Speak Truth to Power, a project of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, created this PSA featuring Erin Merryn and Julianna Margulies discussing the importance of Erin’s Law, urging states that have not passed the law to do so. The PSA was created to accompany a Speak Truth to Power (STTP) lesson about Erin’s story, sexual abuse awareness and the power of resilience. This lesson will be added to the existing STTP curriculum, taught to millions of students all over the world, which uses the powerful stories of human rights defenders to help students self-identify as human right defenders and create change in their classrooms and beyond. The lesson will be available August 31st.
Depression is the leading cause of disability in the world; in the United States, close to ten percent of adults struggle with the disease. But because it’s a mental illness, it can be a lot harder to understand than, say, high cholesterol. Helen M. Farrell examines the symptoms and treatments of depression, and gives some tips for how you might help a friend who is suffering.
Lesson by Helen M. Farrell, animation by Artrake Studio.
We all experience stress, and it can actually be a good thing. But too much can take a pretty big toll. A recent video from TED-Ed explains what happens to your body when its exposed to too much stress for too long. Dr. Sharon Horesh Bergquist lays out the ins and outs of chronic stress. Long story made short: Too much stress can have potentially deadly effects on the body.
Dr. Brené Brown: The Two Most Dangerous Words in Your Vocabulary | Super Soul Sunday | OWN
Published on Mar 17, 2013
Dr. Brené Brown started her research on vulnerability, worthiness and shame six months before September 11, 2001, and says our culture has been marked by deep fear since then. That fear, she says, has now shifted from external events to the fear that we as individuals are simply not enough. Watch to find out why, Dr. Brown says, those two words lead us to shut down emotionally and spiritually.
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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences.
Through her own story, social activist Megan Shinnick points out the misconceptions and actual importance of depression, as well as the societal flaws responsible for the increase in the illness among teens. Perhaps the increased pressures put on students create the situation, while the majority of schools don’t have the necessary resources to aid students who suffer depression or anxiety. Megan asks each of us to make a difference in the way society both views and deals with depression.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), though well concealed, are unexpectedly common, and have a profound effect on adult health. In the 30-minute program previewed here, eight adult survivors of ACEs describe their childhood experiences and the effects later in life, including obesity, depression, and addictions. To learn more about Wounds That Won’t Heal and our other DVDs for trauma survivors, see our website, www.cavalcadeproductions.com , or call 800-345-5530.
Donna Jackson Nakazawa, author of ‘Childhood Disrupted’ discusses how Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) affect adult illness such as heart disease, autoimmune disease and cancer.