Freedom leads the way to a healthy life! | Anne Kliebisch | TEDxHHL

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[Music] welcome to the journey of freedom and a

welcome to the journey of freedom and a

welcome to the journey of freedom and a healthy life before we start let me ask

healthy life before we start let me ask

healthy life before we start let me ask you a question if you take a scale from

you a question if you take a scale from

you a question if you take a scale from one to ten like one being the lowest ten

one to ten like one being the lowest ten

one to ten like one being the lowest ten being the highest how stressed are you

being the highest how stressed are you

being the highest how stressed are you today or this week

when I talk to people about this usually

when I talk to people about this usually they say like an eight or higher and

they say like an eight or higher and

they say like an eight or higher and when I ask them what it’s all about they

when I ask them what it’s all about they

when I ask them what it’s all about they usually say well I feel like I’m not

usually say well I feel like I’m not

usually say well I feel like I’m not good enough they tend to want to be

good enough they tend to want to be

good enough they tend to want to be faster and better and even perfect and

faster and better and even perfect and

faster and better and even perfect and every since and what we notice is stress

every since and what we notice is stress

every since and what we notice is stress is one of the most risky disease

is one of the most risky disease

is one of the most risky disease symptoms or causes for diseases that

symptoms or causes for diseases that

symptoms or causes for diseases that means we can have physical diseases from

means we can have physical diseases from

means we can have physical diseases from that heart attacks we even age faster or

that heart attacks we even age faster or

that heart attacks we even age faster or we can have psychological diseases and

we can have psychological diseases and

we can have psychological diseases and depression of is one of this the World

depression of is one of this the World

depression of is one of this the World Health Organization told us that 300

Health Organization told us that 300

Health Organization told us that 300 million people are affected by

million people are affected by

million people are affected by depression 300 million people is the

depression 300 million people is the

depression 300 million people is the whole population of the United States

whole population of the United States

whole population of the United States this is enormous when I started my first

this is enormous when I started my first

this is enormous when I started my first job I noticed that I was stressed and

job I noticed that I was stressed and

job I noticed that I was stressed and when I talked to people they just said

when I talked to people they just said

when I talked to people they just said yeah well me too

yeah well me too

yeah well me too and it was like a status here’s my job

and it was like a status here’s my job

and it was like a status here’s my job my car and my stress level and I

my car and my stress level and I

my car and my stress level and I wondered why is that and at some point I

wondered why is that and at some point I

wondered why is that and at some point I realized for myself my stress came from

realized for myself my stress came from

realized for myself my stress came from my current situation where I am right

my current situation where I am right

my current situation where I am right now

now

now and where I wanted to be because I had

and where I wanted to be because I had

and where I wanted to be because I had so many dreams that I didn’t and I

so many dreams that I didn’t and I

so many dreams that I didn’t and I didn’t know how to follow them and when

didn’t know how to follow them and when

didn’t know how to follow them and when I pictured myself in this job that I had

I pictured myself in this job that I had

I pictured myself in this job that I had taken and I was where I just got

taken and I was where I just got

taken and I was where I just got promoted and thought the next three

promoted and thought the next three

promoted and thought the next three years the next five years or the neck

years the next five years or the neck

years the next five years or the neck ten years it just didn’t feel right to

ten years it just didn’t feel right to

ten years it just didn’t feel right to stay and at the same time they promised

stay and at the same time they promised

stay and at the same time they promised all the right things a good salary an

all the right things a good salary an

all the right things a good salary an excellent career security all for the

excellent career security all for the

excellent career security all for the future everything your parents want from

future everything your parents want from

future everything your parents want from you once for you and it’s a really tough

