Congratulations! You’ve resolved improve the quality of the connection you feel.

You’ve decided that it’s time to focus on your social health and wellbeing and you want to thrive through loneliness whenever you experience it.

You’re awesome. But what do you do next??

This special episode of the HUMANS:Connecting podcast is all about what your first steps are after you’ve made that decision to improve the connection you experience.

This is an episode to watch/listen whenever you are taking those initial steps towards connection: at every New Year, around your birthday or whenever you’ve remembered that you’re worthy of love and belonging just as you are.

In this episode, you’ll:

• be supported by Phil as he walks you through the Connection Resolution workbook, explaining key ideas and helping you complete the free 21-page workbook
• get clear on your next steps towards improving the quality of your connections.
• get great ideas and suggestions to help you set connection intentions for the next 365 days.
• know EXACTLY what you need to do to get that connection you need and deserve.

It’s time to become a connected human.

Download your free 21-page Connection Resolution workbook: https://www.humansconnecting.org/downloads

Connect with us at Humans:Connecting

Website: https://www.humansconnecting.org Phil McAuliffe: https://www.humansconnecting.org/meet-the-team/about-phil-mcauliffe   Become a connected human: https://www.humansconnecting.org/products

Create your Connected Workplace: https://www.humansconnecting.org/creating-connected-workplaces

Get your Connection Plan (Connection Starter Course): https://www.humansconnecting.org/connection-starter-course

Partner with us and let’s change the world: https://www.humansconnecting.org/partners

Watch this episode on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/z3s-yofrf50

Music composed and produced exclusively for the HUMANS:Connecting podcast by Alex Steve: https://www.instagram.com/ajsteve71/   

In crisis now? https://www.humansconnecting.org/crisis-support 

It’s the final episode of Season 2 and it’s tackling an important issue confronting all workplaces, including yours.

We know that loneliness and social disconnection is prevalent in our communities and workplaces, but it’s hard to know what we can do about it.

The answer is to create a workplace in which the humans within it feel connected. We thrive when we humans feel connected and our workplaces flourish when we feel connected.  

But how can you and your organisation best create a connected workplace? Do you do nothing and hope it passes? Do you put on more pizza lunches? Do you bring everyone back into the office? Do you put up some posters and send some emails about connection and hope that does the trick?

All those could work, but we’ve got something that will work for YOUR workplace.

Joining us on this episode is Dr Hans Rocha IJzerman – a world-renowned loneliness and social connection scientist – to talk about our Creating Connected Workplace service and how it supports the humans in your organisation.

In this episode you’ll be:

• served by joining a conversation about human connection in workplaces with a world-leading expert;
• supported as you begin to navigate the boundary between your obligations as an employer and an individual’s right to privacy;
• challenged to uncover loneliness in your workplace as a matter of priority
• inspired to create your connected workplace.

Join us and become a connected human in a connected workplace.

Connect with Dr Hans 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hansijzerman/

ABSL: https://absl.io/

Connect with us at Humans:Connecting

Website: https://www.humansconnecting.org 

Phil McAuliffe: https://www.humansconnecting.org/meet-the-team/about-phil-mcauliffe   

Become a connected human: https://www.humansconnecting.org/products

Create your Connected Workplace: https://www.humansconnecting.org/creating-connected-workplaces

Get your Connection Plan (Connection Starter Course): https://www.humansconnecting.org/connection-starter-course

Partner with us and let’s change the world: https://www.humansconnecting.org/partners

Watch this episode on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/feXgHCj0xlA

Music composed and produced exclusively for the HUMANS:Connecting podcast by Alex Steve: https://www.instagram.com/ajsteve71/  

In crisis now? https://www.humansconnecting.org/crisis-support

It’s natural to want to make some changes when we get to midlife. It’s natural to evaluate where we are in life and reflect on whether we’re living in alignment with our values. Sometimes, we know that things need to change so we can live the next stage in life with ease and alignment.

Too often, our jobs – and the financial security they give us – stop us from making changes in our lives. We realise that we’re wearing golden handcuffs and we can’t remove them without risking a whole lot of pain and discomfort.

