Healing spaces - the science of place and well-being: Esther Sternberg at TEDxTucson 2013

Can stress make you sick? Can belief help healing? Do the place and space around you affect your emotions and health? Dr. Sternberg will answer these questions and will address how the science of the mind-body connection explains these phenomena.

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[nancymohass]

She is absolutely right, look at the happy, healthy faces of gardeners, comparer them with office workers!

[dr.gregoryburzynski]

Very well said! Stress can make you sick, but we can utilize the tools that are around us to boost our moods and increase our health! Thank you, Esther Sternberg!

[matttalsma]

Great Talk. This is the future of environmental design. Thank You

[nagadoogardening]

How can the future of medicine be human centered, with emphasis on place and wellbeing, without rectifying inequities and violence that cause so much sickness?

What is being done to hold those in power accountable, and are they willing to relinquish power and influence for the sake of the wellbeing of all?

For example: a toxic factory that generates a ton of ROI for investors won't be shut down in order to benefit the place and people affected by it.

Or take housing policy for example: many people are stressed sick because of lack of housing that they can afford in accessible areas. But people with wealth are often so NIMBY and uphold redlining from decades ago

I'm learning a lot from the video content AND I also believe there are greater root issues to address if we are to help people heal in an integrated way.

[imthewitty]

What a wonderful talk and what an amazing speaker. Her voice is so calming.

[radiateyoga]

Wow this talk is transformational. Thank you Dr. Sternberg.

[silvanameinerz]

Great talk! It inspired me even more in my research about human-nature connection. Thank you so much.

[ginamd]

I have watched this more than once and have heard you speak. Always inspirational.

[lisacase]

Thank you for posting this video; I am writing an essay for university and this covered much of what I am covering.

[kristalcampbell]

I haven't finished the video so it may be touched on but Peter Mac cancer hospital here im Melbourne Australia did a redesign. It's so green on the rooftop there's grass and sunlight and trees. It's open there's nice natural light and there are birds. We have come in so stressed and sure it was the end and left so calm. Not if only they could do this to the car park 😅.

[aprillindley]

Thank you. Wonderful talk, invaluable message.

[hendcharaf]

great Talk, thanks a lot, I learned a lot from it

[RadMusicInternational]

Thank you Very Much it help me a lot this video

[kbeetles]

I would much rather die than go to a hospital where the window on the ward is two beds away from you (and you cannot see anything but other neighbourhood buildings anyway) or even if you have a room all to yourself with a window-view but you are not allowed to open it and to let some fresh air in. This all in the name of 21st century modern medical care. ...like sentenced to prison....

[weili]

Mobile person & place (nature) centered wellbeing

[CoachAhava-]

How's the environmental racism changing now that they know this information?