Been dealing with anxiety for 23 years possibly more with counsellors, books, meditation yet when I listened to your Ted talk yesterday morning it struck a chord with me. All day as soon as I felt my body speeding up wanting high constant activity I slowed down did the opposite focusing on the breath walking slower deciding not to do something at that time. By slowing the mind down and relaxing unused muscles I was able to lift more and run father than I have in awhile when I visited the gym. When I noticed I wanted to run faster because I felt so good instead I slowed down and walked. I slept better last night than I have in awhile also. I wanted to write this last night but I slowed down and waited until today. You should resubmit this video under the keyword anxiety. I am sure others could benefit. Thanks for giving me a possible solution to being a calmer more productive person.

@blah99999dddd

5 жыл бұрын

Well said Hiker :)

@paulwatkins5663

3 жыл бұрын

This Ted Talk struck a chord with me as well and your reply is exactly what I believe I am going through. I have been nausea and vomiting consistently for the past couple of months and I now realize it mainly occurs when I feel my mind or body speeds up triggered by anxieties usually in public settings. I am curious to know how you are doing today as you wrote this two years ago.

@CaliD0LL

3 жыл бұрын

If you took meaning from Kimi’s Ted Talk I’d like to suggest a book for you to read which helped me also to slow down from my anxiety and depression. The book is called “The Power of Now” written by Eckhart Tollé. Give it a try.

@tracyhastheruns5883

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this...very moving and powerful. Good luck to you in your journey

Awesome attitude! It's not about winning, it's about being who you are.

@leftertiberiuvlad

6 жыл бұрын

Kudos for the Video clip! Excuse me for chiming in, I would appreciate your opinion. Have you considered - Rozardner Stopping Sounds Reality (should be on google have a look)? It is a smashing one of a kind product for how to instantly slow down music by software minus the normal expense. Ive heard some super things about it and my best friend Jordan finally got excellent success with it.

@epicbehavior

9 ай бұрын

Winning is making the right decisions consistently, even if it has to be slowly.

What a beautiful life you live. Doing exactly what you desire to do and changing your mind and being absolutely yourself.

probably one of my favourite Ted Talks of all time

@SaoPauloparaTuristas

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Walker me 2

@xuleba1

3 жыл бұрын

Pra mim também!

"I didn't want to over-sensationalise this moment for profits"... so many amazing points from this video

Nature is the purest path to self discovery and enlightenment not mention protecting the natural world for future generations.

She made me cry - tears of joy.

Kimi is such a beautiful soul! I so appreciate her story of her life. The choices she decided to make and how she listened to her deepest desires.

With every video i watch of Kimi I get closer to finding me. Thank you you are a wonderful soul.

one of the best tedtalks I've seen in many years! (March 2020 first time seeing this!)

@susancox240

2 жыл бұрын

July 2021 and I agree!

Thank you kimi I really needed to hear this especially at this time , one of the best ted talks ever because I could truly hear it from the bottom of your heart

@kevink5824

6 жыл бұрын

Kaoutar Daoudi Kudos for the Video! Forgive me for chiming in, I would appreciate your thoughts. Have you tried - Rozardner Stopping Sounds Reality (do a google search)? It is a great one off guide for how to instantly slow down music by software without the hard work. Ive heard some awesome things about it and my buddy got amazing success with it.

Here in the time of coronavirus, and I really believe that this is something that people need to hear (and understand) right now. We have been given this opportunity to PAUSE, and even though I see a great many people finding a better path, there are also a lot of people who are feeling the need to speed up instead. I think this drastic situation merits a thorough rethinking of what economic systems and patterns of behavior (overconsumption, disconnection from nature and more) need to be changed. Thank you, Kimi, for finding the words that I feel will get through to people, and all in twenty minutes, too. You've always been a hero of mine ever since I heard about you, and I can't believe it took me this long to find out you had a TED Talk. Thank goodness for KZread analytics.

I am watching this 6 years later after loving all of her fishing and cooking videos

Beautiful talk Kimi! As in everything you do...meaningful, respectful, eloquent, precise and slow! Fantastic! Thank You!

I can't say how inspiring this video is to me at this moment in my life. I have the utmost respect for Kimi that she was able to reach inside herself and extrapolate what her priorities had turned into and what she needed to do to turn that around. Amazing speech!

