Learning to Love Yourself | Amanda Jetté Knox | TEDxYouth@Nepean
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2017
- In this TEDx Talk, Amanda shares her inspiring journey of self love and acceptance through personal stories which are sure to capture any audience.
Amanda Jetté Knox is an award-winning writer, human rights advocate and speaker.
The mother of three believes passionately in equality for all, and that acceptance and compassion for ourselves brings acceptance and compassion for others. Her writing has been featured on Upworthy, Buzzfeed, CBC, the Globe and Mail, and various other national and international outlets. Amanda lives in Ottawa, Canada, with her wife, daughter, two sons, and a coffee maker that never quits. She regularly blogs on her personal site, themavenofmayhem.com.
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
Listening to this in valentines
What a fantastic Tedx Talk! Amanda, I think that you have hit the nail on the head with so many issues we all tend to have with ourselves and some stage in our lives. I hope you beautiful daughter is doing well and loving her life. Thank you.
Is someone playing ping pong in the background? 🤦🏻♀️ The sound is super distracting.
I love this video. It made me cry. Your story is very similar to mine. Thank you for sharing it.
Who's in the background making all that ruckus? RUDE!
My God what a brave strong incredible woman!! I'm on the journey of loving myself. Thanks for this!!
i didn't see HOW you became to love yourself. you just talk like "this happened to me, this happened to me, i did this, i did this"
OMG, this is like "Carrie."
Its beautiful that you realized you needed to see your own worth in order to show your daughter how to love herself. Growing confidence is harder than it seems and it is pure love to share that with someone else. Thanks for your story. All the love in the world to you and your family. xo
Really needed to hear this. Thank you so much for sharing your story.
One of the best TED talks I've ever seen!
Thank you Amanda. God bless u
TED, why would I take advice from a child abuser? She says to love yourself, yet proceeds to tell her child to change themselves against their true biology....? Her whole message is confused. So is it change your self until you love yourself or love yourself even with your flaws?
+Sheila May How is trans different? Its a body dysphoria, just like thinking that you're the wrong body shape, or skin colour. Just because its about gender, doesnt mean its different.
To love yourself and accept. However trans is completely different then getting a nose job.
To have a mother lovingly accept her daughter as she feels inside is love. It is not a superficial, '" I just want to look like this" type of mentality.
It makes me smile to see that people are actually trying to love themselves because when you set a goal to do something and try to do it than you can surely achieve it. Sitting their and complaining that you already tried to love yourself isnt gonna do you any better. Hard work pays off and if you want to love yourself than you have to try and dont give up.
I went through the same I really hated myself. I slowly but surely started to love myself and to this day, im still learning but I can tell you that I am much better than before. If I learned how to love myself than I am 100% sure you can too.
You are beautiful the way you are and you shouldnt change yourself for anything, love yourself.
You know why you're obsesses about loving yourself? Because you know your lifestyle is intrinsically screwed up and need to apply some kind of balm to justify it. LMAO.
All the sounds ughhh!!! Stop moving ffs its so distracting whoever u are. Rusty school desk whatever that is!
I'm ok with myself but I'm disappointed that I'm lazy and don't care to interact with people because they might want to go somewhere and do something and I enjoy doing nothing, in fact I very much love doing nothing and being by myself.
I am a trans boi, and I just hate myself. Before realizing I was trans and even more so after. I got a haircut but, I still look like a girl. I hate myself so much and I just want to die. I’m not going to do anything with my life and I will never have a happy life. I hate everyone and everything. I just want to die.
Are you okay? I know it's tough right now but don't give up
TED, why would I take advice from a child abuser? She says to love yourself, yet proceeds to tell her child to change themselves against their true biology....? Her whole message is confused. So is it change your self until you love yourself or love yourself even with your flaws?
You should be proud of yourself Amanda, and you’ve inspired me to do the same. Thanks!
What is that noise in the back? It's there someone building something?
What a tragic story of life until she was 37. I wish l could have been a friend to her. What a beautiful, confident woman she is. 💗💕🌸
Bet she loves herself - those should lose weight heading for heart attack
Setting someone on fire? Really?
