Best of: Why Being Kind Matters to Your Health

Show Topic: Kindness Matters

Co-Hosts:  Judy Gaman, Mark Anderson, Walter Gaman

Guest: Galit Breen

 

Segment 1

Intro – 30 sec.

Being kind really does matter. If you don’t believe me, look at the research. Time and time again there is a study showing that giving back, making friends, and generally staying positive help you live longer. We have a special guest on with us later this hour Galit Breen Author of the book Kindness Matters. This whole hour is going to be uplifting and help you become a better person and if you are a parent or grandparent, we will also be talking about raising a kind child in a cyber bully type world

Discussion 4.5 min.      

• (Connect) Our own stories of how kindness of others has changes us.
• People recovering from surgery or after a heart attack do better and heal faster when shown kindness
• Flip side – when we get cranky what happens to our body from a physiological standpoint
• (Inspire) Some ways that you can be kind each day

MUSIC FOR DOC SHOCK (JIM)

Love this doc shock. Fits right in with our topic today. What tone of voice do you use with your spouse?  We all know that it’s not what you say, but how you say it. Now the University of Southern California has proven it. By using a computer algorithm that analyzed conversations between couples, they were able to predict the long term success of a couple, with 79% accuracy. So watch your tone of voice, it may just save your marriage!

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Segment 2

 

Intro – 10 sec.

About tease – 1 min. – coming up – An amazing story of how Galit Breen took one of the worst times of her life and turned it into something positive. She is the Author of Kindness Wins and a wonderful speaker who is well known for a TED talk that helped create a world of change.

 

ANDERSON - Immortal minute – 2 min.

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1. Your book is called Kindness Wins, but it came about from an unkind situation. Tell us what happened.
2. So even though you were cyberbullied, you advocate for a switch from anti-bullying programs to pro-kindness ones. Why?
3. What is the most important thing we can teach our kids about social media?
4. How do we do this? How can we teach our kids these skills?
5. Should parents check their kids’ phones? Should they be online with their kids?
6. Given all of the statistics about bullying and how unhappy social media can make people, should we even let our kids online? Why?

 

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Segment 3

Intro – 15 sec.

Judy – Tease the upcoming Dementia Defender 844-WELL100

 

We are on with Galit Breen, author of the book Kindness Wins and the leader of a movement for people to be kinder. (mention kindness and your health)

Discuss

 

 

1. In your TED Talk, one of your calls to action surprised everyone. You called on us as adults to be kinder. Tell us about that.
2. In our fast paced, social media obsessed society, is this an easy—or even possible--switch?
3. You talk about creating a culture of kindness. Tell us what that is?
4. What is one thing we can do today to move toward creating a culture of kindness?
5. Do you have any resources for those of us who want to be a part of a culture of kindness? Where can our audience find them?

 

BLOG:  TheseLittleWaves.com http://theselittlewaves.com

FREE RESOURCES for living a kind life: http://bit.ly/1VIIGv8

TWITTER: @GalitBreen https://twitter.com/galitbreen
FACEBOOK: GalitBreenAuthor https://www.facebook.com/GalitBreenAuthor/?ref=hl
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/galitbreen/

 

 

Judy tease DD – grab a pen!  844-well100. Podcasts itunes, stayyoungamerica.com – 45 sec.

Coming up Medical Mania Trivia and then at the end of the show -  Dementia Defender Riddle of the day – your chance to win a free copy of the book Age to Perfection. Follow us on Twitter @StayYoungMedia

Exit – 30 sec.

 

 

Segment 4 –

 

Intro – sec 15

 

Judy Announcement  tease DD 844-Well100 – 30 sec.

 

MEDICAL TRIVIA  - Mark

1. True or False. Small noises can cause the pupils to dilate

(True. surgeons, who perform delicate operations generally do so in quiet. Even small sounds can cause their pupils to change focus and blur their vision, making it harder to do their job.)

2. What day of the week is someone most likely to have a heart attack?

(A ten year study in Scotland found that 20% more people die of heart attacks on Mondays than any other day of the week.)

3. Which can people go longer without – food or sleep

(Food. As long as someone has water, they can go up to a month without food granted they have a normal body size. The longest anyone has ever lived without sleep is 11 days. Just missing 2 days of sleep can cause significant neurological and physical problems)

4. Are we taller in the morning, evening, or the same height all day?

(In the morning we are roughly 1 cm taller)

5. What gives lips the pink color and blue color when cold?

(Capillaries close to the surface of the skin, but when cold they constrict, limiting oxygen and changing the color. )

 

Open discussion – what did we learn from today? Also – interesting cases of the week?

DEMENTIA DEFENDER

What is the center of gravity?

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