About Us

Because our mental, emotional and physical health are at stake. Because our community and nation are deeply affected by contempt and LRK is an antidote to those attitudes.

Based on the past few elections, here’s what our election cycles do to us:

• Depression increases 52%
• Anxiety increases 78%
• 55% of Americans feel angry about politics
• 65% of American feel exhausted by politics
• 23% of Americans think violence is the solution to getting the nation back on-track again

Why LRK?  Because we need to back away from the cliff of negative emotional and mental effects and the threat of violence.

When we replace contempt with LRK our mental and emotional state can improve. Violence does not happen when we’re living LRK toward everybody. Polarization and contempt can not co-exist with LRK.

No, this is completely non-partisan. As an organization, we take no sides. We encourage everybody to treat one another with Love, Respect, and Kindness no matter their political affiliations.

No.  All of the resources here have been donated by various organizations. We believe our society will be better if we live LRK. Nobody’s getting rich from you living Love, Respect and Kindness. But all our lives are better if you do.

Yes. We have all been given an opportunity to participate in civic life through voting and advocacy. We encourage you to find a cause in your local community and volunteer your time to serve others. Let’s use our civic service opportunity as a chance to serve others, not just ourselves.

Yes. You have been given the right and opportunity to vote–use it.

We want everybody to live LRK. Some people in our community subscribe to Christian principles and others don’t. We want to give all people tips and tools for living LRK. The Bible-Based Curriculum references Jesus and the Bible. We know not everyone is a fan of Jesus. That’s OK. We offer two tracks so all can be equipped. Feel free to watch both tracks–we think you’ll find both helpful.

Prioritizing relationships and your mental health are important.  If the conflict is going to cause relationships to break or your mental and emotional health to suffer, walk away. Politics is NOT a reason to break a close relationship.

With caution.  Social media is a platform for anonymous, disembodied, contemptuous conflict. For some, reducing or removing social media is a healthy choice.  Under no circumstance does LRK and contemptuous, vitriolic communication coexist. So, do not engage in online contempt. If you MUST, reach out to us for help.

Yes. We encourage you to tell people your opinion but with a few ground rules.

1.  Do it in-person
2. Approach the conversation with humility
3. Ask questions and listen to gain understanding
4. Establish common ground by acknowledging something you agree with or appreciate about their view
5. Then provide your opinion. If you want more, check out our “Start Here” video from the LRK Course.

You’re not alone. Remember that expressing contempt has negative mental, emotional and physical effects on you and the recipient. Combat contempt with Love, Respect and Kindness. Spend 30 seconds every day and think/meditate/pray a thought of Love, Respect and Kindness toward the source of your contempt.

Contempt will not coexist with LRK.  LRK is a healthy and effective way to crowd-out contempt. Do the 30-day gratitude challenge–it’s a way to put your focus on the good in your life–to bring things into proper perspective.

Most of the far-right and far-left news sources use “us versus them” language. Which fuels fear. Fear leads to tribalism. Tribalism leads to the creation of enemies.  When you have enemies contempt builds. There are multiple ways to approach news and social media consumption including:

1.  Turn off the news when it demonizes the other side
2. Spend time understanding the other side
3. Watch or listen to more middle-of-the-road outlets.