{"id":7600,"date":"2011-07-30T01:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=7600"},"modified":"2011-07-30T01:00:05","modified_gmt":"2011-07-30T08:00:05","slug":"feelgood-quickie-embracing-otherness-embracing-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/feelgood-quickie-embracing-otherness-embracing-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Feelgood Quickie: Embracing Otherness, Embracing Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7473\" title=\"quickie\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/quickie.png\" alt=\"feelgood quickie header logo\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/quickie.png 500w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/quickie-300x60.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/quickie.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/who-are-you.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7601\" title=\"who are you\" src=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/who-are-you.jpg\" alt=\"who are you\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/who-are-you.jpg 500w, https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/who-are-you-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>In an inspiring TED Talk, Thandie Newton talks about her journey to finding her sense of self.<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;re bombarded with so much messaging about what we should look like and what sort of person we should be, embracing your true self is no easy feat. She shares some very personal details about her own journey to self esteem.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"446\" height=\"326\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/video.ted.com\/assets\/player\/swf\/EmbedPlayer.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgColor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"vu=http:\/\/video.ted.com\/talk\/stream\/2011G\/Blank\/ThandieNewton_2011G-320k.mp4&amp;su=http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/tedindex\/embed-posters\/ThandieNewton-2011G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;vw=432&amp;vh=240&amp;ap=0&amp;ti=1193&amp;lang=&amp;introDuration=15330&amp;adDuration=4000&amp;postAdDuration=830&amp;adKeys=talk=thandie_newton_embracing_otherness_embracing_myself;year=2011;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2011;theme=master_storytellers;event=TEDGlobal+2011;tag=Arts;tag=Culture;tag=Entertainment;tag=art;tag=psychology;&amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted\/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think about the idea of embracing otherness as a way to find your own sense of self? Do you feel like your happiness is tied to fitting in, or do you find joy in the things that make you unique?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kapungo\/622829333\" target=\"_blank\">Kapungo<\/a><\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an inspiring TED Talk, Thandie Newton talks about her journey to finding her sense of self. We&#8217;re bombarded with so much messaging about what we should look like and what sort of person we should be, embracing your true self is no easy feat. <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/feelgood-quickie-embracing-otherness-embracing-yourself\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":7473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[5642,661,5082],"tags":[5665,850,2510,5116,5764],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/quickie.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}