How culture connects to healing and recovery | Fayth Parks | TEDxAugusta

Conventional medicine minimizes cultural formulations as legitimate partners. However, there are connections between cultural practices and modern medicine. Passionate and insightful, psychologist Fayth Parks reveals how common elements in healing traditions connect a person to positive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Dr. Parks shares her personal journey and, from her research, an age-old blueprint for healing and recovery.
Fayth Parks is a licensed psychologist and associate professor at Georgia Southern University. She has over 25 years experience studying disparities in rural education, rural health care access, and cultural competency training. In 2009, she was a David B. Larson Fellow in Health and Spirituality at the Library of Congress.
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

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words spoken in love and kindness....

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That was sooooo interesting and don’t usually like the Tedtalks, but the way she told her story and tied it into education was FaBulous!!

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Excellent awesome
care, spirituality, words and love really heal
Thanks a lot Fayth

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Thank you, Fayth.

[@drunkrealtor]

I'm studying biological anthropology and this is a great addition to relating medicine and culture. Thank you

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lovely speech

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great topic, excellent presentation.

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Amazing insight, thank you.

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I really enjoy this Tedtalk

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Amazing

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yeah...I feel like I was listening to one of our Tribal elders , sharing teachings. miigwetch

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Absolutely Incredible speaker..Cheers ;-)
Question: What about the Educational Tool and Healing Power of Images ? Would this fall under DREAMS ?@5:23

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I'd like to meet as I have broken a view I cant see past. It's been planted and I can control each situation with how I want it to be where I place the emotion in the moment and I see it in the persons eyes as I tell them to and they find beauty but cant see past more of the physical aspects as it is affecting people in a very harmful way in this world of .... the visions and beautiful aspects of all life that are brushing past us on a daily, and nobody knows how to catch that breeze. Just breathe and be calm it's all we need. You will find us breeze together and never debate but also never have a thought that gets in a way as you are just moving and experiencing in your brain everyday as it is just the movements you physically need to follow and trust. Just soothing movements all about caring and loving for one another. You dont even need to touch to feel this beauty

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It’s start. Start today at refreshing t.

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Beautiful .....you are the word power.

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Me 😂😂

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Teddy ted Tedthy.

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I'm sure her Afrikan dress just makes her so much better.....