
You Don’t Have to Become a Hippy to Practise Kindness
Practising kindness doesn’t mean sanitising your cultural life. The stories, music, and comedy you consume don’t determine how you communicate with real people.
When you read articles by Best of Our KIND, you’re reading personal reflections drawn from lived experience rather than academic learning. We share what we’ve observed and felt, not what we’ve been taught.

Practising kindness doesn’t mean sanitising your cultural life. The stories, music, and comedy you consume don’t determine how you communicate with real people.

A gentle retelling of Oscar Wilde’s beloved story about a golden statue and a small swallow who discover how to truly see, and learn that the most precious things aren’t always the ones that shine.

When a polarising public figure dies, responses flood in — celebration, weaponisation, performative tributes. How do you find a response that’s both honest and kind?

We believe the word “woke” has been weaponised, but its original meaning holds something valuable. Is kindness the awareness that shines light on hidden struggles, or the kind action we take in response?

As Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2017 to 2023, she led during some of the country’s most challenging moments, from the Christchurch mosque attacks to the COVID-19 pandemic, volcanic eruptions, and economic uncertainty.
What made her distinctive wasn’t her policies. It was her tone.

A personal story behind the launch of Best of Our KIND.
Discovering how being kinder to myself allowed me to look at the world differently.