Our dangerous obsession with perfectionism is getting worse (health video)
From the TED.com YouTube channel: Social psychologist Thomas Curran explores how the pressure to be perfect — in our social media feeds, in school, at work — is driving a rise in mental illness, especially among young people. Learn more about the causes of this phenomenon and how we can create a culture that celebrates the joys of imperfection.
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Powerful Speech By Man Who Survived Jump From Golden Gate Bridge (mental health video)
From the Goalcast YouTube channel: An incredible true story of Kevin Hines, who attempted suicide when he jumped from The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Share this powerful motivational speech with those who need it most.
Your words may predict your future mental health (health video)
From the TED.com YouTube channel: Can the way you speak and write today predict your future mental state, even the onset of psychosis? In this fascinating talk, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman reflects on ancient Greece and the origins of introspection to investigate how our words hint at our inner lives and details a word-mapping algorithm that could predict the development of schizophrenia. “We may be seeing in the future a very different form of mental health,” Sigman says, “based on objective, quantitative and automated analysis of the words we write, of the words we say.”
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The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance (health video)
From the TEDx.com YouTube channel: Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivered lectures on positive psychology in the most popular class at Harvard.
His research and lectures on happiness and human potential have received attention in The New York Times, Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, as well as on NPR and CNN Radio, and he travels around the United States and Europe giving talks on positive psychology to Fortune 500 corporations, schools, and non-profit organizations.
Achor graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a BA in English and Religion and earned a Masters degree from Harvard Divinity School in Christian and Buddhist ethics. Read more
Discomfort Is The Price Of Admission To A Meaningful Life
We featured a video, “Emotional Agility”, from award-winning psychologist, Susan David, Ph.D, a few months ago and here she further explains the concept on the Rich Roll podcast. Enjoy!
The bridge between suicide and life (health video)
From the TED.com YouTube channel: For many years Sergeant Kevin Briggs had a dark, unusual, at times strangely rewarding job: He patrolled the southern end of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, a popular site for suicide attempts. In a sobering, deeply personal talk Briggs shares stories from those he’s spoken — and listened — to standing on the edge of life. He gives a powerful piece of advice to those with loved ones who might be contemplating suicide.
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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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