you once for you and it’s a really tough

you once for you and it’s a really tough decision go for the safety or do I go

decision go for the safety or do I go

decision go for the safety or do I go for the hundred percent scientists at

for the hundred percent scientists at

for the hundred percent scientists at the Max Planck Institute found out that

the Max Planck Institute found out that

the Max Planck Institute found out that we are empathetic beings that’s pretty

we are empathetic beings that’s pretty

we are empathetic beings that’s pretty cool so when I’m stressed and you watch

cool so when I’m stressed and you watch

cool so when I’m stressed and you watch me you have the same stress symptoms as

me you have the same stress symptoms as

me you have the same stress symptoms as me and the same stress hormones but the

me and the same stress hormones but the

me and the same stress hormones but the good news about it is that if we infect

good news about it is that if we infect

good news about it is that if we infect each other with stress we can also

each other with stress we can also

each other with stress we can also infect each other with happiness and

infect each other with happiness and

infect each other with happiness and freedom and I wanted to get to the root

freedom and I wanted to get to the root

freedom and I wanted to get to the root cause of this happiness and freedom and

cause of this happiness and freedom and

cause of this happiness and freedom and I found a solution in a really

I found a solution in a really

I found a solution in a really unexpected area this is Mark he has a

unexpected area this is Mark he has a

unexpected area this is Mark he has a chronicle disease mobos corn as a

chronicle disease mobos corn as a

chronicle disease mobos corn as a stomach disease his blood inflammation

stomach disease his blood inflammation

stomach disease his blood inflammation rate was 20 times higher than normal I

don’t know if you know what it feels

don’t know if you know what it feels like he can’t eat a lot of stuff anymore

like he can’t eat a lot of stuff anymore

like he can’t eat a lot of stuff anymore he feels weak sometimes it even hurts I

he feels weak sometimes it even hurts I

he feels weak sometimes it even hurts I mean food that’s supposed to be good for

mean food that’s supposed to be good for

mean food that’s supposed to be good for your body and vitalize now destroys your

your body and vitalize now destroys your

your body and vitalize now destroys your intestines

in 2014 he participated in an experiment

in 2014 he participated in an experiment and he won basic income that is 1000

and he won basic income that is 1000

and he won basic income that is 1000 euros for 12 months and at the time he

euros for 12 months and at the time he

euros for 12 months and at the time he realized he had won this money and there

realized he had won this money and there

realized he had won this money and there were no strings attached he didn’t owe

were no strings attached he didn’t owe

were no strings attached he didn’t owe anyone

anyone

anyone anything he could watch his body heal

anything he could watch his body heal

anything he could watch his body heal and from week to week within seven weeks

and from week to week within seven weeks

and from week to week within seven weeks his blood inflammation read dropped to a

his blood inflammation read dropped to a

his blood inflammation read dropped to a normal level and it’s not just about the

normal level and it’s not just about the

normal level and it’s not just about the money the money didn’t heal him but we

money the money didn’t heal him but we

money the money didn’t heal him but we what he experienced was dropping his

what he experienced was dropping his

what he experienced was dropping his existential fear and experiencing

existential fear and experiencing

existential fear and experiencing existential relaxation mine Gordon come

existential relaxation mine Gordon come

existential relaxation mine Gordon come or my basic income is this experiment we

or my basic income is this experiment we

or my basic income is this experiment we collect from almost half a million

collect from almost half a million

collect from almost half a million people money and then as long we collect

people money and then as long we collect

people money and then as long we collect from half a million people money until

from half a million people money until

from half a million people money until we have 12,000 euros and then we just

we have 12,000 euros and then we just

we have 12,000 euros and then we just give it out to someone with that we have

give it out to someone with that we have

give it out to someone with that we have distributed or raffled out money to over

distributed or raffled out money to over

distributed or raffled out money to over 100 people so far and we learned a lot

100 people so far and we learned a lot

100 people so far and we learned a lot about these stories this young man of

about these stories this young man of

about these stories this young man of nine years is Robin and he won a basic

nine years is Robin and he won a basic

nine years is Robin and he won a basic income as well and I don’t know if you

income as well and I don’t know if you

income as well and I don’t know if you can imagine what happened but this boy

can imagine what happened but this boy

can imagine what happened but this boy what became from one day to another a

what became from one day to another a

what became from one day to another a major earner in his family and it

major earner in his family and it

major earner in his family and it changed the whole dynamic the family

changed the whole dynamic the family

changed the whole dynamic the family said they didn’t fight this much they

said they didn’t fight this much they

said they didn’t fight this much they spend more time they made a lot of trips

spend more time they made a lot of trips

spend more time they made a lot of trips even though Robin just wanted one book

even though Robin just wanted one book

even though Robin just wanted one book every month from this money and what his

every month from this money and what his

every month from this money and what his mom said well what changed for us is not

