Self-identity reconstruction
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Ideas. Change. Everything. | Sarah Lerma | TEDxNortheasternU London
TEDx Talks· 2026-04-07 16:04
How many of you have ever felt like you weren't enough? I know I have. For 3 years, I let the voices of others become louder than my own. From my mother's daily checks on the scale to toxic diet culture in the media, weight comparisons with my peers, and even being body shamed since the second grade for having legs that were just too big. I became so consumed by who the world told me to be that I completely lost sight of who I actually was. And this almost cost me my life. But standing here today as a survi ...