♡ kindness anonymous

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I started asking people for "advice for the world" and I realized we are a lot stronger and wiser than we appear. The only thing we are missing is each other.

Kindness Anonymous is an international nonprofit organization creating free public health meetings and resources to create a trauma-informed society. We create a safe space in each community to allow each other to be seen and heard with no expectation other than human kindness. Our goal is to make our program as popular and accessible as programs like Alcoholics Anonymous including meetings in every town, online, and free clinics in low income areas. If we can integrate these basic skills into our lives, future generations will be less likely to turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms in the first place. 

Kindness Anonymous uses a format similar to Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programs but solely to embody a modality of radical honesty, radical acceptance, and aligned action through kindness to ourselves and others. We know from neuroplasticity research that conscious healing techniques do NOT apply to complex trauma. It evolved throughout our lives and we believe it will evolve out with small shifts of integration. When you take home an abused puppy, you don’t talk things out and give him a list of things to do. You show him it is safe and he comes out of his traumatized state when he is ready. How did we fumble healing humans so badly? Our collective society is in a CPTSD state with inadequate education and support. We can relearn gentle social interaction with one another building faith through kindness and honesty. Unsafety is the root of ALL addiction and negative behavior/thoughts. We destroy that in a 3 step program to help you regain control! Similar to a transformational therapist workshop, we take themes and core principles from popular therapies, faith practices, recovery programs and combine them with a realistic trauma informed perspective to apply to any facet of our lives to achieve wellness. Our communities, bodies, daily routines, homes, businesses, relationships, etc. all deserve a solid foundation built on respect and truth. We can see what we are missing and start rebuilding genuine connection and integrative progress in a tangible way. This enhances positivity, growth, and inclusion for our present and future.

♡ "As I saw the benefits of programs like Alcoholics Anonymous I was baffled that there isn’t any type of public meeting just for friendship or to teach children emotional awareness and life skills. You should not have to label yourself an addict or mentally ill to feel validated in your overwhelm and loneliness in this modern society.

As I studied what could have caused this divide, I realized that we are missing genuine and organic community connections.

I believe the most powerful tool of healing is to be heard and seen by someone without any predetermined family/friends/doctors/therapists dynamics to share our honest feelings and receive support. We all deserve to have a chance to talk about our feelings face-to-face with people anytime we need to, not on a hotline, not just when our appointment time comes up, and DEFINITELY not for a fee." -Katy Marcella

Kindness Anonymous is a program for anyone, whether you are feeling complete emotional distress and need immediate support, or just feeling the pressure of life and want to spend some time with kind, patient people. We create a safe space to express your thoughts with no prerequisite other than the desire for showing kindness and support to ourselves and others while in the flow of YOUR daily life. 

We owe it to ourselves and each other to stop classifying ourselves into any categories except Human without detracting from the crucial validation that self-awareness and identity provide. #nothingbuthuman

Our resources include: harm reduction, hygiene, mental and physical well-being, distress tolerance, activism/service, addiction/substance abuse, trauma informed care, radical honesty, holistic nutrition, therapeutic models like CBT, DBT, autism awareness and support, technology assistance, and more.

We hope to use our social psychology research to show the healing power of community, if you would like to contribute please fill out this survey about your experience seeking support online.

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