End Education: amare la vita, iniziando dalla fine | Francesca Marchegiano | TEDxAncona
Stai vivendo davvero? Una donna sul ciglio della morte ti guarda negli occhi e dice: “È proprio perché ho solo un mese di vita che non posso pretendere altro che la felicità.”
E tu, che non puoi sapere quanto tempo hai ancora da vivere, cosa stai aspettando?
In questo talk intimo, potente e sorprendentemente leggero, Francesca Marchegiano ci accompagna nel suo viaggio tra tre morti che le sono state maestre: Marina, che le ha fatto vedere la sua vita da fuori; Titti, il cane che le ha mostrato il dolore senza parole; Roberto, l’imprenditore che ha fatto della fine una scelta consapevole. Nasce così la End Education: un nuovo paradigma educativo che dà valore alla fine in ogni ambito della vita quotidiana, per risvegliare in ciascuno di noi verità, coraggio e gioia. Perché la nostra vita è già ora una Near Death Experience. E abbiamo ancora il potere di decidere quali immagini ci passeranno davanti, alla fine. Un talk che ci invita a smettere di rimandare, a usare le tazzine belle, a indossare il vestito buono… e a scrivere il nostro finale più coraggioso. Esperta di storytelling, autrice, formatrice ed educatrice narrativa. Per anni ha lavorato come consulente per aziende, enti pubblici e multinazionali, esplorando l’uso delle parole come strumenti di consenso e di persuasione. Oggi insegna come usarle per liberarsi da vecchi schemi limitanti e per tornare ad amare la vita sotto tutte le sue sfaccettature, compresa la morte. Ha fondato il marchio INNERHERO ispirato al Viaggio dell’Eroe, per stimolare l’esplorazione del proprio mondo interiore sia in solitaria che in compagnia, al chiuso e in natura. Ha creato il podcast Le Raccontatrici per dare voce alle donne e ispirare altre donne a realizzare i loro sogni. Ha creato il metodo End Education per educare bambini, ragazzi e adulti al tema del cambiamento e delle fini che si incontrano nel corso della propria vita. La sua missione è aiutare le persone a tornare autrici della propria storia, per evitare che sia scritta da altri, e soprattutto per esprimere e amare la propria vera natura 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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