The power of choice: 1. The choice of living with integrity. 2. The choice of not to passing my suffering but my wisdom. 3. The choice of taking risks. 4. The choice of using my words wisely 5. The choice of appreciating every single moment as unique.

“I won’t force another person to be in a circumstance in which I know they are uncomfortable in order to please me.” This is pure gold.

I started replacing the phrase "I was bored so..." with "I was curious so..." and that shift of perspective changed my view and my conversations.

14:28 Healing is not about forgetting. "It's about looking at what has happened to us and saying, 'This will never defeat me.' It will never defeat me, but I will not live in this."

Ok. I have self diagnosed myself as addicted to this TED talk. I’ve watched it now 4 times in 24 hours. This woman is brilliant and nails exactly what we all need to do.

I put this on while I was driving and my parents were listening to it. It changed their lives for ever. They’re not the same anymore. Thank you ❤

Listening to this 10 times now, and still learning. Oh my oh my. Since the beginning of 2022, I decided to listen to this daily. How amazing it has been so far. It has really helped me in my choices daily.

Choice #1 starts at 8:55 - Choose to live with Integrity Choice #2 starts at 12:03 - Choose to pass on my Wisdom Choice #3 starts at 15:09 - Choose to take Risks/be in the Newness, not afraid of it. Choice #4 starts at 19:03 - Choose new Words/Extricate three words - entitled, blame, deserve - from your head. Choice #5 starts at 24:18 - Choose to be Grateful

Do not pass on suffering, pass on wisdom. Choose wisdom or woe. This is awesome!

Spoilers: It starts around 9:00. Here’s my own summary.... 1. Live with integrity - Liars don’t heal. People who deliberately says something to hurt others, people who blame others for their problems, etc won’t heal. Make the decision to live a life with integrity. 2. Don’t pass on your suffering, pass on the wisdom you learn - life will never be fair. Look at what happens to you and say that it will never defeat you. Turn into your source of wisdom. Don’t live in woe. Wisdom or woe. 3. The choice to take risks. Don’t wait for proof. Take risks. You will always hit the regret stage when you begin to weaken. How many of your greatest fears has actually happened? How many of the most wonderful things has happened to you?Don’t take the safe path. Don’t look backwards for guidance. Don’t look for over to chart new. 4. Choose new words - Words are powerful. Don’t use the words entitled, blame and deserve. 5. Choose to get up every single day and bless your day - not based on what you have or what you feel, just be grateful because you are. Everything that happens today in this exact way will not happen again. Be thankful for the day and present moment. PS: She’s amazing and I encourage watching the whole talk but hope this helps if you’re in a hurry or just want the gist as a reminder ♥️

The thought that there are over 4.7 million views of this Ted Talk give me hope that 4.7 people are walking the planet more enlightened. Love her way of telling the truth. And I love the prayer--nearly had me in tears.

I heard this talk maybe a hundred times since I don’t speak English well, little by little I have learned many interested statements. Thank you for helping me to change my life.

This talk changed my life five years ago, no exaggeration. Looking back now, I’m still in awe. Amazing talk. Nothing else like it.

Thanks, Caroline Myss!! Top 3 Takeaways - 1. Decide to live a life of integrity 2. Decide to pass on your wisdom not suffering 3. Decide to take risks - don't wait for proof

I told myself 4 years ago before ever seeing this Ted talk, I would never use the word “confused”, again! Confusion surrenders your power to be discerning and since then I have been decisive about every CHOICE I CAN make. 🙏🏽✨

Ive watched dozens of ted talks. I liked some, i loved a few, and there are a couple i can literally say i have taken some advice from. But non of them went through me like this one. Im sitting at home in bed with a cold, feeling down and regretful for the life i could of had. And realizing all of the amazing things that happend to me, i had nothing to do with them. From beeing adopted as a baby, and having all i ever wanted in life. It was all done for me. And here i am sitting here feeling sorry for myself? Thank you. This was just in time. Ill be back here in a year from today to update. There are 1440 minutes in a day which means 1440 times we can choose to do it differently. bless all of you. We are alive. 27.12.2022

I never truly understood it when I hear people say, "live each day like it's your last day," or something along that line. Caroline described it so gracefully. It's true; you only get to experience each day once. Sometimes when I'm feeling drained and depressed, I see the day as just another day. Nothing special. Nothing to be grateful for. But now I see that there is a reason to see each day with gratitude and love. The next thing I know, I'm in college, working, or living in a new city. I'm wondering where did all the time go. What happened to those days when I can just call my best friend and talk over coffee. I thought certain people or events will always be there, but things change. I changed. It's not every day that we get to experience the same day every day. And if we feel like each day is just another day, then stop betraying ourselves and putting up a front to please others.

"Every word is a Universe unto itself." "Words contain Worlds." Powerful!

I always come back to this whenever I am down or up and wanna stay there

Oh my god this speech is so moving. I'll watch this every night before falling a sleep.

Thank you TEDx talks and Caroline Myss for this amazing talk I've listened to 2x this year already! My notes: 1. Live a life of integrity 2. Pass on wisdom [not suffering] 3. Choose to take risks [try something new; travel the road less travelled] 4. Choose new words + pick a word you'll never use again e.g. "blame, entitle, deserve" 5. Choose to get up every day and bless it

She is speaking in such a way that it makes you feel like you can do anything! In love with her energy!

Love how she says that a person who lies doesn't heal. I believe this. You can't heal or recover from something that you pretend isn't a problem. God knows. Preach it!

It's rare to find a TED talk that is so utterly life-changing. This should be prescribed.

This chat is so powerful, I even decided to quit my job and some things in my life inspired in this, and you know what? It felt amazing and I don't regret at all. I came back after a time of watching it, to remember and keep all this wise words in my mind. Thank you for sharing this.

She literally just described the power of knowing we’re mortal. My life didn’t start changing truly until I accepted my inevitable death.. it’s the motivation we all need lol

Thanks for this amazing information !! If you don't find a means of multiplying money, you will wake up one day to realize that the money you thought you had, has finished. Investment is key, I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life

I first listened to this shortly after my father had passed away and I was teetering on depression. I must have watched this 30 times over the next several weeks. Her statements helped me turn my focus into something I could use to move forward. I can’t say enough about how much this helped me begin to heal. I still watch it once or twice a month for a refresher !

My BEAUTIFUL daughter died a few years ago ... I remember they were talking about her care, and lifesupport. All I could think was... its a beautiful day in july, and my girl will never see this again.😔 .she was 28. I miss her so much

I clicked on this talk because the lady looked wise, was not dissapointed. She is a gem and one of the most wise and intelligent people I have ever heard. Must listen again.

This is the most impactful thing I’ve heard in a long time. I’m so greatful for this message.

“You’re not entitled to anything.” Hearing this truth makes me grateful for every single second, every single breath. 💕

um... pretty sure this Queen with her symbolic butterfly shirt spittin FIRE just changed my life.

Okay..never have commented on any ted talk before. But this one straight up ripped my heart out and made me cry. Every word she said is what exactly is needed for anyone who feels confused afraid or sad. And the best thing is she gives the reality on how to truly live a life in the present and forget who you are in the. I watched this 5x.

Idk how, but as a very young mother and I was guided to always teach my children the importance of choice. One of the way's I did this was to say you're either part of the problem or part of the solution, each second of every minute, in every moment you have the power to choose. It's your choice... ..

this is SO POWERFUL. I've watched many great Ted talks, but this beats them all. I'm so lucky to have listened to her talk.

Toxic words- Don't ever use them- Blame, Deserve, Entitled. Get up everyday and be grateful for the day. This day in my life will never come again.

I have never seen such wisdom in any human being in my life. God has blessed her with such great wisdom and I struggled to write down all the great points she made. I’ll be back :).

I especially love the ending. Putting gratefulness into that kind of perspective grounded me like nothing has ever before. I've always heard the phrase "live like it's your last day"; but when you truly think about the uniqueness of every single moment, even the moments that seem routine or mundane, its gives you such a deep sense of 'wow'. No moment will be like this very moment. Every moment will pass and never come again, and tomorrow I will be a day older and experience moments I have never and will never experience again. This really hit me. This was a great tedtalk.

I didn’t take how seriously words affect your mental state until I was so frozen in anxiety and panic attacks. After months of meditation, my mind no longer fill with negative words. Now it just sings. Like if I was having a bad day, my head plays a song that reflects my mood. When I meditate and calm down, my head plays the Christian song, “it is well”. It’s lots of other songs my head plays and I realize the songs reflect my mood. It’s a much kinder and gentler way to communicate with myself. Stop the negative words in their steps, forgive yourself and try again.

One day your childhood self and the kids on your block played together for the last time, but you didn't know it was the last time. You just enjoyed it. The ending made me think of that. I'm going to start picturing my life as a game of Frogger, each morning I'm going to choose to jump from one lilypad to another, yesterday to today.

Words are powerful. In the beginning God said let there be and there was. I love the verse that says "as a man thinks in his heart, so is he" Proverbs 23:7 I have learnt never to give up. I was born British but was sent to Africa as a baby. I came back to the UK in my early 20s thought would make money and go back home to help my family. It was not an easy journey. But l tell you, l finally have my own business after 30 years of non stop acquiring knowledge, (education) working & learning new things. Please Do Not Give Up!

I came across the prayer at the end, and decided to use it to accompany a video of a crazy adventure experience I had. I then watched the video and was touched by it. This was just days before my wife would cheat, and leave me, and my life seemed to fall apart. But I leaned heavily on God, and this message. Its relevance is profound. In good times and bad.

I have followed Caroline since 1995, when my husband died suddenly and the pain was unbearable. She helped me get through that period with such Grace. The Quakers taught me about the mystical side of religion but Carolyn added depth and wisdom to that understanding. I start each day with a prayer of gratitude inspired by Caroline and Maurene St Germain (who calls herself the practice mystic). "Lord, thank you for another opportunity to co-create a day of Heaven on Earth and share it with all who cross my path". Thank you Caroline for all your wisdon, support and guidance.

This has changed my life. I have watched this over and over and over again and every time I discover something new. I love this! Best Ted talk ever! Thank you Caroline Myss

10:48 "Dishonest people, people who lie, people who have moral crises and do not get it, people who blame others for things that they do and they know it, people who make choices, and they know another person's going to pay for the consequence of that choice and they are conscious of it, they know for a fact that they're saying something that is not true, and they know another person's going to be hurt by that, people who deliberately say things to hurt somebody, believe you me, your body knows you did that."

“What do you want to pass on the sludge or the wisdom” thanks kindly ❤

Waking up happy for no reason are the best days!

This lady was the first ted talk to actually drive me to change, she got super real and her honesty was so harsh but needed.

THIS IS OUT OF THIS WORLD!! I am completely knocked out. So happy I watched this. Different divison all together. Shes amazing!!!

Strangely enough I once started writing a story with the title: Liars don't heal. 🤔 What a great talk, I love her.

Turn your pain and mistakes into WISDOM and share that WISDOM

The part where she talks about living an integrous life is the most important advice I have ever heard.

Listened to it all over again because I don't want anyone to be in therapy because of me. Thanks for this wonderful bit. I am going to take out lot of words from my system.

I came across this Ted talk just now and straight up made me cry. I'm doing the choice to take a risk right now and will follow every wisdom imparted by you in this talk. I'll be back again next year to comment and see what happens.

...And hold in your heart this prayer: This day of my life will never come again I will never see the people I am looking at again I will never see this sunrise again, And I will never see that sunset. I will never see the person I'm having breakfast with again just this way. No, nothing in my life like this will ever come again. That alone, that choice alone, should take out of your heart every bitter taste there is.

Caroline Myss is a gift to life.

Everything bad she said I nodded my head to, these are all things I struggle with now. The victimization, the wanting to blame my xhildhood, being inherently negative, not being nice and just being absolutely miserable in my depression. I've been working on turning it around, it's very uncomfortable to capture one of those thoughts, turn it around and swallow it. The feeling you get from being negative feels good and that's my problem. I've watched this video 5 times and everytime the universe reveals more ways to fight back and overcome what I'm going through. She's a very courageous woman

Today, 2021, in the pandemic... I listened to you... I have tears in my eyes and I am ever so thankful for your words... I have so much to choose anew... God bless you and your wisdom.

"I will not pass my on my suffering...just my wisdom"

I will not pass my suffering on, but my wisdom...Brilliant! This is how I live my life. My family can live their own authentic life and not relive my childhood at the hands of my abusive mother. My wisdom is to show that it is up to me to create the life I want. I've learned from the past, but I don't live there.

As a 20 yo I have been watching Ted talks for 3+ years and they have taught me so much about what it means to truly live. I feel lucky to have access to such wisdom so early in my life. This one definitely makes the top of the list

REALLY NEEDED THIS I've spent weeks feeling horrible about myself, my life, everything, everyone around me, my past, worst case futures.

"Do not look backwards for guidance, do not look for over to chart new." Be in the newness. THIS.

The more you listen the more powerful her message gets. Listen close, she is a smart cookie so don’t feel bad if her words flow a little faster than your brain can handle haha

Great gratitude and love 🧡🧡🧡🥹

This is by far one of the best Ted talks I've ever heard. I've listened to it more then once. It's the most inspiring video I've listened to. :)

Where has she been all my life?? I’ve watched this three times. So far. Her words are spot on and yes, life changing if you own them and live them for yourself.

I love Caroline Myss. She is so brilliant. Such powerful words!

I first came across this amazing woman around 30 years ago when my Homeopath Doctor gave me some cassette tapes of her. I read her book "The Anatomy of Health" and others I can't remember. I saw her twice live when she visited Brisbane, Australia. Now all these years later I find her again. She is brutal in her honesty and continues to shower us with pearls of wisdom. Thank you Caroline for all you do. Much much love.

I choose risk and was one of the best decisions of my life.

Somehow Caroline's words penetrate directly to my soul. She speaks wise truth that cuts through the armour of ego. Thanks for being you.

i wasn’t expecting this to be emotional but woah, i cried multiple times watching this because this is what i needed to hear after finding out recently that i need to be in the present more. this video is powerful, and life changing, thank you.

This talk needs to be 2 hours long. But she has many talks out there so good idea to check them out.

I had to watch it twice in a row. There is so much to learn. When she said "knock it off" about the lying and blaming, I knew she was an important person and I should listen up.

One of the best lectures and advice I have ever heard. Caroline Myss is always breaking her own boundaries and expanding perceptions beyond anything that's been explained before, she gives everything a new dimension. Much respect x

One of the most profound messages I have ever heard!

Caroline Myss is brilliant and inspiring in her insights into human behavior and potential. Definitely am captivated with her presentation.

My #1 spiritual mentor. Since the late 80s. She is good at telling us to Knock it off!!

I don't have a great word to describe my feeling about this speech. I have been doing exactly what she said for years. People around me criticise me all about my thoughts, and choices, even including my parents. However, there is a voice deep in my mind telling me to follow my own rules. At very beginning, i don't have enough confidence to follow my heart and my decision. Later on, time proved that what I have done are the right things. Therefore, I became more and more blessed and happier. Now, this speech summary what I have done are absolutely correct. Thank you .

I'm allowing this amazing human to be my sponsor! I vibe so hard with her delivery.

" I absolutely love words." What a wonderful thing to understand how important words, and understanding the power of using specific words impact yourself and others.

"Choose to get up every single morning and bless your day say i have no idea what's going to be in my day but it is blessed day "🙏 🙌 That is mind blowing. How every morning we get up and stress ourselves what will happen through out the day. She is amazing 👏

Im only 1/2 way through and I wanted to say this is one of the greatest messages I have heard in a LONG time... and I scour the Internet for inspiration. Thank you

The key to big returns is not big moving stocks. It's managing risk in relationship to reward. Having the correct size on and turning your edge as many times as necessary to reach your goal. That holds true from long term investing to day trading

Caroline Myss you are the best!

"Liars don't heal." I love that. It's like I knew it, always knew it, and Ms. Myss has cleared it perfectly for me.

Found this completely by accident 😂....when I most needed it and found it life-changing, without a doubt

Every time I listen to this I hear more. Thank you Caroline for your life of service and wisdom.

Funny enough my sister said to me that in her therapy sessions my name is used a lot. It was a wake up call for me as I realised I had made judgments on her and was not even aware of! Our words can effect people, be quick to think and slow to speak …. I now choose my words carefully, this ted talks is priceless. The symbol of a butterfly has always been a sign that my angels are watching over me. 🦋🦋

It's funny, I didn't get engaged into this talk at first, but I swear it's gonna be one of my all-time favorites as she got going. Amazing knowledge this woman has. Bless your day.

Every word is a universe in itself Mind blown

The best and worst things that happened to me were because of the risks I took. The worst one ended up being a great thing as well actually.

THIS goes high on my Ted Library! She is rare; direct, unapologetic, & spiritual.

17:30 don’t take the safe path. When you’re making decisions on what to do, don’t look backward for guidance, bc there’s nothing back there. Don’t look at the old to chart the new. What you did before got you where you are today. When you don’t know what to do next... Do not go to who you were and what you did, bc it’ll pull you back. Be in the NEWNESS.

Your words ilght me, thank you very much 💕💛🌼💚💙 big love and respect 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏.

New Years Day 2022 AND I Just landed on this talk - so ON POINT - her message is so powerful and timely - I am listening to it for the third time in 24 hours - So much to take away ... Commit to live a life of integrity; Don't just speak your truth, TELL the truth! Stop compromising and betraying myself - Remove yourself from bad circumstances, Don't look backwards for guidance, that part of your life is over. Look for the newness in your life - TAKE RISKS! ThankYou Caroline, this message is a game changer for me and came to me at the perfect time in my life xx

9:39 "Im not going to betray myself." "I'm not going to compromise myself." "I'm not going to put myself in a position, or put myself in any circumstance, or if I'm in a circumstance, I'm getting out." "I won't force another person to be in a circumstance in which I know they're uncomfortable in order to please me." "I won't hold another person captive because that has no integrity."

I came here for inspiration and I was not disappointed. I was hoping to renew my vision for life, and find some clarity as to how to move forward in my life, at this point, and it's all here. We do need teachers to help us out at all stages of life. I cried, I laughed, and for me, Caroline's teaching here is a perfect blessing . All the best to each person as we journey on the Road.

she's not afraid to confront people and that's what I love about this woman. start with spiritual health and go from there.