Tag Archives: TEDx

Boyan Slat on Cleaning the Oceans – Amateo Ra

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/the-20-year-old-who-plans-to-remove-all-plastic-from-the-ocean/ This might at first glance seem an odd post for a therapy service. However, Boyan Slat’s vision and work seemed to us profoundly inspiring and empowering – an example of one person finding ways to manifest his ethics, passion … Continue reading →

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The Power of Addiction and The Addiction of Power: Gabor Maté at TEDxRio+20

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Another wonderful talk from Gabor Maté, this time coming in at a little under 19 minutes. We think he’s bang on, both in terms of what he says about addiction and in terms of the wider implications of this for … Continue reading →

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Your Sexuality: Ask & Tell: Alyssa Royse at TEDxRainier

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Forthright and sensible TED talk from Alyssa, making some valuable points about sexuality and the toxicity of sexual shame, backed up with a few hard-hitting statistics. She defines ‘sex’ as ‘a consensual act between adults, and gives focus to consent … Continue reading →

Posted in Alyssa Royse, cultural questions, cultural taboos, external locus, human condition, pornography, relationship, sexual being, sexual orientation, shame, suicide, TED, violence | Tagged Alyssa Royse, blame, bullying, counselling exeter, Don't ask don't tell, external locus, guilt, homophobia, LGBT, marginalisation, marginalization, Palace Gate Counselling Service, Palace Gate Counselling Service Exeter, pornography, sexual being, sexual orientation, sexual relationship, sexual shame, sexuality, shame, suicide, TED, TEDx, TEDxRainier | Leave a comment

Living beyond limits: Amy Purdy at TEDxOrangeCoast

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

“If my life were a book, and I were the author, how would I want the story to go?” Amy as phoenix, rising from the ashes of her life to realize herself. “I was absolutely physically and emotionally broken”. Found … Continue reading →

Posted in actualizing tendency, creativity, empowerment, healing, human condition, physical being, sadness & pain, TED, therapeutic growth, transformation, trauma | Tagged adversity, Amy Purdy, boundaries, challenge, creativity, healing, imagination, limits, physical being, TED, TEDx, TEDxOrangeCoast, therapeutic growth | Leave a comment

Violence – a family tradition: Robbyn Peters Bennett at TEDxBellingham

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Palace Gate Counselling Service

Found this powerful and moving – thanks, Monica, for posting it. It’s about parenting and child development, and especially the harmful impact of physical punishment (something on which over 90% of the research evidence agrees). We especially like how Robbyn … Continue reading →

Posted in child development, childhood abuse, cultural questions, education, family systems, Monica Cassani, parenting, power, research evidence, teaching, trauma, violence | Tagged behavioural issues, beyondmeds.com, child behaviour, child development, childhood trauma, co-regulation, corporal punishment, domestic violence, early years, Monica Cassani, physical punishment, Robbyn Peters Bennett, self regulation, spanking, TED, TEDx, violence against children, working with children | Leave a comment