# How I set myself free

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2026
- Speaker: Keke Palmer
- Year: 2026
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/keke_palmer_how_i_set_myself_free)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Multihyphenate entertainer Keke Palmer has mastered the art of performing — on stage and off. But she realized the skills that carried her family out of poverty might be the very thing keeping her trapped. In this powerful talk, she unpacks the hidden cost of hyper-functioning and what it really means to stop acting and start living.

## Lectures

1. [How I set myself free](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/keke_palmer_how_i_set_myself_free/672de69e4d59), 13 min (TED's player)