What YeYoon Kim has said about Asking for help
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 9, 2026
YeYoon Kim, Former kindergarten teacher and nonprofit volunteer manager, has been quoted on Asking for help 2 times in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on October 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
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
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
Episodes
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.
YeYoon Kim on other topics
- Addiction and recovery · 1 quote