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Breaking The Loop of Anxiety | Colin Bien | TEDxLeuphanaUniversityLüneburg

Colin suffered from a panic disorder caused by a malaria prophylaxes for over 2 years. During a behavioral therapy, he learned how to break out of the vicious circle of anxiety. But not only that, he also realized how to use the same approach to form new stress relieving routines in his life. A personal journey about anxiety, stress and happiness.Colin Bien is research assistant, PhD-candidate and founder of True Fabrics, a sustainability oriented online shop offering fabrics from small-scale manufactures all around the world. He studied at the Leuphana University Lüneburg, the University of Oldenburg and the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. He is co-founder of the student initiative Nachdenkstatt. Colin has consulted the European Court of Auditors in greening their procurement processes and was invited as an expert in the field of sustainability reporting in higher education by the German Council for Sustainability. He co-initiated the Sustainability Reporting Network in Higher Education, now HOCHN. By the age of 24 he and two friends founded Boom le Choc, a DJ Team that shared stage with numerous DJs from all across the world.This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

What is Mental Health? How to solve the current epidemic | State Of Mind Podcast Episode #1

“We create spaces for conversations about mental health that change lives”Starts With Me is a company of ‘Peers’ leading a post-institutional mental health care movement. We create platforms to support gaps in education and services along with empowering families and individuals to increase their capacity for well-being.To achieve this goal, we do presentations, talks, workshops, and host monthly events. We deliver these in the workplace, schools, community organizations, and we hold the annual State Of Mind Festival to celebrate our work throughout the year. https://stateofmindfestival.comPeacePlease Follow and Support our Work Subscribe YouTube https://goo.gl/P4L9hH Web – https://startswithme.ca Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/startswithmementalhealth/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/startswithme_/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/StartsWithMe_ Help spread the Starts With Me Message – PATREON – https://www.patreon.com/startswithme Self-Authoring Suite – Affiliate Seller – https://wp.me/P5J9wp-TxQuestions – hello@startswithme.caOUR PLAYLISTS Am I addicted to Weed? https://goo.gl/fpzfqY Mental Health in Schools https://goo.gl/WpJWQK How to Strengthen your Mental Health & Well-Being https://goo.gl/5EVUotRESOURCES Starts With Me Mental Health Resources – https://startswithme.ca/resources Kids Help Phone www.kidshelpphone.ca/teens Mind Your Mind www.mindyourmind.ca Teen Mental Health www.teenmentalhealth.org Mind Check www.mindcheck.ca Good to talk www.good2talk.ca Here to Help www.heretohelp.bc.ca Time to Change www.time-to-change.org.uk Centre for Addiction and Mental Health www.camh.ca Mood Disorders Association of Ontario https://www.mooddisorders.ca/ Mood Disorders Association of Canada http://www.mooddisorderscanada.ca/ Mental Health Commission of Canada http://www.mentalhealthcommission.ca/… If you are in crisis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines

Self-Hatred & Anxiety

The reason we may feel more anxious than we should lies in an unusual place: Self-hatred. If we think of ourselves as ‘bad’, then surely bad things must happen to bad people. One of the ways of calming down is to learn to unpack the origins of our self-suspicion and lay the ground for a more self-loving and compassionate future. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10% off your first online order of a book, product or class: https://bit.ly/2LayJ9F For gifts and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: https://bit.ly/2ZhSd4K Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: https://bit.ly/2MmdxB6FURTHER READINGYou can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: https://bit.ly/35QicD7“The temptation, with dealing with anxiety, is always and invariably to focus on the ostensible cause of our worry: the journey to the airport, the forthcoming speech, the letter one is waiting for, the presentation one has to hand in… But if we proceed more psychologically, we might begin in a different place. With great kindness and no disrespect, we may step past the objective content of anxiety and look instead at something else: how the anxious person feels about themselves…”MORE SCHOOL OF LIFEVisit us in person at our London HQ: https://bit.ly/2sZBffnWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfYou can submit translations and transcripts on all of our videos here: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog&tab=2 Find out how more here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en-GBSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/CREDITSProduced in collaboration with: Vale Productions https://www.valeproductions.co.uk/Title animation produced in collaboration withVale Productions https://www.valeproductions.co.uk/

How to Soothe Ourselves and Others

One of the most vital of all life skills is soothing; the art of calming oneself down, restoring perspective and remembering to be kind to oneself. Too often, because we were never properly soothed by others as children, we have no idea how to soothe ourselves as adults. We need to learn the significance of soothing. For gifts and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: https://goo.gl/sT1784 Join our mailing list: http://bit.ly/2e0TQNJ Our website has classes, articles and products to help you think and grow: https://goo.gl/7nn2MH Download our App: https://goo.gl/QmH9kQFURTHER READING“It’s the middle of the night, let’s imagine, and we’ve been on the earth for about three months. A lot is still very unclear. We are profoundly helpless, barely able to move our own head and utterly at the mercy of others. The sources of our suffering and joy lie far outside our understanding. Hugely powerful needs pass through us at regular intervals and we have no way of making sense of them to ourselves – let alone of communicating them reliably to others…”You can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: https://goo.gl/vScbsLMORE SCHOOL OF LIFEVisit us in person at our London HQ: https://goo.gl/vXCQ9VWatch more films on SELF in our playlist: http://bit.ly/TSOLselfYou can submit translations and transcripts on all of our videos here: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog&tab=2 Find out how more here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6054623?hl=en-GBSOCIAL MEDIAFeel free to follow us at the links below:Download our App: https://goo.gl/QmH9kQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theschooloflifelondon/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheSchoolOfLife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/CREDITSProduced in collaboration with: Caitlin McCarthy http://c8l.in/ #TheSchoolOfLife