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We're all hiding something. Let's find the courage to open up

2,893,413 views | Ash Beckham • TEDxBoulder

In this touching talk, Ash Beckham offers a fresh approach to empathy and openness. It starts with understanding that everyone, at some point in their life, has experienced hardship. The only way out, says Beckham, is to open the door and step out of your closet.

In this touching talk, Ash Beckham offers a fresh approach to empathy and openness. It starts with understanding that everyone, at some point in their life, has experienced hardship. The only way out, says Beckham, is to open the door and step out of your closet.

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Ash Beckham

Equality advocate

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Ash Beckham approaches hard conversations from a place of compassion and empathy.

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