Not just any kindness: EXTRAORDINARY kindness - with Sue Revell

What if the person who most needs your kindness is you? And what if kindness calls us to something deeper, braver and more expansive than we ever imagined?

In this solo Insights episode, I reflect on my conversation with Rich Waterman and the phrase that stayed with me long after we finished recording: extraordinary kindness.

This is an exploration of what changes when we make kindness 'extraordinary'. Of the difference between kindness as niceness, and kindness as something more spacious, more courageous and more honest. I reflect on the way some concepts benefit from that added edge in deepening their meaning: from Radical Candor to Daring Greatly to Atomic Habits. I also consider why Rich’s phrase landed so powerfully with me.

The episode also moves into deeper territory: self-kindness, presence, identity, love, and the quieter moments in life that shape us, even when they pass without applause or recognition. Because perhaps some of the most meaningful turning points are not the ones that the world sees, but the ones in which we meet ourselves differently.

A thoughtful listen for anyone interested in personal growth, emotional honesty and the inner work of becoming more fully themselves.

Highlights:

(03:30) How one extra word can raise the bar

(06:00) Why capable people are often least kind to themselves

(07:25) Beyond performance: being, presence and humanity

(08:55) Why this is also a reflection on love

(09:40) The quieter moments that shape a life

(11:10) The question I’m taking away from this episode

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