“Our workplaces across the world are not well. Thankfully, there are people like Helen who are trying to change that. I had the pleasure of meeting her when I took her Kindness and Wellbeing at Work in Libraries course. I was delightfully surprised at the depth of the course and how it covered the many facets of kindness backed by research, lectures, and assignments. I learned how to define kindness, what it looks like in different contexts, the importance and benefits of it in our workplaces and lives, how to implement it as both an employee and a supervisor, and what the path forward might look like. All of this provided solid and practical applications for improving my own well-being and that of my colleagues and workplace. As an instructor, Helen made this course engaging and enjoyable. It goes without saying that she is kind, but she is also a genuine person who is easy to talk with. She asks perceptive questions and offers helpful insights. Her experience and knowledge come across in the delivery of the course, and her enthusiasm for kindness and well-being at work is contagious. In today's world, it can be easy to push aside kindness. Helen is a brave leader fighting to bring it to the forefront of our workplaces.

— Michelle Brown, Sacremento Public Library