I love every single moment of this speech I love her a lot.
I’m so proud of you I’m in tears
The ultimate NEVER HAPPENED story!
I feel like this all the time. I don't buy stuff to myself, or i feel guilty if i do, because i feel like i don't deserve it. I feel that i'm being selfish and i should stop. I have few friends at school but they are all transferring to another school next year. I don't know what i'll do. I'll be all alone. I get anxiety attacks and regret everything i say. I came here searching help, and stumbled across to this. It was helpful, very important message. But even after this if i try to think differently, i feel like lying and it feels worse. I'm really lost.
I love myself. Even if I look like a *burnt chicken nugget* I still love myself
I love this!
yo i'm balling my eyes out watching this
I feel like it would be better if we were all the same. Why do some people want to be different ? There aren't any pros of being different than everybody
Believe me when I say I used to think like that. But i realized that if we were all the same life would be boring. Everyone would have the same interests, same thoughts, same lifestyle. Imagine living in a neighborhood where everyone looked and acted the same. We need difference to make life intresting, that's why opposites attract. Having someone who acted just like you would easily become predictable and boring.
Thank you for posting this talk. I hear ones like this often but have a hard time relating to someone's story. However, I relate to yours in many ways. If you can do it, then there is a lot of hope for me. I am 25 and finally realizing that everything that I have gone through, is not my fault...which is really hard to accept but I know that when I fully accept that, it will set me free. I have a lot of work to do. Thanks for helping me along the way. This is the first thing I woke up to this morning.
8:25 it gets better!
This video came to my life the moment i really needed it ❤️ thank you!
She used the word " I " many times in her talk. Sounded depressed.
Exactly!
TED, why would I take advice from a child abuser? She says to love yourself, yet proceeds to tell her child to change themselves against their true biology....? Her whole message is confused. So is it change your self until you love yourself or love yourself even with your flaws?
Thank you for sharing, Amanda.
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I’ve been feeling insecure and have forgotten to love myself in all ways that I am. Beautiful message. Thank you so much.
Disappointed. I thought they were gonna learn the lyrics to "Love Yourself" from Justin Bieber. 0/10
You know you hate yourself as much as I do.
What’s with the pots n pans smacking around. Nice lady and speech
I too have experienced many of the same things (other than being set on fire, that's horrible. I'm sorry you had to go thru that) I trying to learn how to live myself at 37. Unfortunately I really have no idea what love feels like. So i'm guessing.
It can be simple kind gestures too your self if you have ig follow @mentalemotionalwellness
Everyone should hear about this
Beautiful message. God bless you
love yourself
love myself
peace
_BTS
11:00 we dont meet it, but we dont need it ;)))))))) (it rhymes hehe)
You are a huge inspiration! Thanks :)
I feel like I'm bullshiting myself when I try to tell myself something positive about me.
+orange70383 true...but it's beneficial brainwashing. Besides, someone or something brainwashed you to despise yourself in the first place if you cant tell yourself one positive thing and believe it...
+RandomTran That's brainwashing yourself.
Fake it till you make it.
Same
If you love yourself, do you have to be happy all the time?
I dont think so, I think loving yourself would be giving your feelings validation and showing some compassion as you would for somone else. I think its unrealistic to be happy all the time
Thank you for sharing your story with me today..
I have been arguing with this woman on Twitter for several days. My conclusion: she is human and is respectful. Just like most people.
Really nice message. But can that someone please sit still
so sad let me know tell you so sad
I really relate to her experience. Unfortunately I still haven't figured out how to love myself even though lord knows I've tried.
The bullying sounds similar to my story
Go listen to “love myself” by BTS, you’ll love yourself after that I swear to god
wow I really needed this
What a terrible beginning to life you had, but I’m so glad you have managed to turn things around for you and your daughter. God bless
So how is loving yourself different then narcissism?
Narcissists look down upon others
J O-T well a quick google search came up with the opposite definition here is my copy and paste “a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves.”
