Your Soul Food for June 6, 2025: What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first?

Happy Soul Food Friday!

This week:

Jacinda Ardern reflects on a career focused on the power of kindness:

What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first? 

New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern broke the mold on leadership, motherhood and stepping down : NPR (short version 8 minutes)

Jacinda Ardern’s new memoir addresses motherhood, public office : NPR (longer version 30 minutes)

The book: Amazon.com: A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir: 9780593728697: Ardern, Jacinda: Books

Feeling Stressed? Here’s Why You Should Start Humming (Seriously)
Mindfulness practices, such as meditation, are often the antidote for dealing with stress—and for good reason: there are loads of studies about the benefits of being present. But for some, meditation can be a hard practice to develop.

Feeling Stressed? Here’s Why You Should Start Humming (Seriously)

Sinnerman-Nina Simone:

Something to take you out…

Nina Simone – Sinnerman (Audio)

Please pay it forward on purpose!

Love,

Neville

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Your First Soul Food for 2024: Health and Mental Health Resolutions, Micro Habits, Medical Breakthroughs and Mind-Bending Brain Science Revelations

Happy Soul Food Friday!

This week:

  • 4 Health Resolutions
  • 6 Micro Habits
  • 7 Medical Breakthroughs
  • 9 Mental Health Resolutions
  • + 2023 Mind Bending Revelations in the Brain Sciences

4 simple daily health resolutions that require minimal time:
Here are four simple health resolutions that require limited daily effort while delivering far-reaching health benefits — and some immediate gratification.

4 simple daily health resolutions that require minimal time | CNN

6 micro-habits to try in the new year for a happier 2024:
Forget the massive resolutions and try these easier options instead.

6 micro-habits to try in the new year for a happier 2024 (stylist.co.uk)

7 medical breakthroughs in 2023 to be excited about:
There were major breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s and sickle cell treatment.

The biggest medical breakthroughs in 2023 – ABC News (go.com)

9 Mental-Health Resolutions for 2024, According to Therapists:
Whether you feel reborn—or even just a little bit reset—at the start of a new year, consider making your mental health a priority in 2024. Why? “Because that’s the gateway to everything else,” says Guy Winch, a clinical psychologist, author of Emotional First Aid, and co-host of the Dear Therapists podcast. “It’s the linchpin that allows you to succeed or to fail.”

Mental-Health Resolutions for 2024, According to Therapists | TIME

2023’s Mind-Bending Revelations in the Brain Sciences:
This year was full of roiling debate and speculation about the prospect of machines with superhuman capabilities that might, sooner than expected, leave the human brain in the dust. A growing public awareness of ChatGPT and other so-called large language models (LLMs) dramatically expanded public awareness of artificial intelligence. In tandem, it raised the question of whether the human brain can keep up with the relentless pace of AI advances.

2023’s Mind-Bending Revelations in the Brain Sciences | Scientific American

What will YOU do differently in 2024?

Love,

Neville

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