Meaning and Resilience [Video]
By YouTube Originals . . Get by #WithMe To commemorate Mental Health Awareness, we’ve invited three authors whose work grapples with the challenges of inner life. Join Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe...
View ArticleHow To Make a Human Connection in a Virtual Job Interview
Like so many things in the world, job interviews have gone virtual. And while some interview guidelines easily translate to the new format – dress professionally, research as much as you can about...
View ArticleSelling What People Are Buying: Connection
Almost 20 years ago, Harvard professor Gerald Zaltman confirmed what top sales leaders knew all along – people buy emotionally and justify intellectually. In the fast-paced world of days gone by,...
View ArticleShowing Up and Holding Space for Another Human Being
Holding space, showing up, being there for someone, has always fascinated me for some reason. Life coaching has given me one perspective, and the couple of decades I spent in healthcare gave me...
View ArticleBuilding Human Connection in a Digital World [Video]
— Dan Schawbel is a New York Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, Fortune 500 consultant, TV personality, keynote speaker, career and workplace expert & startup advisor. His mission in...
View ArticleProtecting Your Mental Health During a Time of Crisis
— In a crisis such as the recent coronavirus outbreak, our entire world and ways of going through life can suddenly shift. This is exactly what happened when people around the world became faced with...
View ArticleHow I am Building Deeper Relationships During This Time of Crisis
— How are you building deeper relationships in this time of crisis? For a while, I haven’t had a deep relationship with myself. It has kept me from creating deeper relationships with everyone around...
View ArticlePutting a Human Face to the Pandemic
— A few mornings ago, I leashed up Pete for our morning walk. Something I’ve done every morning over six beautiful years of being his human. But something hit me so sideways. I couldn’t figure it out....
View ArticleJason Silva Harnesses the Ineffable
Jason Silva, speaking as though he is hosting a séance, channeling the likes of Sartre, Whitman, Kant. Spitting poetic diction through a lens of existential angst over the absurdity that is mortal...
View ArticleFirst Contact
A father and daughter live on the edge of a remote salt lake in one of the most desolate parts of Australia. They’re in self-imposed exile, far from any civilization. Their world is self-contained,...
View ArticleShould I Help?
— I was in the West 4th street subway station a couple of years ago, when I saw a blind man walking towards the stairs that lead to the lower level trains. Thinking I was being helpful I said I said to...
View ArticleThe Interdependence You and Your Marriage Need
What is so hard about asking for help—from our friends, our neighbors, and, most importantly from our partners? I understand the desire for independence. The concept of the rugged individual who...
View ArticleBeyond Intention
Ep. 14: Beyond Intention Something I’ve learned from this podcast is that the power of human connection is an immeasurable force. We can meet one person and have a single conversation, that can...
View ArticleHyde and Seek
We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep. William James Everything in life is connected, so say the String Theorists – not a soul-patch sporting violinist and...
View ArticleFind Your Soul Tribe
— “We’re just two lost souls, swimming in a fishbowl. Year after year.” – Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here In October of 2016, I flew to New York City for a coach training weekend. I landed at LaGuardia...
View ArticleFacebook Depression: A Simple (But Complete) Guide
— Does Facebook cause depression? Have you ever felt down after a long social media binge? These days it is rare to find someone who does not have some sort of social media account, whether it is...
View ArticleVulnerability: The Heart of Connection
— This is a story about the power of connection. A few months ago, I trained a group of male engineers on an Emotional Intelligence course. If ever there were a challenge in persuasion for a woman who...
View ArticleLonely in the City: When Work Has Become Your Best Mate
— If your life is full of deep and meaningful connections with the people around you, then well done! This article will not be for you. But if your social interactions have become superficial and you...
View ArticleStrengthening Relationships in a Social Media World
— Let’s hop on the King Ryan time machine and take a trip. Way back. Let’s go back to 1992. The place: Valdosta, GA. The event: Central-Tuscaloosa High School played a cross-state game against...
View ArticleThe Quintet of the Sunset
With impeccable craft and style, this Chinese animator creates a fantastical world where cats become the characters we’ve always imagined from assassins to superstars. Both playful and poetic, this...
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