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Thinking about DEATH may actually be the key to living your best LIFE #TEDTalks

As a death doula, or someone who supports dying people and their loved ones, Alua Arthur spends a lot of time thinking about the end of life. In a profound talk that examines our brief, perfectly human time on this planet, she asks us to look at our lives through the lens of our deaths…

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As a death doula, or someone who supports dying people and their loved ones, Alua Arthur spends a lot of time thinking about the end of life. In a profound talk that examines our brief, perfectly human time on this planet, she asks us to look at our lives through the lens of our deaths in seeking to answer the question: “What must I do to be at peace with myself so that I may live presently and die gracefully?” Watch her full talk here:

24 Comments

  1. @enochkambangukalimbwe8099

    March 28, 2025 at 5:04 pm

    Making peace 🕊️ with death has honestly been one of the life changing things that have happened to me 🙌🏽🔥

  2. @Paperclip718

    March 28, 2025 at 5:05 pm

    Amén

  3. @AlexisChoquette

    March 28, 2025 at 5:07 pm

    Death is the evolution of life so your right

  4. @nspirationaltreasure

    March 28, 2025 at 5:07 pm

    💜🧡

  5. @MrNsoe

    March 28, 2025 at 5:09 pm

    Try it while u suffering or being sick, ir when u about to go night night

    • @jmsl_910

      March 28, 2025 at 8:50 pm

      try??

  6. @Nifey_spoony

    March 28, 2025 at 5:22 pm

    Eh, I’d rather maladaptively claw onto life since there’s nothing after it…

    • @deborahburroughs8905

      March 28, 2025 at 5:33 pm

      Oh please don’t think that! You are so wrong and it’s a wonderful!

    • @Nifey_spoony

      March 28, 2025 at 6:46 pm

      @ I hope you’re right🤞

  7. @oz.bready

    March 28, 2025 at 5:46 pm

    ELEVATION IS KEY !!!🔮

  8. @TacereMors

    March 28, 2025 at 5:59 pm

    I know what I am going to die of…”LIVING”…😊

  9. @RoelCandaele

    March 28, 2025 at 6:10 pm

    The real gift is yourself and your personality 😘💓🫶

  10. @MrsLadyPerez

    March 28, 2025 at 6:39 pm

    My dad was the only person that I could talk about death so openly with and it really helped me deal with his death when the time came. Am I still a bit afraid to die? Yes. But I find comfort in the fact that my dad also found comfort in transitioning to the other side. I miss talking with him about death.. death is beautiful ❤

  11. @sacredgeometry

    March 28, 2025 at 6:45 pm

    I disagree. I did all the thinking about death I needed to do as a child. It took about 5 minutes. I realised death is inevitable and unavoidable.

    What more is there to think about. Why would I waste any more of my life thinking about something I have no control over.

    • @pattycake1939

      March 31, 2025 at 6:28 pm

      I think you have a point.
      But I believe she is simply talking about realizing death is enviable and then make peace with that fact.
      Only then can we say we have lived life well.
      Best to you ❤

  12. @HUMANITY6868

    March 28, 2025 at 7:48 pm

    Thank you for supporting us TED 😊😊

  13. @godbearxd

    March 28, 2025 at 8:32 pm

    The more I thought about it the less scary it became. I’m still not as at peace as I want to be, but the fact it’s getting better gives me hope. 🙏🏾

  14. @jmsl_910

    March 28, 2025 at 8:49 pm

    i love life & i’m not at all afraid of death

    i am afraid of dementia & for that reason hope i don’t live too much longer…

  15. @gillbates21

    March 28, 2025 at 11:00 pm

    can’t agree with this viewpoint

  16. @LBJC

    March 28, 2025 at 11:21 pm

    Cecil the silver sovereign said it seven times

  17. @ToniWasHere

    March 29, 2025 at 1:57 am

    🌿🌸🌱

  18. @totalfreedom45

    March 29, 2025 at 2:00 am

    _In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you._ ―Attributed to Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)
    Alua, you have the right approach. Death and life are the two sides of the same coin.
    *_Without love and sense of humor there is unhappiness and life is meaningless._* 💕☮🌎🌌

  19. @gameguru1488

    March 29, 2025 at 5:13 am

    TED has become a stand-up.

  20. @gracioussunchild9877

    March 29, 2025 at 9:53 am

    The colonization perspective is soooo weird…

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