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...

Introducing the Dark Art-chetypes Let’s face it, we’re all shitty communicators when we’re mad. Yes, dear reader, even you. Even me, the Queen of Authenticity. I’m extra “authentic” when I’m angry. I have so many feelings that need to be spoken, so many logical arguments for why I’m right, so muc...

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...

The science of why we struggle + my best strategies I didn’t know what to write on this morning. Most of my current research is on things like “how to do drywall” and “how to take care of chickens”, which…doesn’t seem like something y’all can learn more about from me than Youtube. (Welcome to far...

Feedback Loops     Feedback is invaluable You are allergic to it, and you can treat the allergy     The person you identify as and the person that the world experiences are not the same person. For every person in your life—every person you’ve interacted with—there is an alternate version of yo...