Haven't read Part 1? Check it out here!   Welcome back, friend. So, you’ve taken the leap. You got out of the house, met some people, maybe even asked for a follow-up hang. That’s huge. But now the question is: how do you make it last? Friendship, like any living thin...

  Are you lonely?   Do you have a close partner or friends, or a wider social network? Do you have people you can connect with, and depend on? Whether or not you have these things, do you feel lonely day to day?   Connection is a basic human need, but it’s one that many of us feel w...

Balancing needs in a culture without collectivity I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do next with my life. After 13 years teaching communication and connection, I want to learn, contribute, and receive more. Meeting all these needs together will be hard. But I’ve been asking myself, “I...

Trauma ripples into communities like a wave, touching not individuals alone but entire networks of people. As I sat with Dr. Sarilee Kahn today, I was drawn into the layered complexity of shared grief. Her stories -most particularly her work in Afghanistan in the wake of a terrorist attack- offer...