How Do You Find Self Worth? | Dr. Lisa Strohman | TEDxGrandCanyonUniversity
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Published 2021-05-18
Focusing on the ability to differentiate our self-value from how we become "verified" in these digital worlds forces us all to think through our own perspective. Growing up homeless, surviving years of abuse, and dealing with several challenges of trying to choose whether life was worth living, Lisa ultimately came to look at life through the eyes of helping others.
Clinical psychologist, author, public speaker, and founder and director of Digital Citizen Academy Lisa Strohman has held titles for several institutions and organizations. From working with the FBI to being a member of the American Bar Association and past Chair of the American Psychological Association Committee, she has a great number of experiences under her belt. She uses all of her experiences today to educate others on mental health and raise awareness for technology wellness.
Dr. Lisa Strohman is a clinical psychologist, author, public speaker, and the founder and director of Digital Citizen Academy. She established Digital Citizen Academy to proactively prevent and educate students, educators, and parents on the issues resulting from technology use and misuse. Dr. Strohman has spent more than a decade working with adolescents and families in her private practice and a career working with schools to address challenges with student mental health and well-being.
In addition, Dr. Strohman was a Visiting Scholar for the FBI working on homicidal pedophilia when a Columbine occurred giving her the opportunity to be on the front lines of how technology impacts our youth. She has continued to work with law enforcement and the FBI on safety and cybercrimes involving adolescents, while also lending her knowledge and guidance to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Dr. Strohman holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of California, Davis, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and later earned a Ph.D. and J.D., completing a joint integrated program in Law and Psychology at Villanova and Drexel Universities with honors. She was an active member of the American Bar Association, a past Chair of the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Legal Issues, and a current member of Pinnacle Forum. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
All Comments (21)
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In my point, 4 ways of cultivating unconditional self-worth: 1. Forgive yourself for past mistakes. Acknowledge the situation that led to your mistake and say "I forgive me“ in an honest and kind way. 2. Practice self-acceptance. Let go of your thoughts about how you think you should be. Embrace the things you like about yourself as well as the things you think others may not like. You are worthy just the way you are. 3. Be there for yourself when life gets rough. Acknowledge your emotional pain and say nice things to yourself. 4. Connect with supportive people.
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Thank you for this. Those last 5 minutes hit home for me. You are relating this to social media because that is where it is amplified and personified. But I'm taking this at more than face value because we do this both on and off the internet, the internet just makes these validations more "tangible" and quantifiable. I appreciate you uncovering this for us.
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His iss more about social media's effects of self worth, it shouldd be retitled
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Technology is a tool, that's what I tell myself. To explore. Not to define who you are and what you are worth. <3 Beautiful talk! My heart goes out to that young girl and her family.
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No matter where I go, what I look like, what I say, or what I do, I have inherent worth and value💎and so do you💖🦋
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Thank you, Dr. Lisa, for sharing your talk on our 2021 stage. What an incredible and informative talk. Thank you for all of your time and dedication our team was honored to have worked with you.
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love the perspective but might i suggest that social medial only amplifies .. the lack of self worth or need for validation still exists .. social media makes it worse ... i deleted FB it made me depressed from all the fakeness
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Was hopingbthis would be more encompassing, about ourselves and society at large not just social media
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Wonderful Talk that really makes you stop and think
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This doesn't apply for me. I don't participate in this online social media, because I don't care about the life of others.
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If that girl heard this talk she still would have killed herself. "Don't let it get to you" is not a solution.
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-External validation, eliminate dependency -Self worth-being human. You r innately enough -Way u live ur life, be u??
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Wow, what a wonderful video. Thank you so so much.
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Thank you 🌷
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Very helpful!
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i value myself enough to say , you are a beautiful woman and thanks for the awareness that unless we become conscious creators of our lives we will be of the herd. i am sure that so many people are bored of uploading another pic or selfie. i choose to have the perception of self-defining myself without that constant thought structure of mind that says I am loved because how many likes I have. and again all these people that give a thumbs up I don't know them. i remember doing facebook and thinking why do all these people want to be friends with me? the illusion of social media. it does take consciousness and courage to be oneself believing in whatever one chooses particularly when you might think differently about things than the mass collective I have bipolar 2 condition and the insight that I am still integrating is self-worth saying I love myself is one thing creating the evidence of that for oneself alone is another.
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Thank you ❤gbu
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đón chờ những ca khúc tiếp theo của Phúc, càng nghe càng thích giọng ca của Phúc ❤️
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"But, I'm afraid they'll catch us yet," said Dorothy, greatly excited.
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We also hear in Corinthians 6,7,8, “We are always confident, knowing that, while we are home in the body, we are absent from the lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say and willing rather be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” So, we need to be present with the Lord. When we hear and sing His Holy Names, we can feel His presence easily. Where there is transcendental love there is confidence, there is spiritual strength, there is purpose, there is direction. That is real spiritual self-esteem based on wisdom.
