Consciousness Minded

Have you noticed someone whose values and beliefs have shifted dramatically? Could it be a case of brainwashing? Steven Hassan has developed a 4-step reality testing method after 45 years of research, beginning when he left a cult that deceived him into joining. The key takeaway is that brainwashing isn’t confined to cults—we’re all vulnerable to it. This talk will make you reconsider how easily we can be influenced. Steven Hassan, PhD, is a mental health professional specializing in undue influence tactics used by authoritarian leaders and harmful groups. His expertise spans destructive religious and political cults, human trafficking, extremist [More]

Global health expert Alanna Shaikh talks about the current status of the 2019 nCov coronavirus outbreak and what this can teach us about the epidemics yet to come.

Why You Feel What You Feel Alan Watkins | TEDxOxford Understanding why you feel what you feel is one of the most important aspects of human development. After understanding comes control. When you control your emotions through vertical development, you can be more successful and happy. We’ve all seen adults behave like children and ‘throw their toys out of the pram’ if they don’t get their way. An inability to control emotions prevents us from growing up and becoming mature successful human beings. Dr. Alan Watkins, founder of Complete Coherence, introduces the key phases of human development and explains why [More]

How To Practice Emotional Hygiene by Guy Winch TEDxLinnaeusUniversity   This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. We have medicine cabinets for common physical injuries like cuts and colds but no toolkits for common psychological injuries such as failure, rejection, guilt, and loss. In his inspirational talk, Guy Winch tells us that “you can’t treat a psychological wound if you don’t know you’re injured”. Guy teaches us a lesson on why it is so important to practice emotional hygiene. Guy Winch Ph.D. is a psychologist, speaker, and author whose books have been [More]

Science and Spirituality Jeff Lieberman at TEDxCambridge   Jeff Lieberman, an MIT-trained artist, scientist and engineer, makes a scientific argument for mystical experience. He asks us to challenge our perception of what we are, our relationship to the universe, and our relationship to one another. Our minds are “thought-generating machines.” What we would happen if we could turn off the machine? If we could transcend our individual experience of the world? This talk was transcribed by Brad Miele. Transcript here: http://bea.st/inevolution/?p=264 Learn more about TEDxCambridge at http://www.tedxcambridge.com. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, [More]