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How creative writing can help you through life’s hardest moments | Sakinah Hofler

Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Have you ever seen or experienced something and wished you spoke up? Writer Sakinah Hofler makes the case for writing as a tool to help you process difficult memories and reclaim the power they may hold. Pick up a…

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5 years ago

January 13, 2021

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Have you ever seen or experienced something and wished you spoke up? Writer Sakinah Hofler makes the case for writing as a tool to help you process difficult memories and reclaim the power they may hold. Pick up a pen or pull up a keyboard and follow along as she walks you through how to unburden your mind and inspire reflection.

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Lisa harrystone

January 14, 2021 at 5:32 am

I prefer to write when people are closed.

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Girish Gowda

January 14, 2021 at 6:34 am

How many here made it a resolution to write everyday this year? Even if it’s just few hundred words. ????️

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Wen Shan

January 14, 2021 at 7:06 am

Writing is therapeutic. It gives you the place and time to express your deepest thoughts, often those which we suppress and find it hard to articulate.
Cdl George Pell wrote while in prison for a heinous crime he did not commit. It certainly is a way to communicate with your soul and find healing

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siddharth sake

January 14, 2021 at 9:05 am

I completed the 1k like

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Kirstin Strand

January 14, 2021 at 10:44 am

Well done. Respect.

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Archibald Belanus

January 14, 2021 at 10:48 am

HOLY COW that conclusion was epic!

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R.A. Andrews

January 14, 2021 at 11:50 am

Writing is a magical alchemical act.
It is important to understand that there are people in the world who believe that the only way to lift themselves up is to bring someone else down, and they do it to give their shame to another person. We must not accept their shame as our own.

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MultiPurplemist

January 14, 2021 at 11:51 am

Love this! Writing is my therapy, I feel it helps me more that any therapist has ever! Helped me listening to someone constantly say how does that make you feel does not help.

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Angela Chicken

January 14, 2021 at 12:32 pm

I loved this. Brilliant,

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Daily Life

January 14, 2021 at 1:15 pm

ITS A GAME OF LIFE

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Brandon Roberts

January 14, 2021 at 1:18 pm

????

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June M

January 14, 2021 at 1:21 pm

This is powerful!

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Big Dee

January 14, 2021 at 2:13 pm

Sucking it up ,, works too …. professional full time professional victims make me cringe

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Наталья Тюлина

January 14, 2021 at 3:21 pm

If I was at that party, I would intervene for you. Your colleagues are just cowardly and they probably have real problems.Take it easy!⚘

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sharmaine SLH06/60

January 14, 2021 at 4:38 pm

This was an empowering talk, thank you!

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M. Schmitz

January 14, 2021 at 5:53 pm

So brave. ???????? I am really touched.

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Stephen Rose

January 14, 2021 at 6:01 pm

Incessantly taunts someone with a gun
Gets a gun pulled you
Everyone is shocked….

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Nadine Pereira

January 14, 2021 at 7:43 pm

Love and Light to you, Thank you ????????

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Solidwater

January 14, 2021 at 8:23 pm

am I the only one who see this as hate speech, you could have reasoned with him tell you dont talk about that stuff and your done with conversation, or do it in a professional manner or make a joke about it. but you chose to hate him for questions or ignorance rather then showing how wrong he is or that he shouldn’t do it.

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Ali Qazilbash

January 14, 2021 at 8:54 pm

time is money, and socialism is a sinful ideology. like when one person steals from another, we call it theft. When a whole bunch of people do it, we call it war.

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Rocketscientist66

January 14, 2021 at 10:09 pm

I have the greatest respect for this young lady. She said it, how it is. I wish I could shake your hand! There are so many people suffering, so many people who feel invisible because other people ignore them, ignore their pain. Just sayin I‘m no exception. I‘ve been on both sides. The fear of standing up for someone else‘s rights, is paralysing. Even for your own rights, it‘s never easy. You sometimes think, ahhh just don‘t take things so personal, they didn‘t mean it that way. But they did, and they thrive on your pain. And when someone else is being bullied, onlookers are just glad it‘s not them. The point is: We all have only one life to live. So how can any human being waste even 1 second on hate crimes? When love, respect & empathy are so much more powerful! Now I‘m going to listen again to this awesome talk.

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Zaineb Kallel

January 14, 2021 at 10:32 pm

You are such a powerfull woman ! All my respect ????god bless u❤

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RELIGIONS AIN'T RACE!

January 15, 2021 at 4:49 pm

Man suffers only because he takes what’s the gods made for fun-ALAN

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Asuman Bilir

January 16, 2021 at 8:36 pm

Good speech, I don’t agree “the most American thing” in the end though.

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Chuck Garrido

January 17, 2021 at 4:29 am

You are an intelligent and kind young woman. Yet you still have much to learn about setting boundaries with other people regardless of their “position” and if you ever are made to feel uncomfortable sexually by anyone, you do not owe that person or persons anything other than to assert your right to be left alone. I know it’s shocking but the sooner you realize that behavior is just plain disgusting and inexcusable you will not be afraid to tell them to F off! And then get away to safety! Remember, for women being rude is not something you normally do. However, it’s better to err on the side of caution and say “GO AWAY! DON’T TOUCH ME! I’M CALLING 911!” and end up a little embarrassed if nothing happens but most times those guys are up to no good so be loud, rude, draw the attention of others so you don’t end up a victim.

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InSanctvs

January 17, 2021 at 8:38 am

Yeah!!!

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Monika Yadav

January 17, 2021 at 2:44 pm

I can see pain in her eyes

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Raj raushan Yadav

January 17, 2021 at 2:44 pm

I can see pain in her eyes

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Presh Sommy

January 18, 2021 at 2:45 pm

Wow, I love this

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The Vibes with Malume Z

January 19, 2021 at 5:09 am

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Meeting in the Middle Isn’t Enough for Today’s Trickiest Debates | Bill Heck & Stephanie Lepp | TED

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7 months ago

August 22, 2025

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Can art help us usefully address polarizing issues such as gender, abortion or race? In a performance of “Faces of X” — a series that seeks to reframe culture-war clashes — actor Bill Heck stages different sides of a debate between capitalism’s champions and its critics, illuminating a new way to grapple with complex realities. After the performance, creator Stephanie Lepp offers three questions we should all ask to move to clear perspective and new understanding. (Recorded at TED2025 on April 9, 2025)

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The Blueprint for Serving a Million School Lunches — Every Day | Wawira Njiru | TED

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August 19, 2025

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Sometimes feeding just one child can seem challenging. Not for entrepreneur Wawira Njiru, who’s gone from serving lunch to 25 children from a makeshift kitchen to establishing her nonprofit, Food4Education, as a cornerstone of Kenya’s school meals system. Currently serving half a million meals to children every day, she’s now thinking even bigger. Hear about her incredible plan to serve delicious, nutritious daily meals to millions of kids across Africa by 2030. (This ambitious idea is part of The Audacious Project, TED’s initiative to inspire and fund global change.) (Recorded at TED2025 on April 9, 2025)

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Why You Should Be Able to Vote on Your Phone | Bradley Tusk | TED

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8 months ago

July 29, 2025

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The US political system is broken — and the solution might be in the palm of your hands, says political strategist Bradley Tusk. Drawing on his deep experience with government and technology, he makes the case for allowing Americans to vote on their phones, explaining how it can be done safely and securely. Learn why mobile voting could be the best way to increase voter turnout, reduce political extremism and save our broken democracy. (Recorded at TED2025 on April 10, 2025)

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