YeYoon Kim
Former kindergarten teacher and nonprofit volunteer manager
YeYoon Kim (Former kindergarten teacher and nonprofit volunteer manager) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Asking for help, Addiction and recovery.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Asking for help
Kim argues that asking for help is an act of giving power to the helper.
“It's really just a four-letter word, help. But when you say it, it's powerful”
TED Radio Hour: The shocking power of tiny things (Oct 9, 2026) · Listen from 44:48
Kim says sharing her story publicly led many people to ask her for advice on therapy, noting therapy remains taboo in Asian contexts.
“especially from the Asian context where going to therapy is still very taboo”
TED Radio Hour: The shocking power of tiny things (Oct 9, 2026) · Listen from 43:38
Addiction and recovery
Kim describes herself in retrospect as a high-functioning alcoholic whose blackouts should have signaled a need for help.
“Now I know that I was a very high-functioning alcoholic. a sign that should have told me you should seek help was that I would often have blackouts”
TED Radio Hour: The shocking power of tiny things (Oct 9, 2026) · Listen from 39:47
Appearances
The shocking power of tiny thingsTED Radio Hour · Oct 9, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi and TED speakers Anne Madden, Lera Boroditsky, YeYoon Kim and Bart Weetjens explore how tiny things—microbes, words, moments, rats—wield outsized power.
Often appears with
- Manoush Zomorodi · 1 shared episode
- Anne Madden · 1 shared episode
- Lera Boroditsky · 1 shared episode
- Bart Weetjens · 1 shared episode