Susan David: The gift and power of emotional courage
Susan David: Modet til at føle
Susan David, a Harvard Medical School psychologist, studies emotional agility: the psychology of how we can use emotion to bring forward our best selves in all aspects of how we love, live, parent and lead. Full bio
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intention behind the word
mening bag ordet,
literally translated means,
bogstaveligt talt,
I bring you into being."
får jeg dig til at eksistere."
being greeted like that.
at få sådan en hilsen.
in the way we see ourselves?
vi ser os selv?
og vores historier,
and fraught world?
og usikker verden?
at the center of my life's work.
udgangspunktet for mit livsværk.
with our inner world drives everything.
påvirker alt.
of emotions as good or bad,
som enten gode eller dårlige,
of complexity is toxic.
kompleks verden er giftige.
of emotional agility
følelsesmæssigt
of a university,
universitetssale,
of apartheid South Africa,
i Sydafrika under Apartheid,
committed to not seeing.
til at vende det blinde øje til.
of racist legislation possible
med racistisk lovgivning mulig,
that they are doing nothing wrong.
at de ikke gør noget forkert.
of the destructive power of denial
med fornægtelsens destruktivitet
to the country of my birth.
for mit fædreland.
and say goodbye to my father
skulle sige farvel til min far
and walked the passage that ran through
og gik gennem gangen
my father lay dying of cancer.
min far, lå døende af kræft.
but he knew I was there.
han vidste, at jeg var der.
følt mig set.
to mathematics to history to biology,
til matematik, historie og biologi
til september til november,
mit sædvanlige smil.
I would shrug and say, "OK."
trak jeg på skuldrene og sagde "OK".
to keep his small business going
holde sin forretning i gang,
was grieving the love of her life
sørgede over hendes livs kærlighed,
and emotionally ravaged.
og følelsesmæssigt ødelagte.
isolated, fast.
nedadgående spiral, isoleret.
for at glemme smerten.
the full weight of my grief.
min sorgs fulde tyngde.
that values relentless positivity,
der værdsætter uendelig positivitet,
my story of triumph over grief.
at jeg havde overvundet sorgen.
fixed me with burning blue eyes
mig med brændende blå øjne,
authentically to my grief and pain.
virkelige sorg og smerte.
revolutionerende for mig.
that started in this blank notebook
som begyndte i dette tomme hæfte
correspondence with myself.
korrespondance med mig selv.
the rigidity of denial
den ubøjelige fornægtelse
fra dets skrøbelighed.
from its fragility.
that we are unseen.
at ingen bemærker os.
where that child once was,
hvor det barn engang var,
brings us to our knees.
som tvinger os i knæ.
this frailty successfully or sustainably.
på en god eller holdbar måde.
tells us that depression
at depression
of disability globally --
til funktionsnedsættelse -
political and economic change,
forandringer som aldrig før,
into rigid responses to their emotions.
reaktioner på deres følelser.
obsessively brood on our feelings.
bottle our emotions,
deemed legitimate.
der betragtes som legitime.
with over 70,000 people,
med over 70.000 personer,
so-called "bad emotions,"
såkaldte "negative følelser",
these feelings.
følelser til side.
like our children --
f.eks. vores børn -
out of emotions seen as negative,
følelser, der ses som negative,
as inherently valuable.
dyrebare i sig selv.
are now seen as good or bad.
betragtes i dag som gode eller dårlige.
a new form of moral correctness.
en ny form for moralsk korrekthed.
to just stay positive.
at de skal tænke positivt.
med at være så vrede.
or false positivity, it's this:
eller ved falsk positivitet, er det dette:
lesson we can learn
are pushed aside or ignored,
eller ignoreres,
in the refrigerator --
i køleskabet -
of unwanted emotions when you ignore them,
uønskede følelser, når du ignorerer dem,
to embrace false positivity,
for at påtage os de falske positive,
to deal with the world as it is,
til at klare verden, som den er,
what they don't want to feel.
hvad de ikke ønsker at føle.
I don't want to feel disappointed."
for jeg vil ikke blive skuffet."
by their feelings.
besværende følelser.
that comes with failure.
når noget fejler.
of our contract with life.
af vores kontrakt med livet.
to a meaningful life.
to what I did feel.
hvad jeg faktisk følte.
of all of our emotions --
af alle vores følelser -
to resilience, thriving,
modstandsdygtighed, trivsel,
that just an acceptance of emotions.
er mere end en accept af følelser.
I found that words are essential.
at ord er vigtige.
to describe our feelings.
for at beskrive vores følelser.
common one I hear.
jeg hører oftest.
between stress and disappointment
stress og skuffelse,
of "I'm in the wrong career."
"Jeg har valgt den forkerte karriere".
the precise cause of our feelings.
vores følelsers præcise årsag.
the readiness potential in our brain
"forberedt potentiale" i vores hjerne
to take concrete steps.
konkrete skridt fremad.
the right steps for us.
de skridt som er rigtige for os.
to things that we care about.
hvad vi bryder os om.
anything in our worlds.
for vores verden.
that you value equity and fairness --
at du værdsætter retfærdighed,
to the difficult emotions,
that are values-aligned.
overensstemmelse med vores værdier.
they are not directives.
our emotions for their values
og værdien de har,
in his frustration with his baby sister --
frustrationer over hans lillesøster -
that he gets to give her away
om at give hende væk
he sees in a shopping mall.
ser i indkøbscenteret.
between how I feel in all my wisdom
hvordan vi føler i al vores visdom
med vores værdier,
den bedste version af os selv
to the journal of your hearts.
i dit hjertes dagbog.
as in, "I'm angry" or "I'm sad."
f.eks. "jeg er vred" eller "jeg er trist".
as if you are the emotion.
and the emotion is a data source.
kun en informationskilde.
the feeling for what it is:
for det den er:
to bring the best of themselves to work,
til at give deres bedste på jobbet,
to feel their emotional truth,
mærke deres sande følelser,
flourish in the organization.
innovation i organisationen.
individuals, teams,
standhaftige individer, hold,
to the normal human emotions.
normale menneskelige følelser.
til at sige:
towards my values?"
i mine værdiers retning?"
to be with your emotions
at kunne mærke dine følelser
to take values-connected steps.
efter vores indre værdier.
terrified by the idea of death.
skrækslagen ved tanken om døden.
with soft pats and kisses.
bløde klap og kys.
a buffer between me and reality.
den virkelig verden op for mig.
through those nights.
mig gennem de nætter.
is not an absence of fear;
ikke er fraværet af frygt;
is all too precious
for os alle,
correspondence with your own heart.
korrespondance med dit eget hjerte.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Susan David - Psychologist, researcher, authorSusan David, a Harvard Medical School psychologist, studies emotional agility: the psychology of how we can use emotion to bring forward our best selves in all aspects of how we love, live, parent and lead.
Why you should listen
What does it take internally, in the way we deal with our thoughts, emotions and stories, for us to thrive in a complex and changing world? How we respond to these inner experiences drives our actions, careers, relationships, happiness, health -- everything that matters in our lives. Susan David became fascinated by this question through first-hand experience of loss and resilience, while growing up in a country in which hate was legislated: apartheid South Africa.
David holds a PhD in the psychology of emotions, is an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist, and is ranked as one of the world's leading management thinkers. Her #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Emotional Agility, describes the psychological skills critical to thriving in times of complexity and change. David is CEO of Evidence Based Psychology, on Harvard Medical School faculty, and a co-founder of the Institute of Coaching. Described as "a powerful speaker, visionary thinker and inspirational personality," she is an unwavering believer in the power of people to bring the best of who they are to themselves, their children, their organizations and their communities.
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