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#10.07: Y: Your Connections: “How can I connect better with myself and others?”

Connect With Your Higher Self

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My guest on this week’s episode of The Lifestyle First Podcast is Irini Michaelidis, who is a global business leader, coach and educator who develops leaders to take a holistic approach to leadership.

In this episode we:

· Discuss genuine human connection to oneself

· Discuss the need to connect as a biological imperative

· Explore awareness, knowing, being

· Highlight the need to increase observations of self first before co-connecting with others

· Explore the need to slow down to speed up

· Highlight how silence and stillness enhances productivity

· Talk about creating rituals for personal space

· Explore creating intentions when on digital platforms

· Discuss loneliness and burnout

· Explore energy as a connecting force

· Explore Intention. Information. Interaction

· Explore connection disconnection

· Understand desire for connection as a signal to take action

1. The one question we discuss is “: “How can I connect better with myself and others?”

2. The two references we look at are

· Redcay E, et al. Live face-to-face interaction during fMRI: a new tool for social cognitive neuroscience. NeuroImage.2010; 50(4), 1639-47

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20096792/

· Saxe, R., et al. Acute social isolation evokes midbrain craving responses similar to hunger. Nature Neuroscience. 2020; 23: 1597-1605

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00742-z

3. The three actions to take are:

· Connect with self- create rituals to get centred

· Connect with others - notice how you connect with others

· Notice who you connect with- be intentional

Which of these 3 actionable tips will you implement?

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