Wounded people are exactly that – they are wounded and if we treat them as though they are stupid then we are the ones being stupid. Dr Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard-trained brain researcher, who in 1996, at the age of 37, had the chance to explore what a brain stroke is from a personal experience after having a severe haemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her … Continue reading Brain struck. Dr Jill Bolte Taylor.
Prof. Andrew Solomon, writer and lecturer on psychology, politics, and the arts; winner of the National Book Award; and an activist in LGBT rights, mental health, and the arts. In my early days, I met Jews who had fled Vienna in the 1930s despite friends who said that nothing so awful could happen to their peaceable way of life. I met Russians who had escaped … Continue reading Trumpanation overview.
If a person is not healthy enough to make sense of the past and accept reality, regain control of their future and finally enjoy life, this person is very likely to drift to the social periphery, develop feelings of worthlessness, resentment and despair, perceive the environment as hostile and eventually respond in the same manner. The mental health situation in the asylum seekers’ … Continue reading How poor mental health drags refugees to the social periphery. Doctors without borders.
…if you start adopting emotional hygiene, and you start to pay attention to emotional wounds, you’ll start to realise that you can thrive and get productive and be happy, and you can get much more out of life throughout all the years you live. Dr Guy Winch, PhD, is the charming TED speaker, who reminded over 2.5 millions of viewers how important it is … Continue reading You can adopt habits at any stage in life. Period.
… the same brain region that becomes active when you crave heroin, or cocaine, or alcohol, or nicotine, or food, or gambling also becomes active when you are madly in love. Dr Helen Fisher is a biological anthropologist, a Senior Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute, a member of the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies in the Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Internet dating … Continue reading The way we love. The why we love. Dr Helen Fisher.
…I had to bite its brain, since my hands were tied in its tentacles, to kill it and by the time I did I was topless and covered in squid ink. That was pretty weird. I first watched Kimi’s Ted talk and fall in love. That was a couple of years ago. Then I had to wait for many months to get a hold of … Continue reading Kimi Werner: Happiness is having your own sense of belonging
I have deconstructed my life and my beliefs, and their concepts & notions, and the cultural structures that built me, so many times, that I no longer know which is true and which is not, and which is the whole and which – a part of my social construction. Today, with the global network, we get to have all the perspectives on one plate, which … Continue reading A girl of 30.
Mark knows life. Mark knows death. He’s contemplated both. Mark Henick has dedicated his life from an early age to opening minds and creating change, drawing from his personal experience with suicide and self-harm. His TEDx talk on suicide is amongst the top 50 most watched in the world. Mark is currently a member of the board of directors for the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and … Continue reading A Life or Death matter
Andrew Solomon is a writer and lecturer on psychology, politics, and the arts; and an activist in LGBTI rights and mental health, as well as one of five parents to four kids. His book The Noonday Demon, 2000, won the 2001 National Book Award (US), was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, and was included in The Times list of one hundred best books of the decade. His Far from … Continue reading Andrew Solomon: The experience of depression tends to be bad where people don’t feel that they are able to communicate with one another
Professor Dan Ariely, the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics, currently teaches at Duke University and is the author of the bestsellers Predictably Irrational and The Upside of Irrationality. His TEDx lectures have over 12 million views and counting. Prof Ariely is the founder of The Centre for Advanced Hindsight. His work has been featured in a variety of media including The New York Times, Wall Street … Continue reading Prof. Dan Ariely: Economic improvement without psychological perspective won’t help
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