How to start a conversation about suicide (health video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Is there someone in your life dealing with anxiety, depression or thoughts of suicide — but is too ashamed to talk about it? Jeremy Forbes saw this happening around him, and now he’s on a mission to teach people how to start a conversation about it. In this deeply personal talk, Forbes shares his approach to helping a group of traditionally silent men in his community open up about their struggles. “We can all be life preservers,” he says.
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After watching this, your brain will not be the same (health video)

From the TEDx YouTube channel: In a classic research-based TEDx Talk, Dr. Lara Boyd describes how neuroplasticity gives you the power to shape the brain you want. Recorded at TEDxVancouver at Rogers Arena on November 14, 2015.

Our knowledge of the brain is evolving at a breathtaking pace, and Dr. Lara Boyd is positioned at the cutting edge of these discoveries. In 2006, she was recruited by the University of British Columbia to become the Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology and Motor Learning. Since that time she has established the Brain Behaviour Lab, recruited and trained over 40 graduate students, published more than 80 papers and been awarded over $5 million in funding.

Dr. Boyd’s efforts are leading to the development of novel, and more effective, therapeutics for individuals with brain damage, but they are also shedding light on broader applications. By learning new concepts, taking advantage of opportunities, and participating in new activities, you are physically changing who you are, and opening up a world of endless possibility. Read more

Gonna Go Walkin’ (exercise music)

This song, Gonna Go Walkin’, performed by Brad Rose, is an upbeat, fun song perfect for walking or exercising and is among the first offerings of MusicThatMatters, a project that 10 Million Clicks For Peace co-founder, Rick Beneteau, and Larry Thompson have created to lift the world to a higher place.

If you like the music and the message there’s a lot of inspirational content besides the world-class music  waiting for you in the MusicThatMatters Community! Read more

The gift and power of emotional courage (health video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Psychologist Susan David shares how the way we deal with our emotions shapes everything that matters: our actions, careers, relationships, health and happiness. In this deeply moving, humorous and potentially life-changing talk, she challenges a culture that prizes positivity over emotional truth and discusses the powerful strategies of emotional agility. A talk to share.
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You aren’t at the mercy of your emotions — your brain creates them (health video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Can you look at someone’s face and know what they’re feeling? Does everyone experience happiness, sadness and anxiety the same way? What are emotions anyway? For the past 25 years, psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett has mapped facial expressions, scanned brains and analyzed hundreds of physiology studies to understand what emotions really are. She shares the results of her exhaustive research — and explains how we may have more control over our emotions than we think.
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How my dad’s dementia changed my idea of death (and life)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: With warmth and grace, Beth Malone tells the deeply personal story of her dad’s struggle with frontotemporal lobe dementia, and how it changed how she thinks about death (and life). A moving talk about a daughter’s love — and of letting go and finding peace.

Why you should define your fears instead of your goals (health video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: The hard choices — what we most fear doing, asking, saying — are very often exactly what we need to do. How can we overcome self-paralysis and take action? Tim Ferriss encourages us to fully envision and write down our fears in detail, in a simple but powerful exercise he calls “fear-setting.” Learn more about how this practice can help you thrive in high-stress environments and separate what you can control from what you cannot.
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Why you feel what you feel (health video)

From the TEDx YouTube channel: Understanding why you feel what you feel is one of the most important aspects of human development. After understanding comes control. When you control your emotions through vertical development, you can be more successful and happy.

We’ve all seen adults behave like children and ‘throw their toys out of the pram’ if they don’t get their way. An inability to control emotions prevents us from growing up and becoming mature successful human beings.

Dr. Alan Watkins, founder of Complete Coherence, introduces the key phases of human development and explains why poor emotional control is holding back progress. He asks us to imagine a world where we never have to feel anything we don’t want to feel; where we have complete control of what we feel and when we feel it. Read more

Emotions are Contagious: Spreading Emotional Intelligence (health video)

From the TEDx YouTube channel: In a society where brilliance, degrees, and pedigree reign, there is a uniquely human skill set that many don’t know exists, let alone understand or value: Emotional Intelligence. Joelle Hadley will teach us what EI is, how valuable it can be in helping us show up as our best selves, and inspire us to spread Emotional Intelligence. Joelle Hadley is the founder and president of The Culture Coaches, and she is passionate about creating more positive and productive work places where people love their work and love their lives. Her media and leadership career includes 21 years of marketing, sales, and publishing leadership with American City Business Journals, the nation’s largest publisher of weekly business newspapers. Joelle was also the face and voice of local business news on the NBC affiliate KPNX and on KTAR news-talk radio. She is an expert in communication and presentation skills, emotional intelligence, and personal performance. She is a master certified trainer in Emotional Intelligence from the Institute of Health and Human Potential and is also the Co-founder of The Southwest Institute for Emotional Intelligence. Joelle has inspired thousands of executives across the country with her many speeches and workshops centered on corporate culture, personal excellence, and lifestyle along with leadership.
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Feelings: Handle them before they handle you (health video)

From the TEDx YouTube Channel: Mandy Saligari’s first contact with the world of addiction, mental health and recovery was when she came into treatment in 1990. Her passion for therapy and its potential for change ignited here, inspiring her to make therapy her life’s work. Alongside a growing private practice Mandy always gave time to promote early intervention through lectures on addiction, emotional coping mechanisms and self-esteem as part of the PSHE (Personal, Social & Health Education) provision within independent schools. In 2008, with a busy private practice and many years of recovery under her belt, Mandy founded CHARTER Harley Street, an outpatient centre treating addiction and trauma using her pioneering model of care.
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