Articles ##alohaspirit

by Scott Mautz (Inc.com): February 12th marks the beginning of Random Acts of Kindness week -- so get in on the acts.

By Mayo Clinic Staff (Mayoclinic.org): Can simply sharing kindness on a regular basis help your health? Research says yes, in more ways than you might guess.

By Emma Seppala (Greatergood.berkeley.edu): Compassion research is at a tipping point: Overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is good for our health and good for the world.

By Kristen Houghton (HuffPost.com): There is a huge difference between selfishness and practicing self-love. When you love yourself, you are your own best friend, and a best friend is always there to help, guide and be kind. In reality "being there" for yourself is a healthy way to live.

By Mayo Clinic Staff (MayoClinic.org): Low self-esteem can negatively affect virtually every facet of your life, including your relationships, your job and your health. But you can boost your self-esteem by taking cues from types of mental health counseling.

By Carolina Ordoñez (TinyBuddha.com): Life is a cycle. Sometimes everything is great and sometimes everything falls apart in a matter of seconds. But we can choose to see each experience as something that will help us grow and become wiser. Learn eight keys to acquiring high self-esteem, a high level of happiness and a more fulfilled life.

By Lolly Daskal, President and CEO, Lead From Within (Inc.com) Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

By Hooria Jazaieri (Greatergood.berkeley.edu) This article comes complete with a few exercises you can do right now to learn how to become more compassionate today!

By ThinkRight.me Why is Self-Love the best kind of love? Read on to find out!

By Faye Lee (Healthprep.com): There is so much pressure from media, society, peers and authority figures to be better, achieve more, or be different from what we are. It is easy to suffer from a lack of self-love, which can sometimes translate into a lack of self-care due to giving up since the standards set are impossibly high anyway. Luckily there are a few things you can do to reclaim love for yourself and start feeling worthy again.

By Jessica Hays (LifeHack.org): You deserve to be loved not only by those around you but by the most important person in your life — YOU.

By Sarah Waffle Gavin (Expedia.com): As a lifelong traveler and fan of travel, I’ve always been super-intrigued by the Hawaiian notion of “Aloha.” The word means “hello.” It also means “goodbye.” As our Expedia Viewfinder bloggers learned during our team-building summit on Maui earlier this year, the word also connotes the process of sharing breath, or life, with another person—of being in the moment and interacting with the soul of someone else. Whichever definition you choose to embrace, you can’t dispute that “Aloha” is a powerful word.