Isabel Allende: How to live passionately—no matter your age | TED

Author Isabel Allende is 71. Yes, she has a few wrinkles—but she has incredible perspective too. In this candid talk, meant for viewers of all ages, she talks about her fears as she gets older and shares how she plans to keep on living passionately.

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[parisamaftoun]

"I am not scare of being vulnerable. I do not see it as a weakness anymore" that is definitely a sentence I have needed to hear these days and I will start it from now.

[sierrakai]

One of my favorite writers. Her books are such a gift as are her personal stories. Thanks TED Talks for this presentation.

[domilontano]

That last was some genius wit! Presented with an absolutely inappropriate question, Allende diffused the super awkward situation by playing along and making a hilarious joke! Well done!

[suzannelaforce]

I JUST love her!!!... There is a reason why she is my favorite author!!!... Listen to her... Isn't she terrific???

[artmeakin]

Nice. She says: "It's great to let go... I should have started doing it sooner." Great advice. I know the older I get the less important are the things that upset me the most in the past. Say "yes" to whatever comes our way. Life. Nice.

[alejakaled]

I don't get all these hateful comments against her speech. She's a woman who regardless of her status, has suffered a lot in her life, and she is still positive and trying to share that with people. 

She's also a very important latin american author, and that's what authors do, they share their stories. 

[marcelanunez]

Such a refreshing way of seeing life. She speaks so casually that I can't truly pin her a certain age.


She's ageless, that she is.

[FangsShadow]

I really liked her books when I was younger, they still are among my favourite. She seems like someone who always sees beauty and magic in the simplest of things

[whateverfixmyaccount]

Have the haters who posted awful comments actually read "any" of Isabel, s books or seen earlier ott inspiring videos ? She is an inspiring, passionate woman who has given so much of herself ! How many of you judgmental ageists have met the people she has ?

[pablogaracenas]

This woman is very inteligent, she have wrote many commentaries in the 70s in a Chilean magazine, always very fun and creative, I love her books

[bonnie]

Once she said that line from that poem (one if my favorites by the way) I haven't stopped smiling at this tedtalk.

[inakifernandez]

Most of ted talks I cannot finish, but this one was worth watching, I love Isabel and her positivity. ❤️

[sherylhokianga]

I Don’t Feel 72yrs Old!...I’m Sure Some Yrs Escaped Me Somewhere Along My Life’s Journey!..Due 2 This!..and, Due 2 That!..I’m Loving Life More Now!...Than, When I Did!...When I Was a 17 yrs Old!..That Feeling!...Of, Not Having 2 Prove Anything 2 Anybody Anymore!..Love This Speech!!!

[rocketgirl]

I love her because she's so honest and direct. She's like a breath of fresh air, natural and whimsical.

[sofijakalezic]

Izabel, hvala Ti na tvojim romanima❤iz kojih mnogo može da se nauči o darovima prirode, Bogu, sudbini, različitostima, ljubavi... ❤

[mariacucuiet]

I love her ! she's absolutely adorable. I've read her book, Paula, twice. I'm intending to read it once again. + all her other books. <3

[fakerrichtig]

I love her books, I have cried a lot when I read her book Paula, her words motivate me

[mariancarcache]

Beautiful and brilliant woman. And one of the best writers of our time.

[sarahelizabeth]

At the end of her speech she really said yes to life

[mariafernanda-bike]

Nao posso terminar o dia sem ouvir a Voz suave, nostalgica e a Sabedoria das suas palavras. A sua sensibilidade, a Verdade da sua vida com a Dor levada com uma admiravel Coragem, o exemplo do amor Sem Idade que no seculo 21 ainda e espantosamente envergonhado e abafado. Obrigada Isabel Allende por tentar heroicamente ACORDAR as mulheres do mundo inteiro.