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Connection



Connection is a crucial part of well-being, no matter what culture we are from or communities we are part of. Connection is the act of seeing and being seen, of living in and acknowledging physical, emotional, and spiritual interdependence with one another. But even though it’s a necessary, natural part of living in human community, it is still a skill that we can struggle with and want to improve on.

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The Art of Asking | Amanda Palmer

Don't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer. Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.

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Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, From Soul to Psychedelics

A psychiatrist and psychedelic researcher explores the science of connection—why we need it, how we’ve lost it, and how we might find it again. We are suffering from an epidemic of disconnection that antidepressants and social media can’t fix.

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We Don’t Just Need to Connect—We Need to Reconnect

Rekindling dormant ties can bring unexpected benefits to our lives.

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FindCenterSafety is not the absence of threat, it is the presence of connection.

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How to Instantly Connect with Anyone

First off, Oprah sets the stage to connect literally. Unlike many other TV show hosts, she is famous for walking the aisles of her studio audience and for sitting on the same couch as her guests. Later on, she would actually go into their homes for intimate interviews.

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Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

Murthy’s prescient message is about the importance of human connection, the hidden impact of loneliness on our health, and the social power of community Humans are social creatures: In this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem and the solution to the current crisis of loneliness.

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A New Way to Increase Your Emotional Connection

The author of Love 2.O shares a fast, simple way to boost your feelings of involvement and well-being.

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FindCenterLove all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

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Molly Carroll: The Need for Human Connection and Why It Starts with Ourselves | TEDxManhattanBeach

Molly Carroll shares staggering suicide and loneliness trends, making a plea for deeper human connection. “Our brains are wired to reach out and interact,” she says.

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The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You’re Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate

The key problem in relationships, particularly over time, is that people begin to lose their voice.

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