You Don't Find Happiness, You Create It | Katarina Blom | TEDxGöteborg
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Published 2018-05-07
According to psychologist Katarina Blom, the brain is not always on your side when it comes to well-being. Survival, absolutely. The rest, not so much. But there is hope!
In this personal and inspiring talk, Katarina Blom lets you in on a few secrets of the mind - and how you can cultivate happiness by befriending your brain. Katarina Blom is a psychologist, a co-founder of a gym for the mind, the first author to publish a Swedish book on positive psychology, and she is the creator of one of the biggest digital platforms on psychology in Sweden. Also, she is an Acroyoga instructor. 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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TED Talks is a great place for people learning English , for listening skill. Thanks
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"your brain is concerned that you survive throughout this day, it's less concerned that you're a happy survivor".
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2:20 it's not just about positive thinking 4:20 we have a better chance at controlling our actions 6:44 diary study: negative effect of a setback was more than twice as strong as the positive effect of a success 8:00 negativity bias 9:20 happiness is a skill that we all can work on 10:58 exercise: [send] appreciative gratitude text to someone that you care for 12:24 harvard study: happiness doesn't come from wealth, fame or working hard [but] relationships
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Had me in tears towards the end. For whoever needs to hear this, just hang in there, this too shall pass
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Two things: first, happiness is inner, is not a destination, but how you walk along the way. Second , replacing bad habits with good ones takes time and discipline and focus on only one at a time. And don’t forget to celebrate all the tiny achievements.
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I learn to improve my English while watching ted talk. And. After one year, im able to speak fluently in english,i guess if i retake my muet exam, i could possibly get band 4. That's what i called systematic 😎
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I'm a Psychologist, too. And, of all the talks on happiness I've listened to, this is probably the best one yet. At least for my high school students.
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It is the people in these Ted Talks videos that have got me through the past 5 years. I do not have anyone in my life to sit and share who i am with, but i know if i was to talk to these people they would understand. That is good enough for me . xx
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It’s better to control our action, rather than our thoughts. The quality of relationship matters more. Really amazing speech! To create happiness from now on. Let’s begin!
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Wow happiness is a skill. That means I can learn too
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She is amazing! She speaks so peacefully and helpful! I would love spend a lot of time talking to her! Great TedTalks!
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When we succeed, we must not forget our past. When we fail, we must remember there is still tomorrow. When the path leads to nowhere, we can always take another path. We can make a diversion.
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I think there are different levels of happiness and the highest level is to make peace with your mind and the rest of the world.
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This is really good i often feel so sick sick to my stomach from past mistakes please pray for me ❤️🙏if u r reading this to forgive myself and have success
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I try to nurture my friendships. I try to let my friends know how grateful I am for them. But the sad thing about recent years it's not a given take I never hear anything nice in return nobody is putting the effort in anymore to building and keeping friendships. I believe that is a big key to happiness is friendships.
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Listening to this talk I think will help me. I also felt my mind in ease at the end. This was great!!
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One of the way how get happiness is talk like this lady, speaking peacefully. It creates softness in listening too.
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Thanks to her I know I'm happy though I'm single, unemployed for almost one year. Because I have family, friends always ready to back me up. Thank you so much.
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Wow...She places her words so beautifully...
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Thank you TEDx Talks for organizing this and Katarina for sharing interesting studies on happiness and your recommendation of building quality relationships. Let us not find but create happiness together as a human race in spite of the challenges brought by the current pandemic. BE (VERY) BLESSED!
