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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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