full circle moment. Manifestation works. I've been like planning a TED talks for like since 2015. So, thank you so much for having me here. This is crazy crazy. Um, so I'm here to talk about when lived and shared experience is the root of knowledge. Ever since I can remember, I've been holding it all together. Do you know that feeling of keeping up the facade? It's exhausting. I remember even in hospital after my suicide attempt when I had literally been in a coma for about 5 days. Even then I remember my f ...

In 2017, I teetered on the edge of life, just a moment from death. My upper body took a huge impact. A force so overwhelming, I collapsed, struggling to breathe.Darkness swallowed me thick and suffocating. And then something extraordinary happened. This pure blinding white light appeared all around me.I had no idea at the time, but I was on the verge of being thrust into the unknown. Uncharted territory. And then I woke up in hospital, machines beeping and tubes and needles running from my arms.And I began ...

Good boy. I'm Daniel and this is my guide dog, Quinland. When matching a guide dog to a handler, it is critical that the dog and person are as much alike as possible to ensure a successful partnership.So, naturally, it makes sense that he is smart, loyal, and really, really good-looking. We have an incredible partnership, but growing up, the idea of a guide dog wasn't even on my radar. At 16, I lost my sight.But losing my sight wasn't the hardest part. The hardest part was losing myself. Growing up in a sma ...

[music] all the time in humongous quantity. I' had a love for 18 years now and it has ghosted me. It has made me smile and actually some of the time that's how when I was in I realiz And now we talk about how today your mind on your laptop and sometimes You think I won't remember what do I want to do tomorrow? And I was buzzing with ideas and I thought I woke up next morning and I said, "Hi, I'm new here. And that's how became a wave of communication between you can even know that your office is from there ...

Just as many other teenagers and kids during the coid9 pandemics, both of us can for sure say we fell under the destructive neverending cycle of doomscrolling on social media. Comparing ourselves to the seemingly perfect people, living these seemingly perfect lifestyles, and experiencing the common pressure to look, live, and act a certain way. taglines all over platforms such as how to lose weight in 10 days, how to get abs in 14, how to become unrecognizable in a month, which might seem like completely ha ...

I remember the first time that I was told to man up. I was 7 years old. My father looked me dead in the eye and he asked me, "Are you a man or a mouse. " I was seven. What does that even mean? From that moment, I realized maybe the way that I'm presenting myself, the way that I'm acting, it's not man enough. But I had to learn if this is my father and this is my example, he's supposed to teach me how to be a man. See, the way that I express myself, those emotions, and the way that I genuinely just showed up ...

Join me in welcoming Nichollet Celikas. [applause] My first day teaching swim lessons, I was so nervous I could puke. I mean, I was seriously secondguing if I could even swim myself.This cute little girl with pink sparkly Crocs and a big smile on her face comes up to me, greets me. We get in the water. I'm about to ask her what color mermaid tail she has.And then she looks me straight in the face and asks me, "What is that giant red mountain on your face?" Okay, nice. You know, I just continued with the les ...

In the UK there is constant conversation about mental health and suicide.And literally nobody in Dubai ever talks about or mentions these things ever.What does this tell you? ...

I'm sure a lot of posts on social media or Google says that success is about hard work, talent or being in the right moment, right place at the right time. But what if I told you that success is the one of the greatest predictors of your future is actually the people you surround yourself with. Think about it.Every meaningful opportunity, every life-changing conversation, and every moment of growth usually starts with one thing, a connection. I learned this the hard way. In 2020, I moved from Ithaca, New Yo ...

[Music] [Applause] Will I ever see him again. I kept asking that question as I lay in my bed crying as depressing thoughts raced through my head. I thought I'm not important.It's all my fault. I'm a burden. He forgot my sixth birthday.I felt sad, furious, and rejected. I knew my mom and dad were separated, but at least a call or even just a message would be enough. It had been months since I had seen him, and I started to wonder if I would ever see him again.I still don't know if I ever will. Thankfully, wh ...