Kindness Is a Survival Skill with Nicole Phillips

Kindness is often treated like a weakness. But what if it is actually a survival skill that can help us manage stress, interrupt negative thoughts, and reclaim our power?

Nicole Phillips, founder of Kindness Is Contagious and host of The Kindness Podcast, which Oprah Magazine recognized as one of the top happiness podcasts, joins Women Road Warriors hosts Shelley Johnson and Kathy Tuccaro to reveal how intentional kindness transformed her habits, marriage, family, and outlook on life.

A breast cancer survivor, recovering alcoholic, former hospital chaplain and television journalist, Nicole brings extraordinary warmth and lived wisdom to this conversation. She has spoken at more than 200 events, reaching over 30,000 people, and has been featured by NBC Nightly News, the Hallmark Channel, People Online, Reader’s Digest and Woman’s World. She is the author of five books, including The Negativity Remedy.

Nicole’s journey began with an unexpected encounter with a young mother at a public swimming pool. One simple act of generosity sparked a powerful personal transformation—and a kindness movement. Within a year of intentionally looking for and practicing kindness, Nicole had quit drinking and smoking, lost 30 pounds, renewed her relationship with her husband, and changed the atmosphere in her home.

Nicole explains why negativity may seem more prevalent when “the worse is simply louder.” She also reveals how confirmation bias, judgment and social media algorithms can reinforce negative thinking—and how we can train ourselves to see more of the goodness that is still all around us.

In this empowering conversation, discover:

• How kindness can reshape automatic thoughts and negative beliefs

• Nicole’s “worry, hurry and jury” pattern—and how to interrupt it

• Why the first thought may be automatic, but the next thought is where your power lives

• A simple 24-hour exercise for developing a kindness mindset

• How to practice self-kindness and stop destructive inner criticism

• Why the Platinum Rule can be more compassionate than the Golden Rule