Hi! I’m Patricia, and I’ve been working on developing a ‘kindness habit’ for the last year or so.  Why? Well, I feel like I’m at a crossroads.  For the last 23 years, I’ve lived around the world in Moscow, London and Singapore raising three inspiring children with my spouse, who is, more importantly, my partner and my friend.  Reinventing myself with every relocation, I’ve taught English, managed a dental clinic, planned charity events, helped organize a national tennis league and volunteered in India – just to name a few.

But now we’ve settled back in the USA, my home country, and I am ready for my life to take a new direction.  Through my global experience, I have come to understand that people everywhere are the same — everyone responds to kindness.  And I believe kindness is one of the greatest ways to make life worth living – not only for the recipients but for me as well.  Motivated by this, I’ve decided to try to build my new world by creating the habit of kindness in all aspects of my life. This website is my effort to share my research and ideas and to start a dialogue on all things kindness so we can all reap the mental, emotional and physical benefits kindness brings to our lives.