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What if ideas can have the power to change our mental health? Ideas so powerful that they hold within the promise of transforming our perception of who we are and what we are. In this talk, Dr.Hani Akasheh advocates for the idea of brain plasticity as a revolutionary concept that could be taught to help transforming the current state of mental health on the planet.

ماذا لو كانت للأفكار القدرة على تغيير صحتنا العقلية؟ الأفكار قوية جداً لدرجة أنها تستطيع تغيير مفهومنا ونظرتنا عن كينونتنا! في هذا الخطاب، يدعم د. هاني عكشة فكرة اللدونة الدماغية، باعتبارها فكرة ثورية يمكن تعليمها للمساعدة في تغيير الصحة العقلية في الكوكب.

Hani Akasheh is a medical doctor and an entrepreneur in public health and education. He is the founder of Human Energy Management, an educational and training platform that focuses on raising awareness on psychosomatic disease and mental health empowerment through delivering multi-modal, visual and educational programs. His core mission in life is to marry science, technology and art into the awe inspiring universe of human transformation/optimization.


Hani Akasheh is a medical doctor and an entrepreneur. He is the founder of Human Energy Management, an educational and training platform that focuses on raising awareness on psychosomatic disease and mental health empowerment through delivering multi-modal, visual and educational programs. With over 250 public workshops/lectures delivered to a broad range of audience ranging from universities, youth empowerment programs to leading tech and corporate giants. His core mission in life is to marry science, technology and art into the awe inspiring universe of human transformation/optimization. Dr.Akasheh is also the founder of a non-profit company that focuses on delivering neuroscience and neuroeducation training to kindergarten teachers in under resourced areas in Jordan, with hopes of spreading more awareness on neurologically-friendly upbringing and ultimately bridging the gap between powerful scientific ideas and non scientific communities involved in childhood care and education. 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