This edition of Ten Better Minutes highlights good news featuring medical recovery, student heroism, seabird conservation, neighborhood rescues, and conservation progress.

If you’re worn down by doomscrolling and bad-news noise, Ten Better Minutes offers a calmer daily habit: real stories of people helping each other, with progress and resilience that still exist in the background of hard days. Just ten minutes can help you feel steadier and more human as you move through the day.

Stories In This Episode: - A town Santa used a major personal step to make an anonymous kidney donation happen and bring Christmas spirit to organ donation. (Medical Hope, Inspiration) - A teenager used his 3D printing skills to build a wheelchair that helped a toddler and showed him he can make a difference. (Local Kindness, Inspiration) - A major conservation funding effort aims to give at-risk species the sustained support they need to recover. (Scientific Progress, Inspiration) - A trained college student acted immediately to save three girls from drowning in Lake Washington. (Medical Hope, Reassurance) - A CEO decided that his company should keep creating social good by placing control in a trust built around his values. (Community Support, Inspiration)

CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Santa Inspires Kidney Hope 02:16 - Teen Builds Wheelchair Hope 03:49 - Phoenix Species Funding 05:30 - Student Rescues Three 07:00 - Trust Protects Purpose 08:35 - Bonus Tip 09:58 - Outro

Ten Better Minutes is a daily good news podcast for listeners tired of doomscrolling.