Bernadette Russell

Bernadette Russell is an author, storyteller, theatre maker, performer and activist. Since 2012 she has toured the US and UK speaking about the importance and life-changing experience of practising hope and kindness, including for BBC Radio 4 Saturday Live, Action for Happiness, Birmingham School of Philosophy and the Southbank Centre, where she was nominated as one of sixty-seven change-makers for her project 366 Days of Kindness. She has been a columnist for Balance magazine since 2016. How To Be Hopeful is her latest book, previous books include The Little Book of Kindness and The Little Book of Wonder. She is currently working with the Southbank Centre on their Art By Post project, for people most isolated by social distancing measures. She also plants a lot of trees, and helps others do the same.

Bernadette presents the 'How to be Hopeful' podcast, which can be found here: https://whiterabbitpresents.podbean.com

You can find out more about what Bernadette gets up to hear www.bernadetterussell.com

or connect with her on IG @bernadetterussell/ twitter @betterussell