I had seen this video 2-3 months back twice. I didn’t comment that time. I see many TEDx videos but for some reason this particular video remained etched in my consciousness ever since I saw it. I am a follower of slow down movement, sustainability etc and that may be the reason that I could relate to it at emotional level. But other than that few more things struck with me. It is extremely difficult to accept and realize that something is missing in our otherwise happy life with a good job, family and well to do wealth. So usually in fast pace of life, people do not give any chance to body or their own inner voice to say what they are happy with? or they are not able to hear that voice. Kimi could listen much earlier in her life and not just listened but acted on it by resuming her childhood passion. When her passion activity grew so much that it could have become her new career with all the new lime light. But she was so prompt to realize that this new competitive part of her passion (i.e. winning and defending titles) will lead to stress and the core objective of her passion - to get calm and tranquil - itself will be jeopardized. So she decided to quit the competitive part of the activity. It is extremely difficult to take such decision when you are at height of glory. That means disappointing many and you need huge courage to take such decision of turning away - fame, attention, opportunities, money, peer pressure and lot many things but she did it. That’s incredible. But she continued her passion in a natural way, where there was no stress of winning and defending. Rather is was for de-stressing. She also took opportunity to add a new life mission of finding sustainability and peace in two usually warring sides conservationist and hunters (which can be read as representatives of insane consumers, capitalist, or in short people insensitive to nature) Lastly, from where she must have got this courage and wisdom to listen to her inner voice and overcome various temptation. Possible reasons may lie in her humble childhood and values that her parents imbibed in her and off-course her own Karma. Overall a lot to learn from a short 20 mins video. We could also see a special calmness and a sense of fulfillment on her pace. This video and similar others should be shown in high schools and colleges where a entire generation in on the verge of a psychological epidemic that has been triggered by social media and all sorts of external stimuli. It is becoming difficult for people in general to stay at one place for more that 10 mins without any work… Lastly this video should be kept in mind for next few months when the world will see an insane frenzy if getting to so called “normalcy” post Covid lock-downs across the globe. We must remind ourselves in next few weeks and rather whole decade that “We need to slow down to continue to go forward”

This one really got me in the emotions. Listening to those messages from the children. Thank you for the important message 🙏🏼

Nothing but admiration.

My second time watching. I have practiced “slowing down,” when I was anxious ! Amazing how much this has controlled my mind and body! Thank You Kimi Werner

so inspiring....one of the best...the message is so simple and yet...

This is so important to remember. Thank you for sharing this great message!

Kimi your talk has opened my eyes n transformed me. To slow down has helped me tremendously . I now am more calm n make logical decisions n think of everyone around me. Thank you n God bless you

LOVED listening to this talk! great job

Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. Great speech.

Thanks Kimi, a very insightful, vulnerable, inspiring and useful story delivered in a great talk.

so inspiring, and relevant, and honest...Thank you for sharing your journey!

Kimmy you are a true inspiration and thanks for sharing your wisdom.

Truly amazing and inspiring, thank you for sharing!

Wow, this is amazing. I'm bookmarking this and listening to it every morning for the next month.

This is empowering on a few levels with important reminders myself and for future generations the importance of slowing down and breathing. Great time capture and story thanks Ted and Kimi

I wished i could have heard this years ago. Kimi you are so inspiring. Everybody just needs to slow down more and just live.

Awesome message and talk Kimi! You capture the essence of what it means to be both a hunter and a conservationist and will hopefully help non-hunters understand why we do what we do. Your message about slowing down, and questioning the “societal momentum” that often pushes us in the wrong direction is a very important message especially for young people today. You are a great example of the importance of being confident in yourself, finding your own path and keeping with your values. This is going to be “required viewing” for my teenage children. THANK YOU!

THANK YOU Kimi - I am sharing this with my college class (first year experience course) to make the point about habits that slow you down or speed you up...I am so grateful that a friend told me to look for this and other features of your work and life....and grateful to you for the example you set for me - exactly the message I need right now...peace to you!

Beautiful speech, just the way I needed.

Such a beautiful soul. Thank you, Kimi.

This was phenomenal! Thank you for being brave and sharing your story with us! 💛💛💛

Gosh, you've helped me in a lot of ways Kimi. Thank you so much!

Wow what a great and honest lady God Bless Her and keep her safe!

awesome straight from the heart presentation in the process teaching great lesson of life by actually living it what ever she wants to share

I started watching your videos and follow you on Instagram. You seriously changed my life.

