Asking for help
Subject in Mental Health
Asking for help has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including TED Radio Hour. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
YeYoon KimFormer kindergarten teacher and nonprofit volunteer manager
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
Podcasts
- TED Radio Hour · 1 episode
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.