Deep Kindness: A Revolutionary Guide for the Way We Think, Talk, and Act in Kindness Hardcover – September 29, 2020

I stumbled on this book by accident and it turned out to be one of the most profound books I have ever read. It is interesting and inspiring and propels you look deeper, care more, and understand the heartbreaking reduction in empathy today and how to change it. Houston is a great storyteller. Kindness and compassion matter. They will change the world.

“To care is to choose to dream of a better world and actually do something to create it” - Houston KraftI honestly believe that this book can tip the scales in a better direction. It is not your typical "feel good", "light-hearted" book about niceness hidden behind the word kind.This book is vulnerable, raw, honest, and challenges you to really look at what it takes to be kind. Deeply kind. The kind of kind that is sacrificial and doesn't always "feel good". The kind of kind that asks us first to take a hard look at ourselves. The kind of kindness that the world needs.

This book arrives into the world in a time when it could not be needed more. With the fear, anxiety, uncertainty and overt division of our country and our planet, Deep Kindness is a necessary re-examination of the way our world views, values and acts - or fails to act- in kindness. With thoughtful reflection questions and tangible actions at the end of each chapter, this is a book that not only redefines what it means to TRULY be "kind", but provides real action items to put these concepts into practice. This is a book I will refer back to often and hope that every friend, family member, parent and human in my life will read alongside me.

I am an elementary school counselor and a huge proponent of kindness. This book redefined what true kindness looks like and continues to challenge me to view others through a new, more compassionate lens. Prior to World Kindness Day in November, I read parts of chapter three of Deep Kindness to my fifth graders. Then we read "The Potato Chip Champ" by Maria Dismondy and discussed the different types of kindness expressed by characters in the story. Students were then challenged to look for opportunities to demonstrate "deep kindness". I reminded them that it would be hard and would require courage, but that's the type of kindness that will make the world a better, kinder place. Thank you for this challenging book that I have been sharing with others, both young and old.

Lots of good information, and very honestly and vulnerably told. Sometimes the writing was a bit over the top, but all in all, well worth it.

This book provided an amazing perspective on deep kindness. I used it for a speech.

Firstly, WOW. Very fresh perspectives of topics we may not take much time thinking about. This book had me hooked from beginning to end(which is quite hard for me as my mind tends to wander while I read). I feel like a pretty introspective person but this booked really packed a punch for the ol noggin. I now see people in a completely new light, which has helped me in practicing deep kindness. I'm passing this along to friends, and then I'll be re-reading. Hopeful to read more from Houston in the not so distant future!

Houston's message will change the way we move forward in kindness! I was blessed to have met the remarkable author at a national teacher's conference and his message was very clear. My hour in his session was one that stays with me and I hold dear in my heart. Houston has an infectious smile and strong conviction that we must think, act and talk in kindness. He not only talks the talk, but walks the walk in all that he does. His programs, website, updates, webinars and everything he does support his message. We need people and books like this now more than ever. Buy this book for every teacher, parent and important person in your life and see the goodness that can spread across the land if only we hold kindness in our hearts each day.

Amazon got this book to me quickly and I totally appreciate the service from order to receipt! Excited to read it!

This is a really easy-reading book that may help the way you think about your environment and how you can start changing it with little actions. Everyone should read and apply what’s in this book. Thanks, Houston.

There is no continuity or concepts or development.Just because you can get a book published doesn't mean you should.