Episode 40 Collective Conversations | with Josh Reid Jones

Collective Conversations | with Josh Reid Jones

Just be nice. It’s not that hard! It's not about huge hero moves right away, you don’t have to start by being the nicest person in the world, just kick off each day with the goal of trying to be nicer.

Every day. In every interaction. With every person... a little bit nicer. It shouldn't be that hard , right? Given all the changes that are going on around us and the uncertainty the ideal of being nice for some of us is really hard. Mentally we are struggling. JOSH REID JONES the Founder of the Just Be Nice Project is on the frontline and knows only too well it's the little things that can have the biggest impact.

In this podcast with Suzanne Jones, Josh explains that it's OK to be feeling uneasy and it's a time to look after our own well being and check in on those around us.

It really is ok to not be ok, none of us should feel uncomfortable with experiencing the full gamut of regular human emotions. Independent of mental health statistics, at one point or another, each of us will have a moment of ‘not being ok’. The causes of not-being-ok are infinite, and if we were to examine every individual reason or cause that leads to someone ‘not being ok’, we will be here for a long time. The current uptake in the proclamation of this sentiment; “it’s ok to not be ok” “it ain’t weak to speak” “speak up” etc; is usually related to the discussion of where you may be sitting in the broad spectrum of ‘mental health’, letting people know that it’s ok if you have feelings, and ok to talk about them.