Aren’t we all busy running on the treadmill of life? This is where we often forget the need of care for our near and dear ones. But the pertinent question is shouldn’t we give undiluted attention to our loved ones? Yes, we should. In the COVID era, we have plethora of challenges which are faced […]
Shubhankar believes every unfathomable task that has ever been achieved was not because of a single exceptional person who knew it all but because of a persistent species who was ready to take a chance. We thrive because we try. He inspires the audience to go out there and try and who knows that idea […]
Black author and antiracism educator Layla F. Saad has always been a book nerd. But for the majority of her life, the books that she read did not represent her. She was 15 years old the first time she read a book by a Black author, and 33 years old when she intentionally started reading […]
People may know what a healthy romantic relationship looks like, but most don’t know how to get one. Psychologist and researcher Joanne Davila describes how you can create the things that lead to healthy relationships and reduce the things that lead to unhealthy ones using three evidence-based skills – insight, mutuality, and emotion regulation. Share […]
Is proclaiming your love for someone truly enough? Femi Ogunjinmi brings to light what fully constitutes an enduring, fulfilling relationship through his engaging experiences. Femi Ogunjinmi, mostly known as Gfem is a certified life coach, international relationship coach, award winning motivational speaker, and a radio talk show host who has been improving the lives of […]
This talk by Emily Saul, Sport Psychology & Performance Coach, explores the lessons that she learned from 10 years of practicing pushups, every day. She introduces the value of having a practice: an ongoing and consistent relationship with a repeated action, like she has through pushups. This practice, in the form of habit, routine, and/or […]
We all strive to be a better person. We want people to think well of us, and we’re constantly weighing up whether our actions are the right thing to do. Most of all, we want to be happy, yet often it feels like we need to choose between the two. But what if being a […]
Glynis Johns is a native Scrantonian, historian, sociologist, artist, documentarian, advocate, and founder of The Black Scranton Project. A modern day Renaissance woman, she spends a lot of time researching Scranton in attempt to pieces together narratives of the black community. Currently, she is building the foundation of a non-profit organization dedicated to doing just […]
NOTE FROM TED: The CDC and international science community urge everyone to wear face coverings in public. This talk was recorded March 5, 2020. Global health expert Alanna Shaikh talks about the current status of the 2019 nCov coronavirus outbreak and what this can teach us about the epidemics yet to come. Alanna Shaikh is […]
Why is it so hard to find that life of meaning, and connection, and happiness we long for? Why can’t we just live in our “happy place” all the time? According to psychologist Katarina Blom, the brain is not always on your side when it comes to well-being. Survival, absolutely. The rest, not so much. […]