Description

Before we can connect well with others, we have to build a better relationship with ourselves.

In this first reflection episode of The Connection Effect, host Bill Groner and co-host Sahar Emambakhsh revisit the most resonant moments from the show's early conversations — with Andrew Sether, Scott Barry Kaufman, Todd Kashdan, Fred Luskin, and Mónica Guzmán — and trace a thread that runs through all of them: a progression, almost like a map, of what it takes to truly connect to ourselves.

This episode is the first of two reflection episodes. Next time, we turn outward — to the relational conditions for connection.

Voices featured in this episode:

• Andrew Sether — peak performance expert
• Scott Barry Kaufman — psychologist, researcher, and author
• Todd Kashdan — curiosity researcher and professor
• Fred Luskin — founder of the Stanford Forgiveness Project
• Mónica Guzmán — journalist and bridge-builder

Resources: 

• Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman 

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to The Connection Effect

02:06 What is Flourishing?

02:34 Andrew Sether - Breathwork

10:46 Scott Barry Kaufman - North Star

19:19 Todd Kashdan - Curiosity

27:53 Fred Luskin - Adversity

38:49 Monica Guzman / One Last Reflection

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