Narcissists hate themselves and make their immediate comfort their no.1 issue
Maryana Nava that’s the dream, but in reality this goal is never reached. Self absorption is directly related to depression, selflessness leads to happiness, and anyone can start living selflessly right away and feel the happiness, anytime you do something for someone else you immediately feel happy, it’s not so complicated
Narcissism is beyond self love. Self love is knowing your worth and knowing what you deserve. Narcissism is being self absorbed and only caring about yourself and not others feeling cause you’re the “best”
im telling you kids and teens can be cruel to each other too
skip to 7:10
you are welcome
Thanks
Wow. I’m speechless. This was nothing less than amazing.
loving yourself is giving yourself the best treatment ever and achieving our own goal what we want with all of our might.
I was breaking down earlier. And i found this video. Thank you so much.
Thanks for hanging in there and surviving.
Maybe your son believes he is a girl because he was raised by two women
Your argument is incredibly flawed. Would you still argue this if it was a single mother raising both a daughter and a son and the son came out as trans?
People are weak
Please don't leave comments like this. Why would you say something like that when someone here could be struggling or suffering? It is not nice.
You're talking about yourself right?
That.... Was beautiful
This is wonderful. Thank you so much. This helped me out sooo much.
Thank you Amanda 💚💗💚
( Also don't listen to this while doing your makeup, your tears will ruin it. )
Thanks for the message, this is exactly what I need right now x
Your story was inspirational. Thank you for sharing!!!
I am like that too. I avoid mirrors and after my heart got broken. I started going to gym
enz librad You're unique and beautiful just the way you are. I know this sounds cheesy but it's true, the person who cares how you look isn't worth your time. Your personality is what makes you awesome.
Everybody's journey is unique and their own 🙏
amaziiingg
This is very important Ted talk. I recommend it to everyone. If you don't love yourself consciously, then you subconsciously start taking decision to self harm yourself even without knowing it. I have been there and can totally understand.
you are such a beautiful person..
wish someone would have taught me this.... for so many years. better late then never, ever!
You are pretty
It's me
I'm right therewith ya Cheri!!
Thank you for your story
Wow thank you for sharing your story with us. I can relate nice to know I was never along. xx
Marcel Godfrey aa
You're the most strong woman I've ever met!
You've overcome many bad experiences I could not even imagine...
This is a real beautiful speech! Love you!
Amazing story, you've overcome so much. Finding self love is a real struggle, thanks for sharing your story
It breaks my heart to see so many people supporting transition of those with gender identity disorder. GID exists only in the mind. Stop treating the body for a problem that is not related to the body. Treat the mind. i myself have struggled with GID. It is something that can be beaten. With meditation, visualization, and self hypnosis a person can rewire their brain and change the way they live.
Stop abusing the mentally ill!!
TED, why would I take advice from a child abuser? She says to love yourself, yet proceeds to tell her child to change themselves against their true biology....? Her whole message is confused. So is it change your self until you love yourself or love yourself even with your flaws?
VeenaShnitzle seriously..................? If you have kids I wonder how you would feel if someone takes them away from you just like you suggested here, on whatever basis, that they don't agree on, steups as if you are the most perfect person or parent IF you are one...be careful with your words....
I can't imagine being so hellbent on virtue signalling to mutilate your own mentally ill child. I keep hearing these stories of "morally righteous" parents doing this to their teenage (and even younger) children. Kids don't know who they are yet, they're KIDS. Their favorite color changes week to week.
These people ought to be separated from their kids on grounds of child abuse.
Waddup mom
Oh hey, Mom.
Is she really ur mom
Your mom .... She is very strong. Keep loving her
I just got diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and always disliked myself and who I am. Your mom's speech is very true to heart and uplifting.
Zxios you rock lady!
Zxios and Amanda.
Champions.
Sending all my love to you and your daughter, you truly inspire:)
100% agree - Loving ourselves is the foundation to EVERYTHING that we achieve.
I am eagerly waiting to see a video on Artificial Intelligence. As it's my research interest so now waiting to know more about the recent occurrence. A news is spreading that FB shut down AI !
Beautiful speech. Much love.
Wow , u have to be so courageous to talk about such stuff , hopefully it will help me too
One of the purest form of love is to always Love yourself❤️
But how does one love oneself?
I couldn't agree more. (: