In my talk, I share how one small decision changed the way I saw myself. I used to be afraid of speaking on stage and always hoped I wouldn’t be chosen for performances or speaking roles. Then one day, my teacher gave me an important role in our class concert.…

In this talk, Dr. Amit Samarth shares his experiences as an endurance athlete and explains that training can never fully prepare us for the challenges of real life. The actual test is often harder and more unpredictable than we expect. Through his experiences…

Learning and doing the right thing is important, but perhaps even more important is understanding why we choose to do it. In today’s world of instant gratification and constant recognition, understanding and applying our ancient wisdom has never been more…

Life, like sports, brings sudden, unpredictable shifts when rules change or plans fail. The author calls these moments "The Turn"—times of deep uncertainty, such as facing a failed exam, losing a spot on a team, or encountering sudden technology shifts. …

Fear rarely arrives with a warning. It settles quietly, laying one brick at a time until the walls around us feel like home. In this deeply personal talk, I reflect on how a childhood experience with fear slowly expanded into social anxiety, silence, and…

From melancholy to new beginnings, Jo Nara brings two emotional worlds to the TEDx stage. With “New Dawn” and “Gspüt's Gfüh,” the Austrian singer-songwriter explores inner strength, self-love, and the emotions that stay with us when words alone are not enough.…

Dr. Douglas Hilbert argues that living longer only matters if we can stay healthy, active and fulfilled. Drawing from his experience as a doctor and his own struggles, he highlights three principles: make time for your health, recognize how relationships…

The Quiet Things We Leave Behind is a deeply personal talk about how the smallest everyday moments often have the greatest impact on the people around us. Through three true stories from my own life, I explore how ordinary conversations, missed opportunities…

At eleven years old, I believed my future was already written on a badminton court. Years of training, discipline, and dreams pointed in one direction, until a career-changing injury forced me to step away from the sport I loved. What felt like the end of…

How children get to school tells us a lot about the communities we’ve built and whether those communities are serving kids or letting them down. In this talk, educator and Bike Bus World founder Sam Balto shares how walking school buses and bike buses help…

As a magician, Kevin is obsessed with transformation — not just turning cards into coins, but genuine personal transformation. Drawing on lessons from reality television, he explores what actually makes rapid personal change possible. It’s not motivation.…

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. ...

The idea that depression comes from a chemical imbalance in the brain has shaped treatment for decades. Neuroscientist Lisa Monteggia shares research suggesting that's not the whole story — and shows how a decades-old drug could upend what we thought we knew…

Why is trust in medicine breaking down—and what would it take to rebuild it? In this TEDx talk, Dr. Aliza Norwood argues that medical mistrust is multifaceted, but it’s also a symptom of something deeper than any one cause: it’s the result of the loss of…

One month before the Rio Olympics, runner Alexi Pappas couldn't hit...

Is authoritarianism winning, or is democracy just failing to deliver? Communications strategist Sally Kohn lays out how democracy has evolved before and why it must evolve again, into what she calls "Democracy 3.0" — a version that finally shares power and…

Wonder why we instinctively ask people to choose? Science or religion. Logic or emotion. Fact or faith. We often assume that opposing perspectives cannot coexist, but what if they were never meant to compete? In this talk, Saisha Kodali reflects on how growing…