2020

A quick "read". This one was actually an audio book, but it was only about 4 hours long. Great read or listen. I'll be sure to try and "toss a sandal on the tracks" more often.

Emily

August 01, 2022

This was an excellent book about kindness

Nomad

June 05, 2022

We all need to show a lot more kindness to everyone!

Kim

July 17, 2019

Love the quote - “Choose to radiate kindness to those around you because the behavior is likely to rub off.”

Kathy

July 12, 2019

The world should read this. Just a little reminder.

Erin

February 05, 2021

What a great, quick and powerful read! I loved it! 🥰

Crystal

April 23, 2019

Who is Angela Santomero? Well, if you have or had toddlers you probably know her work. She created Blue's Clues, Super Why, and Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. She grew up watching Mr. Rogers and became a friend of his after creating Blue's Clues.Radical Kindness is a reminder of how important it is to be kind to yourself and others. It asks you to go back to the golden rule and treat yourself and others as you would want to be treated. Radical Kindness is a simple concept that can be difficult because of habits that we may have formed. Angela reminds us that we can reform those habits. The conclusion of the book leaves you with 32 ways that you can be kind. I love them all!Radical Kindness is a short and easy read. She refers to some of my favorite self-help authors such as Brene Brown and Deepak Chopra. Radical Kindness is great for when you want a quick reminder to be kind to yourself, others, and the world around you. If you are looking for an psychologically intense book, this is not it. This book is perfect for the person who wants to dip their toes in the self-help genre or a teenager who needs to remind themselves to be kind.

Matthew

April 29, 2019

Whenever possible, be kind. That, importantly, includes toward yourself. A little cliche-y, but nonetheless a good short work.

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