Can a person overcome the most difficult moments of their life? Amy Downs shows how people can not only survive, but how they can thrive if they have a hopeful mindset. The pathway of hope leads to all people creating a better future. Amy Downs was one of the last survivors to be pulled from the rubble of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in which a total of 168 people were killed including 18 of her 33 co-workers. While buried alive and waiting to die, she realized she had never really lived. She began her career as a teller 32 years ago working for Federal Employees Credit Union located in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. At the time of the bombing, Downs was a credit card loan officer who flunked out of college and weighed more than 350 pounds. In the coming years, she’d not only lose 200 pounds, but become a triathlete—and even compete in an Ironman Triathlon. She’d not only go back to school, but she’d graduate with a Masters of Business Administration. She’d not only get promoted by Federal Employees Credit Union (who would soon change their name to Allegiance Credit Union) but she eventually became its CEO—an award winning CEO, no less. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

In this 2020 TEDxSeattle talk, Jodi-Ann Burey explores the nuances of what professionals of color and other underrepresented groups face when they are told to “bring your authentic self to work.” Many who do so may face backlash when navigating company cultures designed around white privilege, exposing themselves to penalties for not conforming to the dominant culture. Burey calls for people of color and other underrepresented people to focus their energies on realizing their own imaginations for racial justice on their terms. Separately, Burey outlines steps toward achieving more equitable and just workplaces, and implores company leadership and people with privilege to accept accountability for changing their cultures.

2:49 — “Professionalism” as code for white cultural norms and standards
6:44 — How authenticity masks the need for systemic change
9:30 — Shares how gaslighting works to deny the realities of people of color at work
11:34 — Explains the work people of color have to do to mask themselves at work
12:54 — A call to action for people of color to create their own spaces for authenticity
13:19 — A call for those with power and privilege to take on the work of changing workplace culture

More to explore:
Learn more about Jodi-Ann Burey: jodiannburey.com/
Listen to Jodi-Ann Burey’s podcast on health and race, Black Cancer: www.blackcancer.co/
Luvvie Ajayi shares why you should “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QijH4UAqGD8
Check out Mena Fombo’s TEDx Talk, “No. You Cannot Touch My Hair!” at TEDxBristol: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLQzz75yE5A
Learn about the cost of racism on people of color in David R. Williams’ talk, “How Racism Makes Us Sick”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzyjDR_AWzE

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Judith Ashton talks about the negative effects of touch deprivation on peoples wellbeing especially during times of isolation. Positive touch is vital for healthy function and beneficial for the immune system. At a time when everyone is missing aspects of touch that we took for granted, we can can find ways to cope at such times. Judith Ashton has been working with massage and touch for the last 40 years. Her main interest being the emotional effects of touch as a powerful healing tool. She has a wealth of experience in this area and has trained many nurses and carers both here and abroad .She has worked with many cancer support services and people at the end of life.She is also a psychotherapist,funeral celebrant and teacher of meditation. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

لان الشباب هم سر النهضة وبناء حضارتها ، ونواة الدفاع الاولى عنها ، ولان للتطوع دور كبير في تنمية المجتمع ونشر الوعي وخلق مجتمع متكافل ، محدثتنا " نتالينا يعقوب " في حديث شيق وجميل عن كيف يمكن للتطوع أن ينهض بالمجتمعات " Volunteering raises societies " وإنشاء مجتمع قادر على مجابهة التحديات والكوارث وتقديم يد العون.
Volunteering raises societies This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Легко ли признать, что у тебя депрессия? Не слабость, не лень, не прихоть, не блажь, а тяжелое заболевание, которое может закончиться очень печально, если не лечить его серьезно. Сталкивались ли вы с депрессией? По неутешительным оценкам экспертов в мире эта болезнь будет прогрессировать, и к середине столетия каждый 5-ый житель планеты может иметь этот диагноз. Так почему же депрессия может быть одной из лучших вещей, которые могут с вами произойти? Мади Мамбетов в своем выступлении он дает ответ на этот вопрос и делится своими рецептами выхода из депрессии.

Журналист, колумнист, консультант

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

Татьяна Черниговская«Почему изучение мозга займет центральное место в 21 веке?» // Tatiana Chernigovskaya «Why will the studies of brain take center stage in the 21st century?

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For the past 10 years Professor David Strayer has been researching brain-based measures of cognitive restoration. In his informative, researched-based talk, David shares his findings that spending time in nature — without digital devices — allows the brain to rest and restore. David Strayer is a professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah. Dr. Strayer is a prolific writer and his research examines attention and multitasking in real-world contexts.

Dr. Strayer is a member of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society, the Psychonomic Society, and is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Sciences. Most recently he received the University of Utah Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award, and the Interdisciplinary Teaching Grand Award for his work on The Psychology of Traffic.

Dr. Strayer acknowledges that much of the technology that has been created to promote convenience can actually have an adverse effect and overload our brain mechanisms, resulting in distractions. As a human factors psychologist, Dr. Strayer observes what he sees in the real world, links it to theory, develops hypotheses and then tests those hypotheses in his lab. What he has found has helped save lives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Почему человек умеет стоять? Почему сахар сладкий? Почему кошки умываются? Почему слоны большие?

Сможете ли вы дать простой и понятный ответ на этот вопрос? Владимир Антонец не будет отвечать на эти вопросы. Он коснется куда более интересной темы: тому разрыву, который существует между научным сообществом и потребителями.

Профессор, доктор физико-математических наук, кандидат биологических наук, создатель первого в России инкубатора наукоемких технологий, ведущий авторского курса на кафедре РОСНАНО в МФТИ, ведущий научный сотрудник Института прикладной физики РАН. Автор бестселлера «Простые вопросы».

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

What makes people stay in psychologically abusive relations? Watch this personal talk from TEDxAarhus, 2019, where psychologist, Signe M. Hegestand talks about the unconscious patterns that shape our behaviour.
Signe M. Hegestand is an authorized psychologist, psychotherapist and Mindfulness Instructor. In her work, she has been focusing on psychologically abusive relations, because – as she says: “Psychological violence is overlooked, destructive and destroying.”.
In autumn, 2019, she published a book about moving on after a psychologically abusive relationship. “I want to raise awareness of how unconscious relationship patterns affect our love life, so that people can create healthy and loving relationships and nurturing environments for children to grow up in.”
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx Signe M. Hegestand is an authorized Psychologist, Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Instructor. In her work, she has been focusing on psychologically abusive relations for the last 5 years, because – as she says: “psychological violence is overlooked, destructive and destroying”. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Когда вы в последний раз обращали внимание на свои сны?

Задумывались ли вы, почему увидев плохой сон, мы целый день пребываем в подавленном настроении, с трудом избавляемся от неприятных ощущений. А порой, находясь под впечатлением от увиденного, даже совершаем импульсивные действия.
Маргарита Ли – практикующий психолог, исследователь сновидений рассказывает о том, что сон – это не просто «продукт» дневных впечатлений. Он содержит ценное послание для каждого из нас.
И в наших силах научиться расшифровывать эти послания и применять их с пользой для своей жизни. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx