Month: August 2024

Episode 84: Kindness Is Making Nothing Much Happen

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Kathryn Nicolai, the creator of the number one sleep podcast Nothing Much Happens® joins Anitha to talk about how she makes SO much happen for others.

With her soothing voice, her promise of holding on to your worries while you sleep, and gently tucking listeners in for the night, Kathryn has helped so many folks fall asleep.

For many, including Anitha, the quiet of nighttime is not conducive to sleep, instead it’s a time for negative thoughts to spiral and past traumas to impose themselves. That’s where Kathryn and her stories step in. They give listeners something else to attach their minds to and amazingly fall asleep!

Kathryn talks about the gratitude and responsibility she feels knowing that sometimes her voice is the last thing someone in hospice care will hear, or how folks who have suffered traumas and unbearable losses and night terrors are finally able to fall asleep because of her stories and her podcast.

In addition, to helping people through her podcast and books, Kathryn donates to a charity every week!

Cricket & Ladybug

To learn more about Kathryn and her podcast, check out her website: nothingmuchhappens.com

As a thank you to Kathryn for sharing her story, Anitha donated to I Heart Dogs Rescue and Animal Haven, a no-kill shelter that rescues, rehabilitates, re-homes and provides a refuge for homeless dogs.

To learn more about this rescue, click here: Iheartdogs

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Episode 83: Kindness Is Katy Brink & the dodo

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The incredible, Katy Brink from the dodo joins Anitha to talk about her love for animals, fostering dogs, and being a part of an amazing organization all about animals.

With Lola & Jake
Sasha with Lorna & Libby

Katy shares what it’s like working as an executive editor at the dodo, (which may be Anitha’s dream job) The dodo is a wonderful organization that highlights heart-warming stories about animals . . . and the stories always have happy endings.

In addition to working as an editor, Katy generously devotes a lot of her time to fostering dogs. She talks about the devastating overcrowding situation at animal shelters and how fostering literally saves lives.

Katy has some wonderful stories about the dogs who are and have been in her life, including her current foster, a sweet girl named Cartier.

Cartier

To learn more about Katy, Cartier and the dodo, click on the following links.

Katy’s Instagram

Dodo Instagram 

Cartier’s story 

Cartier’s adoption profile

As a thank you to Katy for sharing her story, Anitha donated to Mr. Bones & Co.— a volunteer-run animal welfare non-profit. They specialize in helping dogs who face extraordinary challenges, such as extensive emergency veterinary care/surgery, unfair breed discrimination or those languishing in municipal shelters with behavioral issues that make them harder to place.

To learn more about this rescue, click here:

mrbonesandco

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Episode 82: Kindness Is Our Honor

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Dr. Crystal Heath, a veterinarian and animal rights activist joins Anitha to talk about the surprising dichotomy that exists holding both of these spaces.  

Like a lot of listeners, Anitha assumed that folks who go into veterinary medicine are also strong advocates for animal rights, but that may not always be the case.

Dr. Heath shares her experience of what it was like speaking out for animals during veterinary school and why this inspired her to create Our Honor, a non-profit that supports veterinary students, veterinarians, and other animal professionals in speaking their conscience to create more ethical systems that consider the best interests of all species.

She was named one of Vox’s 2023 Future Perfect 50, which honors the scientists, thinkers, scholars, writers, and activists working on solutions to today’s (and tomorrow’s) biggest problems.

She is also on the board of LEAP – Leaders for Ethics Animals and the Planet, known as the humane alternative to 4-H and FFA, which aims to transform today’s youth into the humane leaders of tomorrow who advocate for and work towards an equitable future for all living beings and the planet.

Well respected in her field, Dr. Crystal Heath is quoted and featured in numerous articles about animals including:

To learn more about Dr. Heath and Our Honor, click on the following links:

Website: http://ourhonor.org

Twitter @drcrystalheath @OurHonorVets

Instagram @dr.crystalheath @OurHonorVets 

Facebook Crystal Heath  Our Honor

As a thank you to Dr. Heath for sharing her story, Anitha donated to Our Honor.

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Episode 81: Kindness Is ASK A DOCTOR About Aging

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Anitha and the Kindness Is Everything Podcast welcome listeners to the first ASK A DOCTOR session.

Once a month, Anitha and her husband, Dr. Matthew Robinson, will discuss a topical medical issue. In this inaugural episode, they talk about cognitive decline and aging.

If you’ve ever wondered about—

1.     Normal memory issues as one ages versus early signs of dementia

2.     Supports in the community to help someone who has dementia

3.     Care options for those with limited financial resources

4.     Extent to which hospitals can help care for those with dementia

5.     How kindness fits into all of this

—then this episode is for you!

If you have a medical issue you’d like answered, please send Anitha an email through her website, anitharobinson.com

If your question is selected to be addressed on the show, Anitha will donate to a registered charity of your choice* as a thank you.

*Registered Charity must support animals, the environment, or people. And also, no religious organizations, zoos or marine aquariums please.

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