The Kindness Cure - Cousineau, Tara

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Résumé :
Isn't it time for a kindness revolution? Kindness has the exponential power to renew relationships and transform how we think, feel, and behave in the world. In The Kindness Cure, psychologist Tara Cousineau draws on cutting-edge research in psychology and neuroscience to show how compassion and empathy are hardwired into our DNA and essential to our survival. Readers will also learn how simple practices of kindness--for oneself, for others, and for the world--can dissolve feelings of fear or indifference, and set the stage for profound happiness.

Biographie:

Tara Cousineau, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and a parent of two teenage girls in Boston, MA. Her expertise spans child and adolescent health, women's health, mind-body medicine, the science of happiness, and the use of innovative technologies to promote positive coping and well-being. As a social entrepreneur, Cousineau is the founder of BodiMojo, a health communications company that develops empowerment and wellness tools for youth. She is a recipient of numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health's Small Business Innovative Research Program. Her research and work has appeared in peer reviewed scientific journals.

Cousineau served as a global advisor to the Dove Self-Esteem Project with the social mission to improve girl's body confidence and self-esteem. She contributes to several blogs including The Huffington Post and her own websites: bodimojo.com and taracousineau.com. She has been quoted in Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Brides, Seventeen, Dove's Self-Esteem Project website, and Savvy Auntie.