{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ddfa7be-69b9-413c-9c51-4965d3fb699a/0592b5be-dcfb-4b07-b20f-6a26ada35bb4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bernadette Russell | How to be Hopeful ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e770906c05e2cf2f40943/611e78003a54930012a5c9da.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/bernadetterussell/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bernadette Russell</a> is a writer and performer who is also an expert in kindness and hope. In 2011 she happened upon an idea, to do a daily act of kindness every day for a year, and quickly learned how quickly kindness can spread and how, if you actually look for it, you can see kindness everywhere.</p><p>In this episode Bernadette and I discuss:</p><ul><li>The benefits of kindness.</li><li>What to do if kindness isn't accepted.</li><li>How to manage your expectations around kindness.</li><li>The positivity bias that exists in children that we lose as we age.</li><li>The link between hope and compassion.</li><li>How hope can gather pace when you share it with others.</li><li>How to use hope as a way to quiet negativity.</li></ul><p>Bernadette's book <a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1783965223/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=theemmagunssh-21&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=1783965223&amp;linkId=cd64ffda73fb5a7f3d519c05e98aed90\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>How to Be Hopeful</em></a> is available now from all good book shops.</p><p>To join the closed Facebook group for the podcast click here &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583855258373361/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Emma Guns Show Forum</em></a>.</p><p>To follow me on social media &gt;&gt; <a href=\"https://twitter.com/emmaguns\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> | <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/emmaguns/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Emma Gunavardhana"}