Eliminate Self-Doubt: Tap Your Root Response | Melissa Root | TEDxWilmington

You can succeed at almost anything by eliminating your self-doubt, but how? The answer lies in your pocket and brain using a psychological technique called Video Self-Modeling.

Proven to impact nearly every type of person on almost any behavior, Dr. Melissa Root describes how you can quickly bypass your self-doubt by watching carefully created positive videos of yourself using only your smartphone! Melissa M. Root, Ph.D., is the founder and president of Root
Success Solutions LLC. She is also a certified school psychologist
and author of Picture Perfect: Video Self-Modeling for
Behavior Change. Her interest areas focus on improving
quality of life and human performance using proven techniques
such as video self-modeling and guided imagery.
Dr. Root is a former professor of graduate and undergraduate
classes in psychology, special education, and mathematics
and served the State of Connecticut to resolve
disagreements between school districts and families about
the education of children with intellectual disabilities.
Dr. Root is currently engaged in groundbreaking research
with colleagues at the University of Connecticut addressing
stress for women with ovarian cancer. Her study is combined
with the world’s first study of a personalized vaccine
for women with ovarian cancer. 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