(Kalee Brown) To start, if you’ve ever looked down upon yourself or spoken the words “I’m so ugly” to yourself, you’re not alone. You could be someone who has an immense amount of self love and still have some self doubt occasionally, and that’s perfectly understandable. We live in a society that perpetuates the belief that beauty is only skin deep, and it can be difficult to ignore that message every moment of every day.
ted talks
Video: “Trauma Not Transformed Is Trauma Transferred”
(Alanna Ketler) “Trauma not transformed is trauma transferred.” It is important to know that there are many different forms of trauma, not necessarily what you might expect — be it a car accident, a soldier on the front line or sexual abuse. We can become traumatized in many ways; we often carry our trauma as wounding from our childhood. Even those who think they had a fairly decent upbringing could still carry some trauma within them, to varying degrees.
Text Relationship Mistakes: 8 Things to Reconsider Sending in a Text to Avoid Miscommunication
(Tina Gilbertson) Avoid these common texting mistakes that hurt relationships.
The Way You React When Angry Reveals A Lot About The Kind Of Person You Really Are
(Elizabeth DeVille) Anger is both an incredibly simple and highly complex emotion, one that motivates, inspires and encourages so much of what, as a society, do on a daily basis. Are you driven by your feelings of anger, or do you manage your anger in a healthy, effective way?
Ecologist Says Trees Talk to Each Other in a Language We Can Learn
(Azriel ReShel) A walk amongst the trees is rejuvenating, nourishing and healing, yet a forest is so much more than an amazing collection of trees. There is a lot going on in the forests that we can’t see. Ecologist Suzanne Simard says trees have a sophisticated and interconnected social network existing underground.
Banned TED Talk: The Giant Ceremonial Astrological Mound Builders of Ancient North America
(Arjun Walia) It’s truly mind-altering to contemplate history, I usually start with the fact that most of our recorded history remains in secrecy. The US Government alone, according to some historians, classifies approximately 500 million pages of documents every single year.
The Shamanic View of Mental Health
(Jonathan Davis) In November 2014 the peak psychology body in the UK, the British Psychological Association, released their new flagship report Understanding Psychosis and Schizophrenia. It was a watershed moment in the mainstream treatment of mental illness, containing statements such as this:
Why Smell is More Important Than You Think — Your Consciousness is Under Assault in the Modern Age
by Justin Deschamps, In the modern world, the scents we are exposed to have been carefully designed to hijack a deeply ingrained process for storing core memories, along with other vital functions. In the following Ted Talk, a perfumer named Holladay Saltz discusses just how important smell is in human life. The olfactory process—our sense […]
TEDx Talks Now Feature Pedophilia-Promoting Speakers Who Say Pedos Should Be “Accepted” Into Society
(Justin Deschamps) Despite the references to political leanings, e.g. the left’s influence on the status quo, we here at Stillness in the Storm do not blame any one political affiliation for problems we face on this world. That said, please look past the jabs at the left in the following article, as the information is the primary reason we’re sharing this piece.
Robin Dunbar — Social Relationships Examined… Can You Have More Than 150 Friends? (Video)
Robin Dunbar — Social Relationships Examined… Can You Have More Than 150 Friends? (Video)
Spy Cameras Are Scanning Your Bodies and Reading Your Emotions
(Paul Seaburn) Facebook is so yesterday. A neurophysiologist giving a TED talk unveiled a new spy hardware on her audience that read their emotions during her lecture without any of them ever having to type an emoticon. Big Brother has a Big Sister who promises that this is a good thing. Really?
Physicist Hired By The CIA Shares His Cancelled Ted Talk On Extrasensory Perception (ESP)
(Arjun Walia) Russell Targ is a physicist and author, a pioneer in the development of the laser and laser applications, and a cofounder of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) investigation of psychic abilities in the 1970s and 1980s. SRI is a research and development think tank in Menlo Park, California. Called remote viewing, his work in the psychic area has been published in Nature, The Proceedings of the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE), and the Proceedings of the American Association the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Professor Wendy Suzuki on the Brain-Changing Benefits of Exercise (TEDtalk)
(Anne) What’s the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? Exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get up and MOVE!
A Woman With a Voice of Truth Changes Her Life and The World
(Teresa Yanaros) Nasreen Sheikh’s story is like none I’ve ever heard before. Her tale of empowerment is completely unique and speaks to a world of suffering that she actively seeks to change.
Graham Hancock Explains Why His Viral Ted Talk “the War on Consciousness” Was Banned
(Arjun Walia) Who is Graham Hancock? He is the author of multiple international bestsellers, like The Magicians of the Gods, and Fingerprints of the Gods, among others. His books have sold multiple millions of copies worldwide, and are available in more than 25 languages. Obviously, with so many people, including many scholars who are into his work, […]