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How to Tune Your Inner Voice | Rhonda Ross, Daniel Alexander Jones | TED

To calm the storm inside your mind, you must first understand it. Singer and actress Rhonda Ross shares her theory of “emotional sovereignty” — the idea that your feelings aren’t shaped just by your circumstances, but by the thoughts running on loop in your head. In conversation with scholar and TED Fellow Daniel Alexander Jones,…

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To calm the storm inside your mind, you must first understand it. Singer and actress Rhonda Ross shares her theory of “emotional sovereignty” — the idea that your feelings aren’t shaped just by your circumstances, but by the thoughts running on loop in your head. In conversation with scholar and TED Fellow Daniel Alexander Jones, Ross introduces the unexpected, music-rooted practice for taking control of your narrative. (Recorded at TEDNext 2025 on November 9, 2025)

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  1. @sajeevar

    April 23, 2026 at 12:23 pm

    What a great Ted fireside chat! 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽. Such a wise lady. So grounded and eloquent.

    • @GameTimeWhy

      April 23, 2026 at 12:54 pm

      You watched the full thing in 1 minute?

    • @sajeevar

      April 23, 2026 at 1:16 pm

      Special skills!

    • @sajeevar

      April 23, 2026 at 1:21 pm

      @GameTimeWhy guess it never crossed your mind that some folks saw this before it was posted ? 😂.

    • @GameTimeWhy

      April 23, 2026 at 4:31 pm

      ​@sajeevar they have early access for members on here? Are you a member?

  2. @BenTrem42

    April 23, 2026 at 12:29 pm

    Such a bore …
    *_”The power to feel optimistic and upbeat is in ourselves.”_*

    Tragic, that this is taken as brilliant insight. 2026 and folk are *_benighted_* …

    • @airenmarie1250

      April 23, 2026 at 4:35 pm

      Then why are you here? Maybe the ideas she’s sharing are a dime a dozen for you, but there’s _someone_ watching this video who will still benefit. You don’t have to stay and listen.

  3. @wagwanbennydj6003

    April 23, 2026 at 12:50 pm

    Let’s go champ 🏆

  4. @Elitebabelord

    April 23, 2026 at 1:15 pm

    This is crazy cool! I have always been aware of the space between event and reaction and to see her visualize such a large space for decisions really expanded my perception on how much control I actually have in my reactions.

  5. @GodisGreatt

    April 23, 2026 at 1:41 pm

    First, this was excellent and 2nd, she looks amazing! So eloquent and beautiful. 🎉🙏🏽God Bless you all!

  6. @KMHill

    April 23, 2026 at 1:41 pm

    I’m glad I’ve retained the self-awareness to be embarrassed to look at my phone when someone is giving a talk, or when anyone is performing live in front of me. Were I tempted to do so, I’m still restrained by a reluctance to be rudely inattentive.

  7. @AnActorExplains

    April 23, 2026 at 9:41 pm

    So full of sh**.
    This “presentation” is flagrant ego, nonsense, pretense and idiocy.
    I couldn’t see or feel ANY authenticity in this at all. Spectacle. That’s all it is.

  8. @doubleuenbeeeh

    April 23, 2026 at 11:29 pm

    You absolutely can get pregnant 3000 miles from someone, just won’t be theirs

  9. @doubleuenbeeeh

    April 23, 2026 at 11:31 pm

    Caricatures of humans

  10. @WisdomBeacon

    April 24, 2026 at 10:35 am

    Mastering your thoughts is the true key to personal freedom.

  11. @ClarenceMcMillan-v9k4q

    April 24, 2026 at 12:58 pm

    Your thoughts are the most powerful weapon towards self actuality! ❤ Excellent presentation Rhonda Ross

  12. @DaleSGD

    April 25, 2026 at 4:12 pm

    She was remarkable.

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