Cue Christine Yeung – an organisational psychologist and founder of theWeaver.io. She’s going to share her insights with you to help you escape your golden handcuffs and navigate making changes in midlife.
In this episode, you’ll:    

• be served through identifying if you’re wearing golden handcuffs
• be supported with some great tips to help you navigate the dilemmas
• be challenged to take steps to escape your handcuffs
• be inspired to use the discomfort of feeling lost and overwhelmed as an opportunity to grow and feel connected.

Join us and become a connected human.

Connect with Christine

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-yeung/

Weaver: https://theweaver.io 

Connect with us at Humans:Connecting

Website: https://www.humansconnecting.org 

Phil McAuliffe: https://www.humansconnecting.org/meet-the-team/about-phil-mcauliffe   

Become a connected human: https://www.humansconnecting.org/products

Create your Connected Workplace: https://www.humansconnecting.org/creating-connected-workplaces

Get your Connection Plan (Connection Starter Course): https://www.humansconnecting.org/connection-starter-course

Partner with us and let’s change the world: https://www.humansconnecting.org/partners

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cEjDXTgy2vw

Music composed and produced exclusively for the HUMANS:Connecting podcast by Alex Steve: https://www.instagram.com/ajsteve71/  

In crisis now? https://www.humansconnecting.org/crisis-support

Hustle culture feeds loneliness. Chai Bade - our guest on this episode – found himself feeling lonely when he realised that his long workdays meant that he did little else but work and sleep.

He spoke his loneliness to his sister and she gave him outstanding advice: be more mindful.

Employing this advice changed Chai’s world.  It led him to create The Bunch Up, a service that helps you get the connection you need.
In this episode, you’ll:

• be supported through hearing Chai’s story of loneliness and how he’s becoming a more connected human
• be challenged to slow down and be present
• be inspired to prioritise the connection opportunities available to you through your day

Join us and become a connected human.

Connect with Chai

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaibade/

The Bunch Up:  https://thebunchup.com.au/

Digi Marketers:www.digimarketers.co

Connect with us at Humans:Connecting

Website:https://www.humansconnecting.org Phil McAuliffe: https://www.humansconnecting.org/meet-the-team/about-phil-mcauliffe   Become a connected human:https://www.humansconnecting.org/products

Create your Connected Workplace:https://www.humansconnecting.org/creating-connected-workplaces

Get your Connection Plan (Connection Starter Course): https://www.humansconnecting.org/connection-starter-course

Partner with us and let’s change the world:https://www.humansconnecting.org/partners

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_tLg5_ZCylU

Music composed and produced exclusively for the HUMANS:Connecting podcast by Alex Steve:https://www.instagram.com/ajsteve71/  

In crisis now?https://www.humansconnecting.org/crisis-support

Despite our best efforts, we rarely get to control what happens in life. 

We do, however, get to control how we respond.

Jacob Darkin – our guest on this episode – injured his spinal cord and spent over nine months in the Spinal Unit of Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital. He went through physical rehab to understand his new physical reality and understood that he needed to also work on his social health to understand how he could connect with others.

What he did was genius. We know you’ll be inspired to challenge yourself and engage in your own social rehab after joining us for this episode.  

In this episode, you’ll:

• feel supported when responding to life’s challenges through meeting yourself – and others – where and how you are.  

• be challenged to think of ways you can improve your social health

• be inspired to take action, test your boundaries and run connection experiments of your own. 

Join us and become a connected human. 

Connect with Jacob

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-darkin/ 

Instagram: @jacob.darkin

Kasley Killam’s book – ‘The Art and Science of Connection: Why Social Health Is the Missing Key to Living Longer, Healthier, and Happier’ https://www.kasleykillam.com/social-health-book 

Connect with us at Humans:Connecting

Website:https://www.humansconnecting.org  

Phil McAuliffe:https://www.humansconnecting.org/meet-the-team/about-phil-mcauliffe    

Become a connected human:https://www.humansconnecting.org/products

Create your Connected Workplace:https://www.humansconnecting.org/creating-connected-workplaces 

Get your Connection Plan (Connection Starter Course): https://www.humansconnecting.org/connection-starter-course 

Partner with us and let’s change the world:https://www.humansconnecting.org/partners 

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8GqN1gOWM1Q

Music composed and produced exclusively for the HUMANS:Connecting podcast by Alex Steve: https://www.instagram.com/ajsteve71/  

In crisis now?https://www.humansconnecting.org/crisis-support

Workplace loneliness is the emerging frontier in the global discussion to reduce human loneliness.

