Chloe Valdary is a young writer and entrepreneur whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall St. Journal, Psychology Today, and The Daily Beast, among other notable publications. Beyond her incisive social commentary and philosophical Twitter musings, Chloe founded The Theory of Enchantment, a company that teaches social and emotional learning in schools. Valdary developed an innovative program that integrates pop culture with developmental psychology, and teaches students to empathize by exploring the complexity and often-paradoxical nature of their human experience.

You can find Valdary’s work at theoryofenchantment.com or follow her frequent appearances on popular podcasts and prominent YouTube channels.

Valdary responded to recent social unrest with an article in USA Today entitled “As Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, to confront racism we must find the strength to love.” She courageously dives headlong into the topic, asking the big questions:

Despite our hardships, can we find the courage to hold fast to the impenetrable idea of “liberty and justice for all,” learn to go the extra mile for our neighbor, and recommit ourselves to each other’s welfare and to this project we call America? Will we push for policies that reflect the spirit of democracy, that seek out the well-being of all: black and white, civilian and cop, poor and rich, conservative and liberal? Will we develop the inner conviction to have compassion for each other this fiercely, in spite of our tribal brawls and bickering? Will we gather the strength to love?

Chloé Valdary: How to use love to repair social inequality | TED2020

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Image credit: By Cvaldary CC BY-SA 4.0

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