That was amazing and just what I needed

Really love listening to Kimi, great advice to Slow down

Those were 20 minutes of my time so well spent. Advice, inspiration and joy felt all at once. I look forward to my slowing down to get clarity of my life's path. Thank you Kimi!

One of my favorite ted talks 💛🌻☀️

So many lessons on life. Give thanks

Wow! Thank you.

Big Respect Very grounding and liberating !!!!

amazing speech, amazing story.

I was just looking for a video about slow life and I found a real treasure. Kimi, your story is awesome! I froze when I saw you diving with a shark. I think the same about the way you speak about your experiences. It's so natural and true!

I didn't think I would watch a 20 minute TEDx Talk but I slowed down thanks to you and I really enjoyed it! Great talk and message!

This talk and the message behind it runs in parallel with Ajahn Brahm's 'Opening the door of your heart'. The whole universe in inside us.

Mahalo nui Loa Kimi for sharing your story with such authenticity and heartfelt commitment to a better world. It touched me deeply and I loved it. Aloha from Maui!

What a beautiful soul! That was awesome!

Thank you, Kimi. Very meaningful!

Thank you. Being binge watching your KZread Channel and came across one. Amazing.

I must say, that has got to be one of the most inspiring and intriguing discourses I have ever heard. I personally am an aquatic hunter and breath hold diver and can totally relate to kimi. I also have a profound passion for all things natural. God has provided mankind with an intelligence to know and understand his sovereign creation. But we must be good stewards of what we have been entrusted with, or we will suffer the consequences of our carelessness. To take a passage from the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes, there is a time and purpose for everything under the sun.

Fabulous. Thank you Kimi and Tedx. Very inspiring and resonated with the conservationist within. x

👏 Incredible presentation Kimi Werner, Thank You for sharing your experience❣💫

Hit a lot harder the second time watching it, bravo

Wow I shall remember this. Just what I need to hear now.

Thank you 🙏 for such a beautiful story 🌺

This is a story beautifully told

Her voice is so soothing

Still one of the most life-transformative videos I've watched. Thank you!

Loved her!

Kimi, your such a great soul!!! ♥️

2023, quite inspiring words!

Thanks for the slow down message

This is the best TED talk i have i ever watched.

She's amazing!

This is beautiful! You are beautiful. Thank you for this gift. And the gift of you in the world.

Wow truly inspirational!!

Such a great video and concept. It always seems natural to go faster and harder, but slowing down is definitely better for the head. Especially with how crazy the world can feel these days.

excellent! Amazing story!

I really enjoyed that. Very inspiring!

An awsome presentation, thanks Kimi

Such Strength.Inspiring.

I can't even imagine what kind of people are those that did not like this video message.... what is really impressive to them?

Taste of the Dao. I don't know how to say it, but this brings me back to my center, and I wish to really live. That moment, being IN the present moment. Being IN it. Thank you so much Kimi for being an example. Yesssss today is the day!

beautiful message

HTH can this video have 29 thumbs down as of Aug 2, 2017!? SERIOUSLY??? Kimi truly is well grounded, centered and humble with a beautiful soul... Truly impactful presentation for me

My god... I needed this. Thank you!

beautiful speech.

She is amazing!!

Outstanding!

Kimi thank you. I needed this so bad, especially now.

I loved your speech

Fantastic, the battle vs the money is a tough one, well done for seeing the true value isn't in worthless paper but vitality of life. I doth my cap to you. X

Made me cry

Great one. Thank you very much

Best ted talk ever watched

WOW! just saw this video of yours YOU are AMAZING woman.! Just read this 3/19/2021...Proud of you!

im crying this is so beautiful

I respect Kimi Werner! Let's support Her!

Best Ted talk ever

Kimmy, This is awesome that when you need to speed up, Slow down.👌

Tedx Talks >>>> Thanks Tedx for producing this event featuring Kimi Werner. Kimi is a guardian of environmental causes that bring real concern for the future of our Planets Species. Kimi Werner's life learned experiences have developed her love of the Ocean and the many species of fish and mammals that live in the sea. I look forward to seeing Kimi Werner continue with her passion of teaching us about her conservation values that will no doubt make a difference in the Years going forward >>>> Kimi speaks of taking the time to just " slow down " ! We all can learn from Kimi's wisdom as it relates to the modern fast pace world that we live in!! >>>>>>

best talk ever

How can you not like her!!! I wish all the best to you sea lady.😚

WOW KIMI!!! YOU ARE A BLESSING!!!