We know that humans who feel lonely at work report higher levels of absenteeism. They are less productive, less efficient, and are more likely to leave.

They're also likely to stay and be less productive and less efficient.

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Workplaces around the world are beginning to grasp the importance of addressing workplace loneliness. This episode introduces the concept of workplace loneliness to the podcast and how the answer to workplace loneliness is already with us.  

In this episode, you’ll:

• hear just how prevalent loneliness is in workplaces (hint: it’s in your workplace already…)
• understand why addressing loneliness in workplaces is so important
• understand that human connection is the key to unlocking creativity and increasing productivity, efficiency and staff satisfaction
• learn how Humans:Connecting and Annecy Behavioral Science Lab help you create your connected workplace.

Join us and become a connected human (in a connected workplace).

Connect with us at Humans:Connecting

Website: https://www.humansconnecting.org  

Phil McAuliffe: https://www.humansconnecting.org/meet-the-team/about-phil-mcauliffe    

Become a connected human: https://www.humansconnecting.org/products

Create your Connected Workplace: https://www.humansconnecting.org/creating-connected-workplaces

Get your Connection Plan (Connection Starter Course): https://www.humansconnecting.org/connection-starter-course

Partner with us and let’s change the world: https://www.humansconnecting.org/partners

Watch this episode on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/oXOnY6Whz6w

Music composed and produced exclusively for the HUMANS:Connecting podcast by Alex Steve: https://www.instagram.com/ajsteve71/   

In crisis now? https://www.humansconnecting.org/crisis-support

Doing connection puts you at the very edge of – or well beyond – your comfort zone.

It can be easy to imagine that it’s all too hard, so we don’t do anything.

We can stay in our loneliness, even though we don’t want to.

But as HUMANS:Connecting’s sales manager Jack Hedges says, 10 seconds of courage can change your life.  

In this episode, you’ll join Phil and Jack for a beautiful discussion on:

How 10 seconds of courage can change your life

How support and accountability is critical to moving through loneliness

How Jack contributes to our work destigmatising loneliness

Our exciting collaboration with world-renowned scientists at Annecy Behavioral Science Lab to address loneliness in workplaces.

Join us and become a connected human.

Connect with Jack Hedges

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-hedges-703ab0252/

Connect with us at Humans:Connecting

Website:https://www.humansconnecting.org  

Phil McAuliffe:https://www.humansconnecting.org/meet-the-team/about-phil-mcauliffe    

Become a connected human:https://www.humansconnecting.org/products

Create your Connected Workplace:https://www.humansconnecting.org/creating-connected-workplaces

Get your Connection Plan (Connection Starter Course): https://www.humansconnecting.org/connection-starter-course

Partner with us and let’s change the world:https://www.humansconnecting.org/partners

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tulQHH9kYak

Music composed and produced exclusively for the HUMANS:Connecting podcast by Alex Steve:https://www.instagram.com/ajsteve71/ 

In crisis now?https://www.humansconnecting.org/crisis-support

There are many reasons why we humans experience loneliness, but there is one reason that we consistently notice as the most common reason we hear that feeds your loneliness.

Busyness.

In this episode, we’ll talk about how important it is for you to stop hustling and being proud of your full schedule. You’ll

• hear the price you’re paying for your busyness;
• appreciate that connection can only ever happen in the present moment and your busyness means you’re living in the future; and
• want to know how to flip the script and become a proud busy-off disrupter.

Join us and become a connected human.

