Kindness is the key to happiness - but with all the pressures of work, finances, relationships, parenting and health issues, living a kind-hearted life isn’t always easy.

Inspired by the Dalai Lama’s philosophy that “world peace must develop out of inner peace”, Am I Being Kind shows you how. By simply asking yourself ‘am I being kind?’ you can change your life, and the lives of those around you.



Published to coincide with UK Kindness Day (13 November), Am I Being Kind gives simple tips and suggestions how to actually be kind in every one of your daily actions.

Author Michael J Chase identifies the ‘keys’ to kindness:



Being Aware – become mindful of your thoughts, words and actions.

Asking – Ask yourself each day “am I being Kind?”


Performing – Perform spontaneous acts of kindness (be it giving up your seat for somebody on the tube, offering directions to someone looking lost to passing on the magazine you have finished reading)

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and illustrates how you can use these to practice compassion immediately. He shows you how to turn your ‘to-do’ list into a ‘to-be’ list to encompass simple acts of kindness. For example the dreaded afternoon meeting on your to-do list becomes enthusiastic on your to-be list and dropping off your clothes at the charity shop becomes to be charitable on your new list.

With help from the book you can discover the astonishing power of kindness to change your life for the better on UK Kindness day and every day.