NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk as a substitute for mental health advice. This talk only represents the speaker's personal approach to and understanding of mental health and retreats. We've flagged this talk because it falls outside the content guidelines TED gives TEDx organizers. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdfThese days, we hear a great deal about our culture’s endemic mental health problems, often handled through diagnosis, talk-therapy, medications, and normalized through social sharing. But how much do these strategies, and all the lip service really help us? Could ruminating in, and creating identity around our issues do us more harm than good? Author, teacher, and business owner, Brie Doyle offers regular retreating as a proactive tool to build mental and emotional resilience in a society that would rather slap a label on our discontent, and send us on our way. A voice for all, but most specifically women, Doyle reminds us of an age-old discipline, with a refreshing new framework, that creates fortitude, mental and emotional durability, spiritual depth, and inspires creativity, to bring us back to ourselves—no labels or medications necessary. These days, we hear a great deal about our culture’s endemic mental health problems, often handled through diagnosis, talk-therapy, medications, and normalized through social sharing. But how much do these strategies, and all the lip service really help us? Could ruminating in, and creating identity around our issues do us more harm than good? Author, teacher, and business owner, Brie Doyle offers regular retreating as a proactive tool to build mental and emotional resilience in a society that would rather slap a label on our discontent, and send us on our way. A voice for all, but most specifically women, Doyle reminds us of an age-old discipline, with a refreshing new framework, that creates fortitude, mental and emotional durability, spiritual depth, and inspires creativity, to bring us back to ourselves—no labels or medications necessary. 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