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Why belonging matters: Fellows Friday with Chelsea Shields Strayer

Why belonging matters: Fellows Friday with Chelsea Shields Strayer

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How did human emotions evolve to help us survive? For the last decade, cultural anthropologist Chelsea Shields Strayer has studied the indigenous healing practices of the Ashante people of Ghana, discovering that emotional pain serves useful purposes — including the relief of physical pain. In this conversation with the TED Blog, she tells the fascinating []