Re-Scripting The Stories We Tell Ourselves | Colleen Georges | TEDxRutgers

Does the voice inside our head dictate the kind of life we’ll lead? In her fascinating talk on positive psychology research, personal experiences and critical reflections, Dr. Georges uncovers what happens when we let our internal mindsets affect our relationship with the world around us.
A recovering catastrophizer, Georges took off her gray-colored glasses 15 years ago and began re-scripting her once dreary, disempowered self-story. Her own perspective shifting journey from anxiety to gratitude ignited her work teaching and coaching others in how to rewrite negatives into positives. Through her teaching, coaching, community wellness groups, speaking, and writing, Georges shares a core message-we control how we view and act in our worlds. We can choose to leave behind shame-fueled, worry-driven, auto-piloted narratives, and instead script self-compassionate, hopeful, purpose-directed adventures. Georges is a Rutgers University Lecturer in counseling and women’s leadership, as well as a three-time Rutgers alum, earning her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Psychology. She runs a Positive Psychology life and career coaching practice, blogs for Huffington Post, and is currently writing her first solely authored book, Seeing All The Good.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@rohsub]

Such a great talk! Anyone at any age can resonate with this message. Thanks for sharing your story. When it’s personal, it pulls more people in as it sounds so genuine.

[@inkart74]

This Ted talk is so underrated !

[@ColleenGeorges]

Thank you so much, The Light!

[@randyarnau4606]

Great presentations, thanks! I am assigning this video to students in my Science of Happiness class!

[@ColleenGeorges]

Thank you so much, Dr. Randy! You made my day :-)

[@DBD120]

Went looking for you in the comments, Dr. Arnau, surprised to see that you commented.

[@jefftracey2045]

This is really helpful. There’s a lot of useful, actionable guidance.

[@DustinRamsdell]

So awesome you were able to share your message with the audience there and the world here. Always appreciate the chance I had to cross paths with you.

[@carolzielinski5958]

So inspiring and insightful. So glad you went through with this talk Colleen!!

[@ColleenGeorges]

+carol zielinski Thank you so much! I'm so glad I did too :-) Doing what scares us is amazingly liberating. I love seeing you sharing YOUR gifts the world and putting your heart out there fearlessly.

[@carolzielinski5958]

+Colleen Georges You are so welcome! Yes we must all encourage each other to be "fearless". A few years back a friend called my art "fearless"...and every time I get scared to post or share...I remember that word. You were so brave to speak your truth!!

[@sharanindirveerkaur5350]

Such meaningful insight for me personally. Thank-you Dr. Georges for not "getting out of this TED talk".

[@ColleenGeorges]

+Sharan Indirveer Kaur I'm so happy to hear that the talk resonated with you. This is exactly the reason I wanted to do it. I know how many of us struggle with a mean internal voice, and how important it is to positively rescript the negative stories we so often tell ourselves. Speak kindly to you. You deserve it :-)

[@dayana3082]

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[@madelanequijada598]

So proud to have such a professor!!!!!

[@ColleenGeorges]

Thank you, Maddie! Equally blessed to have you as my student

[@jenniperkins4260]

Wonderful message thank you for sharing

[@ColleenGeorges]

Thank you so much for watching, JP!

[@SandeepKumar-rv9dc]

very very inspiring

[@ColleenGeorges]

Thank you so much, Sandeep!