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Dr. Mark Mayfield will explore the hidden epidemic of loneliness in a hyper-connected world. Drawing on personal stories, biblical insights, and his mental health journey, Dr. Mayfield will challenge students to move beyond emotional illiteracy and curated personas toward an honest and healing community. He will show how to name an individual’s pain, reject isolation, and courageously pursue wholeness, emotionally, spiritually, and relationally. More than a lecture, this is a call to become someone others feel safe around and to live lives that are a refuge from darkness.

Abby Jones is only 12 years old and has been changing the world with her efforts in philanthropy since she was born with a pay it forward project she takes on every year. She believes that the key to success comes down to having open, honest and caring relationships with one another. In that regard, Abby has an important message for the parents out there who are struggling with how to manage screen time and social media addiction with their kids. Abby Jones is the founder of “Abby’s Pay it Forward Project” which began as a simple project when she was born where her grandparents would gift her $25 every year to pay forward in some way. The money can not be spent on herself; instead it must be used to make the world a better place. Over the years, Abby has taken the money and turned it into thousands more dollars through fundraising efforts. She has donated money to Children of the Night, The Red Panda Network, Shelterbox, New Eyes for the Needy, Anchor School for the Blind, PETA and several other organizations. In 2017 she received the “Compassionate Activist” award for her donation of $1,100 to PETA. Abby is in 7 th grade where she excels in all of her subjects. She has traveled to 8 different countries and all over the United States with her parents and grandparents. In her spare time she plays Dungeons & Dragons, experiments with various slime recipes, works on craft projects and plays with her two cats. She one day hopes to be a geologist or criminologist. She loves to read fantasy and sci-fi novels and is slightly obsessed with Dr. Who. Abby’s big goal in life is to leave the world a better place than she found it. Abby Jones is the founder of “Abby’s Pay it Forward Project” which began as a simple project when she was born where her grandparents would gift her $25 every year to pay forward in some way. The money can not be spent on herself; instead it must be used to make the world a better place. Over the years, Abby has taken the money and turned it into thousands more dollars through fundraising efforts. She has donated money to Children of the Night, The Red Panda Network, Shelterbox, New Eyes for the Needy, Anchor School for the Blind, PETA and several other organizations. In 2017 she received the “Compassionate Activist” award for her donation of $1,100 to PETA. Abby is in 7th grade where she excels in all of her subjects. She has traveled to 8 different countries and all over the United States with her parents and grandparents. Abby’s big goal in life is to leave the world a better place than she found it. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

Social media is dominating most of our attention throughout the day. Yet, is it truly changing our face-to-face relationships? Dr. Dan Siegel, clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine reveals how social media is actually physically rewiring our brains. Science Insider tells you all you need to know about science: space, medicine, biotech, physiology, and more. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: http://www.businessinsider.com/science Science Insider on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BusinessInsi... Science Insider on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/science_ins... Business Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/businessinsider Tech Insider on Twitter: https://twitter.com/techinsider

A talk with Daniel Siegel, clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute. Smartphones before bed: 0:04 Why tech is so addicting: 2:19 How social media is changing our relationships: 5:25 5 tips for keeping it real in a virtual world: 9:35 How tech should be used when raising children: 12:16 How to take better control of your mind and relationships: 13:48 Subscribe to BI: Science - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9uD-W5zQHQuAVT2GdcLCvg ----------------------------------------­---------- Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs Follow BI Video On Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1bkB8qg Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ ----------------------------------------­---------- Business Insider is the fastest growing business news site in the US. Our mission: to tell you all you need to know about the big world around you. The BI Video team focuses on technology, strategy and science with an emphasis on unique storytelling and data that appeals to the next generation of leaders – the digital generation.

Dr. Perry is a Senior Fellow at The Child Trauma Academy in Houston. He speaks at our 2015 Research Symposium about how we choose what to pass on to our next generations. Our sociocultural evolution is a property of our human brains' abilities to make memories and our society has chosen to emphasize language, history and math. However, in recent decades we have neglected our relationships to one another and, he argues, relationships are far more important to our health and wellbeing than most people understand. An Empathy Enterprise TM Initiative © Roots of Empathy TM

Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate

This video discusses how violence and trauma affect children, including the serious and long-lasting consequences for their physical and mental health; signs that a child may be exposed to violence or trauma; and the staggering cost of child maltreatment to families, communities, and the Nation. Victims lend their voices to this video to provide first-hand accounts of how their exposure to violence as children affected them.

Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer. An impassioned plea for pediatric medicine to confront the prevention and treatment of trauma, head-on. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector