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The gift and power of emotional courage | Susan David
You don't have to be fine. "Discomfort is the price of admission to a meaningful life." 🖤
Who it's for
David opens with the South African greeting Sawubona ('I see you'), setting up the idea that being seen, including in our hard feelings, matters.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Psychologist Susan David's talk from TEDWomen 2017. Opening with the Zulu greeting Sawubona and the story of her father's death and a teacher's notebook, she argues against cultural pressure to be constantly positive and lays out 'emotional agility', including labelling and acknowledging emotions rather than suppressing them.
Where to find it
YouTube, official TED channel (free). Also on TED.com, which offers an interactive transcript.
Before you start
Heads up: A father's death and grief.
Age: Ages 12+
Silence will carry your voice like the nest that holds the sleeping birds.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 155
