Episode: 250 The Kindness Effect: One Woman’s Journey to Heal through Compassion – Interview Megan Snedden

Episode: 250 The Kindness Effect: One Woman's Journey to Heal through Compassion - Interview Megan Snedden

Welcome to the Love Your Story Podcast

When Megan lost her father in a plane crash and her brother in a car accident, her heart and life plummeted. Mental health issues brought her to rock bottom, but sitting at the bottom and looking up, she choose to find happiness despite her despair. On today’s show she tells us her story and introduces us to The Kind Effect, a movement she started that includes a 3-day Random Acts of Kindness Challenge. Stay tuned for her take on why “practicing random acts of kindness is a good way for people to introduce more regular joy into their lives and their stories…. I think she’s got some good stories to share.

Megan Sneeden is the founder of af kindness movement the Kind Effect. She says, “The journey of advocating and sharing kindness hasn't been plain sailing, but kindness has taught me vital lessons.” Today Megan is here with us, and I’m looking forward to hearing her story, her rise from the dark spaces, and what has come sense. You know that we are fans of Random Acts of Kindness on the show, since it is the first of our 21-Challenges.

Join the audio program to hear my interview with Megan. Some of our topics include:

1. Her story- take us back to the path that led you to where you are - the death of your brother and your father…
2. How did you first find your footing here as you were finding your way out of the dark?
3. What have you created? What is the Kind Effect?
4. What are some of your favorite RAK stories?
5. What advice would you give people who are really hurting in their lives. When you are caught up in your own pain, it’s hard to think of looking outside that….

To contact Megan:

Instagram @TheKindEffect or download her free guide The Changemaker's Action Plan. 

Past president and prophet of the LDS Church said, “Along your pathway of life, you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save.”

I know how hard it is to try to think of others when you are in a state of pain, but often the way out of that pain is to turn your focus outward, away from the internal suffering and look to others, see what you can do to bring light, one small random act at a time, and before you know it there will be other feelings in your heart besides the heavy ones.

Your challenge this week is to keep RAK forefront in your mind and heart…look for opportunities, make opportunities. Put kindness into the world because its a win/win. Lifting our sights, lifting our energy, lifting the world.

Please share this episode with one person today as your first act of kindness and we’ll see you in two weeks for the next fun episode of helping you create an intentional life story filled with all the good stuff.