Connect with us at Humans:Connecting

Website:https://www.humansconnecting.org  

Phil McAuliffe: https://www.humansconnecting.org/meet-the-team/about-phil-mcauliffe    

Become a connected human:https://www.humansconnecting.org/products

Create your Connected Workplace:https://www.humansconnecting.org/creating-connected-workplaces

Get your Connection Plan (Connection Starter Course): https://www.humansconnecting.org/connection-starter-course

Partner with us and let’s change the world:https://www.humansconnecting.org/partners

Watch this episode on YouTube:https://youtu.be/p7FYZUaVBjk  

Music composed and produced exclusively for the HUMANS:Connecting podcast by Alex Steve:https://www.instagram.com/ajsteve71/ 

In crisis now?https://www.humansconnecting.org/crisis-support

At HUMANS:CONNECTING, we’re all about helping you get the connection you need whenever you experience loneliness.

This includes sharing the great work of other individuals and organisations who are also helping us humans feel connected.

One of those organisations is the Australian not-for-profit, Friends For Good. Its mission is to free us from loneliness and they’re doing some great work that you need to know about.

In this episode, you’ll meet Eleisha Casañas – Friends For Good’s National Research and Community Education Manager. You’ll:

• hear how Eleisha was drawn to help humans feel connected;
• learn some of the frustrations and joys of working in a not-for-profit organisation addressing loneliness; and
• get Eleisha’s fantastic suggestion to support you when you next experience loneliness.

Join us and become a connected human.

Connect with Eleisha Casañas and Friends for Good:

Website:https://www.friendsforgood.org.au

Eleisha’s LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/eleisha-casa%C3%B1as-354067108/

Details of the ‘Harnessing Technology to Increase Human Connection’ online conference (including how to register): https://tald2024.zohobackstage.com.au/HarnessingTechnologytoIncreaseHumanConnection#/?lang=en 

Connect with us at Humans:Connecting

Website:https://www.humansconnecting.org  

Phil McAuliffe:https://www.humansconnecting.org/meet-the-team/about-phil-mcauliffe    

Become a connected human:https://www.humansconnecting.org/products

Create your Connected Workplace:https://www.humansconnecting.org/creating-connected-workplaces

Get your Connection Plan (Connection Starter Course):https://www.humansconnecting.org/connection-starter-course

Partner with us and let’s change the world: https://www.humansconnecting.org/partners

Watch this episode on YouTube:https://youtu.be/l2NGepr4KzU

Music composed and produced exclusively for the HUMANS:Connecting podcast by Alex Steve:https://www.instagram.com/ajsteve71/    

In crisis now?https://www.humansconnecting.org/crisis-support

Strong friendships are vital to your wellbeing. But why is italways so weird and awkward to make new friends? Why does it seem like there’s never enough time to maintain friendships?

We’re honoured to have renowned friendship expert Dr Miriam Kirmayer joining Phil for this episode to help make it less weird and awkward for you.  

In this episode, you’ll: 

• hear why friendships are so important for you;
• get 3 tips to help you make and maintain friendships; and
• hear Dr Miriam’s suggestion to support you when you nextexperience loneliness.

Join us and become a connected human.

Connect with Dr Miriam Kirmayer:

Grab The Free Guide: 5 Ways to Create Connections That Count: https://miriam-kirmayer.myflodesk.com/create-connections

Dr. Miriam’s course: Confidently Connected: Building Meaningful Friendships  https://www.miriamkirmayer.com/how-to-make-friends

Dr. Miriam’s Website: https://www.miriamkirmayer.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/miriamkirmayer/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/miriam-kirmayer

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MiriamKirmayer

Connect with us at Humans:Connecting

Website:https://www.humansconnecting.org  

Phil McAuliffe:https://www.humansconnecting.org/meet-the-team/about-phil-mcauliffe    

Become a connected human:https://www.humansconnecting.org/products

Get your Connection Plan (Connection Starter Course): https://www.humansconnecting.org/connection-starter-course

Partner with us and let’s change the world:https://www.humansconnecting.org/partners

Watch this episode on YouTube:https://youtu.be/16K72u8eRck

Music composed and produced exclusively for theHUMANS:Connecting podcast by Alex Steve:https://www.instagram.com/ajsteve71/  

In crisis now?https://www.humansconnecting.org/crisis-support