A blog about connecting with meaning, purpose and your most authentic self.

2 Tips for Cultivating More Meaning in Your Life

Cultivating more meaning in our lives is the primary way to fast-track feeling more connected to yourself, your purpose, and those around you. This is why we spend…

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The Surprising Power of Hand Crafts

Lots of people think of traditional hand crafts as old-fashioned, outdated activities that only spinster aunts and tottering grandmothers should be doing. We have machines to do that…

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Why We All Should Stop Rushing

The more we learn about connection, the more we learn about the factors that hinder it. And it turns out that many of our society’s most ingrained habits…

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How Meaningful Is Your Life?

Human beings are hard-wired to seek meaning in our lives. It’s something we all crave and yearn for, and research shows that having high levels of meaning in…

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Lessons from the End of Life: Connect With Your Priorities

Death and dying are challenging concepts for most of us. When I founded and directed a Health Psychology Department, working with seriously ill and dying patients in a…

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Which Do You Prioritize: Urgent or Important?

If you’re like most people, you probably spend most of your time handling the urgent demands of life, and the rest of your time doing things that don’t…

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The Power of One Simple Question

Whether you’re just starting your journey to become more authentically connected to yourself, others and the world around you…or you’re already at an advanced stage of self-actualization, one…

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What IS Self-Connection?

We talk a lot about self-connection on this blog. In many ways, it is the cornerstone for connection more generally – so it would probably be good to…

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Are You Living Your Highest, Best Life?

If you’re lucky, you might feel you have relatively good relationships and a decent job, and are more or less living in control of your life. Things are…

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Connecting Through Simplicity

Simplicity is one of the most effective tools for cultivating connection—and a more joyful, present way of life. Henry David Thoreau often observed that when our lives are…

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