Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are!
In this Ted Talk (21.02mins) Social Psychologist Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are and how “power posing” (standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident), can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success. Amy Cuddy: Your…
The Power of Introverts – Susan Cain
The subject of this Ted Talk (19.03mins) is the Power of Introverts – Susan Cain. The talk starts with a story about how Susan went to school camp and they did a cheer about being ROWDY (not exactly the way an introvert goes about doing things). Susan goes on to talk about – How approximately…
Embrace Your Inner Girl – Eve Ensler
“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.” – Brené Brown What if it was essential to embrace our inner girl for the world to come back in to balance? Yes, that part of our self that is compassionate, vulnerable, intuitive, forgiving and empathetic. In this 20min…
Looks Aren’t Everything. Believe Me, I’m a Model – Cameron Russell
Cameron Russell had been a model for 10 years when this talk was filmed. In this 9.37min TED Clip, Looks Aren’t Everything. Believe Me, I’m a Model – Cameron Russell talks about how – Image is powerful and image is superficial (she shows you an example of this in 6 seconds) Fearless to her means…
Have You Seen Miss Representation?
One of my friends – Kristine, sent me an e-mail the other day about a documentary called Miss Representation. After reading the synopsis, I decided to download the documentary on iTunes as it sparked my attention. Not only because of my experience of being in the media as a professional tennis player earlier in my…
The Power of Vulnerability
Isn’t it interesting how themes in conversations happen? During the past couple of days, I have had several conversations linked to vulnerability. I am not sure why (and it doesn’t really matter), however as I have embodied vulnerability (and not having the answers and knowing I am enough the way I am) the more I…
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