Authentic self expression: Sarah Hernholm at TEDxSDSU 

Mrs. Hernholm was my 3rd-grade teacher. I'm 26 now. Amazing how time flies and people grow.

Excellent talk! I've spent the past few years living an inauthentic life. It was a pain in the ass, until I had a major wake up call. This is great advice that I can definitely relate to!

In spite of the reaction of the individuals seated behind you, I found your talk incredibly delightful, insightful, and useful. Thank you so much, Sarah.

I just woke up from a dream and it was about me organising a team of people to put together a clay scale model of the town I'm from as a way of teaching the current generation of kids about local history. Now the concept was a bit out there, but the point of this dream was to show me that i have a passion and skill for putting people together to create community. I immediately looked up self expression and this was a perfect listen at the right time. Very clear message thank you. I've been excited over the last 20 years of the idea to get school kids involved in a community cleanup programme that would teach kids about the environment, whilst simultaneously giving them money from recycling that they could use for anything they vote for, for the school. I'm still needed an income at this point so that's a difficult challenge, but it's all got me thinking i'm turned on as a big picture thinker. I think this is my gift to the world. Anyway, back to sleep, i wave work in the morning 🙂

Excellent! Working on being more authentic and putting those great tools to work even as I head towards being 70 years old! Never too late....better late than never as the old saying goes! Thanks for sharing~ peace, love and namaste.

im doing a project on self expression (: this ted talk helped back up a lot of my points and I wholeheartedly agree with what sarah said

Passion in its finest moment.

Be yourself ! Express not impress 👍🕺💃

+Sarah Hernholm Being authentic is now for me as natural as breath itself. it all started with being tired of a purposeless life. Strenghttraining, meditation, spending time alone and getting to know oneself is how i got to it. i started realizing that I was a person with an own mind and could alter my own reality at the age of 18, now im 20. its all starts with questioning the obvious, it was really cool to hear this talk, you are an awesome woman !

This has got to be the most thoughtful speech on this topic I have heard. Thank you for giving us a fresh and useful perspective on authentic self expression.

This is awesome and what I needed to hear today. Will be sharing with friends.

wonderful talk.

This made me smile:)

Love this. Thanks for the inspiration, it changed one person today

Loved it!! Well said! I wish parents and schools would teach this message.

this was great, hit a lot of great points

the natural disposition is actually neutral. The natural baseline of the brain is neutrality, the state of observation rather than judgement, which happens when we are present and not worrying about the future and not dwelling about the past (presence doesn't mean not planning for the future). Happiness is a mood, sadness is a mood, and we can experience some moods more than others, but don't think you have to be happy all the time or you're not living correctly. Inner peace and neutrality is what we should strive for, with lots of moments of happiness and (some sadness) in between.

who is that blond guy sitting behind? He seems really engaged and inspired by her talk :D

Loved & enjoyed so much this video Sarah Hernholm! I totally embrace the "not my story" tool..I think it's soo powerful, we just have to acknowledge it! Yet the most powerful & most difficult to use is the "shut down the noise"..it implies a lot of self-esteem and knowing yourself pretty much well!

wow! i needed this so much! thank you!

I would love to start a social movement around Flamboyant Self-expression through Appearance and looking any way we want no matter how different, and ending bullying, judgment, abuse, harassment, discrimination, etc. and yet self-promotion is very difficult. How can I make better use of social media in order to attract more followers? Acceptance of flamboyantly non-traditional self-expression through appearance, as well as different identity perceptions and ways of being and living which are often related to the flamboyant self-expression is a worthy cause. So many of us are still verbally abused in public and even physically abused in some cases, denied employment and educational opportunities, and generally viewed through a lens of negative stereotypes and also viewed and treated as less than other people. We have been called freaks, as though being different, even vastly so from these completely arbitrary norms, is a bad thing. Those who are extravagantly Gothic and/or Darkly-inclined, such as myself, are given looks of intense disgust, as though we are so offensively distasteful. Very flamboyant makeup and face paint in particular are things that are extremely important to me and that I particularly love to do activism about and self-advocate for, considering how meaningful this form of expression is to me and how I always love to wear it in public places, because it makes me happy to present myself this way in the world. Any helpful suggestions about how I can best start a social movement will be much appreciated. Thank you so much in advance for your suggestions.

This was a very enjoyable and inspirational speech, Sarah. It's great that people like you are out spreading invaluable tools and skills to help everyone understand what their role in the universe is. Thank you! got my thumbs up

This is really helpful. Thank you so much!

While I feel this content 'should' be common knowledge - it's hardly ever common practice. I can't stress enough how flabbergasted I am at how people are wasting their lives just going through the motions because they think they have to. Wasting is a harsh word, but I feel strongly about it. Keep fighting the good fight!

I like this lady a bunch. The message is much needed.

really enjoyed your talk thanks, it's just inspired me to get my journal out I recently bought and write down a gratitude list.

Thanks for the speech. Really enjoyed it.

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True-True!

Hi Sarah I really enjoyed your talk and how you eleborated each point with examples. i think i missed beginning part since panel behind you seem out of place and were viewing your talk with your back turned to them, just expressing😉thanks again for the talk

You only will be bad not being yourself if you are really bad at it. Really actors can impress and convince n any given situation so doesn’t matter who they are cause they are what they need.

For me i get all these qualities with MEDITATION simply, i would always know what's the right thing to do for me.

I dig her body- authentic self expression

I can’t relate to the notifications thing, as it seldom means someone is trying to connect with me..🤔

I just wanted her to say the voices not the noise since this about self expression... As soon as you attempt to censor anuthing, some of that edge of realness gets rounded off he he. One of my goals is to avoid that censoring more amd more.

Nice talk! At 15:39ish there is a cut in the video, I wonder what happened there.

14:07🔥

I used to sing to myself and laugh often, but my parents would comment on how I should be doing it "properly" and would tell other people as their source of entertainment. Felt frustrated, embarrassed and ridiculed.

I find it surprising how the speaker asumes sameness. What works for her works for everyone, of course!

I visited few back years -lake site where A K had been M....... n body d..... n he visited me-stood in our sitout for about 9 hrs n then i couldn't let go -him having come up from the behind-as have acute fear of males then-now come to terms with it-at his email id-sent messages as to whether he had any messages for his family,he being married to his soulmate-a beautiful relationship

who was that guy sitting in the back? he has literally no expression on his face😹

Who the fuck wants to listen to silence in the car?

Looks and sounds a lot like that creepy Landmark bullshit.

WTF she goes to hip hop class? CRINGE