What if community is built by sharing stories we hide? | Sónia Silva | TEDxPraça Gil Eanes
What if the stories we’ve been taught to repeat are exactly what keep us apart? In this heartfelt talk, communication coach Sónia Silva shows how our most imperfect, personal stories can become the foundation for authentic community, inviting us to belong not by hiding, but by revealing who we truly are. Sónia Silva is a communication coach, trainer, and co-host of Storytelling Lisboa, where a safe space for storytelling is created for. She has worked with companies, entrepreneurs and TEDx speakers, helping them find authenticity in the way they communicate.Sónia has grown up in an environment where social narratives stories shaped how she saw, and was seen by, the world and therefore she believes that imperfect stories are the invisible glue of communitiesm. By sharing them can we rebuild trust, empathy, and belonging.
On stage, she brings a voice committed to the human truth behind social and common narratives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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