Resources | Ted Talks Videos
TED is a global set of conferences run by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, under the slogan “Ideas Worth Spreading”. TED was founded in 1984 as a one-off event; the annual conference series began in 1990. We hope you enjoy the selected Ted Talks videos below.
ZINDEL SEGEL: The mindful way through depression
SARA LAZAR: How Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains
Daniel Siegel: Mindfulness and Neural Integration
This Ted Talks video examines how relationships and reflection support the development of resilience in children and serve as the basic ‘3 R’s” of a new internal education of the mind.
KRISTEN NEFF: The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self-Compassion
Karen Armstrong: Charter for Compassion
Brene Brown: The Power of Vulnerability
Brene Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
Rick Hanson: Hardwiring Happiness
Rick Hanson is a neuropsychologist and the author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence, best selling author of Buddha’s Brain, founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom and an Affiliate of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, he’s been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide.
David Burns: Feeling Good
When he is not crunching statistics for his research, Dr. Burns can be found teaching his famous Tuesday evening psychotherapy training group for Stanford students and community clinicians, or giving workshops for mental health professionals throughout the United States and Canada.
The Power of Mindfulness: What You Practice Grows Stronger | Shauna Shapiro
How do we change? In this pioneering talk, Dr. Shauna Shapiro draws on modern neuroscience and ancient wisdom to demonstrate how mindfulness can help us make positive changes in our brains and our lives.
How Mindfulness Transforms Us | Jo Pang
Jo speaks to everyday problems and how difficult it is to be happy – “Considering that everything dies, leaves or disappears”.
BENEFITS OF MINDFULNESS
Practicing Mindfulness improves mental and physical health
Mindfulness can help:
- reduce stress
- improve mood and quality of life
- lower blood pressure
- improve concentration and attention
- manage pain with less reactivity
- enhance emotional intelligence
- improve sleep
- reduce addictive and self-destructive behaviour
- improve immune functioning
- increase self-awareness and body awareness
Ancient roots, modern applications
Mindfulness helps in the treatment of:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- eating disorders
- substance misuse and recovery
- OCD