mom said well what changed for us is not

mom said well what changed for us is not what we did it’s how we did it we just

what we did it’s how we did it we just

what we did it’s how we did it we just spent our time more consciously we see

spent our time more consciously we see

spent our time more consciously we see how basic income or this feeling of

how basic income or this feeling of

how basic income or this feeling of freedom can ripple out to a lot more

freedom can ripple out to a lot more

freedom can ripple out to a lot more people for example our family

people for example our family

people for example our family and Robin footed just think like well

and Robin footed just think like well

and Robin footed just think like well basic income just makes us better

basic income just makes us better

basic income just makes us better feelings when he’s in the third story is

feelings when he’s in the third story is

feelings when he’s in the third story is justa she is a self-employed woman with

justa she is a self-employed woman with

justa she is a self-employed woman with a kid and the worst nightmare she could

a kid and the worst nightmare she could

a kid and the worst nightmare she could experience as if her kid got sick

experience as if her kid got sick

experience as if her kid got sick because if she doesn’t work she doesn’t

because if she doesn’t work she doesn’t

because if she doesn’t work she doesn’t earn money and if the kid is sick she

earn money and if the kid is sick she

earn money and if the kid is sick she can’t work and can’t earn money and she

can’t work and can’t earn money and she

can’t work and can’t earn money and she came back to this existential fear and

came back to this existential fear and

came back to this existential fear and she suffered from giving her child the

she suffered from giving her child the

she suffered from giving her child the impression that sick is like doing

impression that sick is like doing

impression that sick is like doing something wrong when she wasn’t one

something wrong when she wasn’t one

something wrong when she wasn’t one basic income she not only could stay at

basic income she not only could stay at

basic income she not only could stay at home

home

home she also rippled it out to a lot of

she also rippled it out to a lot of

she also rippled it out to a lot of other people because she thought they

other people because she thought they

other people because she thought they should experience the same thing and she

should experience the same thing and she

should experience the same thing and she decided to make pay what you want

decided to make pay what you want

decided to make pay what you want concept with her clients because she

concept with her clients because she

concept with her clients because she wanted everyone to realize what it’s

wanted everyone to realize what it’s

wanted everyone to realize what it’s worth what they’re doing based on

worth what they’re doing based on

worth what they’re doing based on quality and sympathy and not on a price

quality and sympathy and not on a price

quality and sympathy and not on a price tag and we’re so known and so it’s so

tag and we’re so known and so it’s so

tag and we’re so known and so it’s so common for us to be worth what we earn

common for us to be worth what we earn

common for us to be worth what we earn and to work really hard to be worth

and to work really hard to be worth

and to work really hard to be worth something

something

something and she wanted to destroy this cycle and

and she wanted to destroy this cycle and

and she wanted to destroy this cycle and make it to something bigger what we

make it to something bigger what we

make it to something bigger what we learned from the stories and like all

learned from the stories and like all

learned from the stories and like all the different other stories is this

the different other stories is this

the different other stories is this ripple from me to my close surrounding

ripple from me to my close surrounding

ripple from me to my close surrounding like a family to even an ecosystem of

like a family to even an ecosystem of

like a family to even an ecosystem of trust and we’ve been doing this for the

trust and we’ve been doing this for the

trust and we’ve been doing this for the past three years I said we have already

past three years I said we have already

past three years I said we have already ruffled out to over a hundred people

ruffled out to over a hundred people

ruffled out to over a hundred people this basic income and what is not the

this basic income and what is not the

this basic income and what is not the same in every

same in every

same in every is that they say they feel a lot more

is that they say they feel a lot more

is that they say they feel a lot more self-esteem when they go back to work

self-esteem when they go back to work

self-esteem when they go back to work they feel a lot less stressed in their

they feel a lot less stressed in their

they feel a lot less stressed in their overall life and what we didn’t

overall life and what we didn’t

overall life and what we didn’t experience is that people would leave

experience is that people would leave

experience is that people would leave their jobs usually if you ask someone

their jobs usually if you ask someone

their jobs usually if you ask someone would you continue working and the

would you continue working and the

would you continue working and the majority of people says yeah well I

majority of people says yeah well I

majority of people says yeah well I would and for us in our experiment only

would and for us in our experiment only

would and for us in our experiment only four people quit their jobs three

four people quit their jobs three

four people quit their jobs three because they didn’t like it and they

because they didn’t like it and they

because they didn’t like it and they wanted to change what they did and want

wanted to change what they did and want

wanted to change what they did and want to go and study and we can learn from

to go and study and we can learn from

to go and study and we can learn from the stories with winners of basic income

the stories with winners of basic income

the stories with winners of basic income we have detected like three phases which

we have detected like three phases which

we have detected like three phases which I even went through when I was thinking

I even went through when I was thinking

I even went through when I was thinking of quitting my job and the first is

of quitting my job and the first is

of quitting my job and the first is acknowledge dependency when you first

acknowledge dependency when you first

acknowledge dependency when you first win this money they all say the same I’m

win this money they all say the same I’m

win this money they all say the same I’m so pressured I have to do something for

so pressured I have to do something for

so pressured I have to do something for the crowd I mean they gave me this money

the crowd I mean they gave me this money

the crowd I mean they gave me this money for free I owe them something when I

for free I owe them something when I

for free I owe them something when I thought of quitting my job my first

thought of quitting my job my first

thought of quitting my job my first thought was I can’t take unemployment

thought was I can’t take unemployment

thought was I can’t take unemployment benefits I want to give something to the

benefits I want to give something to the

benefits I want to give something to the community and not take something out of

community and not take something out of

community and not take something out of it but the truth is we are dependent and

it but the truth is we are dependent and

it but the truth is we are dependent and this will not change this is effect and

this will not change this is effect and

this will not change this is effect and it’s it’s strengthening us which leads

it’s it’s strengthening us which leads

it’s it’s strengthening us which leads directly to the next one tolerate your

directly to the next one tolerate your

directly to the next one tolerate your freedom we noticed that a lot of times

freedom we noticed that a lot of times

freedom we noticed that a lot of times friends would tell the winners why don’t

friends would tell the winners why don’t

friends would tell the winners why don’t you just take the money and do what’s

you just take the money and do what’s

you just take the money and do what’s good for you right now what is it that

good for you right now what is it that

good for you right now what is it that you really really want to do and when I

you really really want to do and when I

you really really want to do and when I first experienced this freedom of taking

first experienced this freedom of taking

first experienced this freedom of taking unemployment benefits

unemployment benefits

unemployment benefits I noticed I had a lot more ideas and I

I noticed I had a lot more ideas and I

I noticed I had a lot more ideas and I didn’t consume as much as if I didn’t

didn’t consume as much as if I didn’t

didn’t consume as much as if I didn’t have to compensate for anything and it’s

have to compensate for anything and it’s

have to compensate for anything and it’s a common story around all of our winners

a common story around all of our winners

a common story around all of our winners as well the third phase is self

as well the third phase is self

as well the third phase is self responsible freedom our society tends to

responsible freedom our society tends to

responsible freedom our society tends to skip the first two phases and jump right

skip the first two phases and jump right

skip the first two phases and jump right into this one and this is nonsense

into this one and this is nonsense

into this one and this is nonsense because because of this credit of trust

because because of this credit of trust

because because of this credit of trust that you have been given something

that you have been given something

that you have been given something bigger can grow and we noticed that I

bigger can grow and we noticed that I

bigger can grow and we noticed that I had more ideas I did them I was asking

had more ideas I did them I was asking

had more ideas I did them I was asking myself so how can it make this freedom

myself so how can it make this freedom

myself so how can it make this freedom than I experience and bring it into my

than I experience and bring it into my

than I experience and bring it into my work life and bring it into other

work life and bring it into other

work life and bring it into other people’s work life this is how basic

people’s work life this is how basic

people’s work life this is how basic income my basic income this experiment

income my basic income this experiment

income my basic income this experiment has started because of this phase this

has started because of this phase this

has started because of this phase this is what made just I think how can I grow

is what made just I think how can I grow

is what made just I think how can I grow and give other people this freedom as

and give other people this freedom as

and give other people this freedom as well because we’re so we still think we

well because we’re so we still think we

well because we’re so we still think we can earn and purchase freedom but we can

can earn and purchase freedom but we can

can earn and purchase freedom but we can only live it so if you take nothing but

only live it so if you take nothing but

only live it so if you take nothing but one thing then I would say it’s this

one thing then I would say it’s this

one thing then I would say it’s this basic income feeling this deep inner

basic income feeling this deep inner

basic income feeling this deep inner freedom can start with you and can start

freedom can start with you and can start

freedom can start with you and can start with you asking yourself and your

with you asking yourself and your

with you asking yourself and your friends what would you do if your income

friends what would you do if your income

friends what would you do if your income was taken care of and imagine what kind

was taken care of and imagine what kind

was taken care of and imagine what kind of society would look we would live in

if we could go for the freedom and the

if we could go for the freedom and the things that are right for us right now

and it can start with you

and it can start with you I wish us all the best of luck for that

I wish us all the best of luck for that

I wish us all the best of luck for that [Applause]

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