Feeling connected is the secret to a long and healthy life, an uplifting community increases our chances of success when looking to invite healthy change into our lives, and the depth of our connection is more important the breadth when it comes to reaping these benefits.  The question remains:  How can I DEEPEN the connections in my life? How can I FEEL connected? 

Can you imagine if after your upcoming social or networking event, instead of leaving with a few business cards, handshakes, and "we should get together some time's", you made someone feel understood, cared for, comfortable, and they trusted you??  Well here are 7 tips to help you make that happen.

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We've all seen sporting events where things just aren't clicking for one team and they call time-out.  The purpose of the time-out is to stop the clock, take a break from needing to react, players can catch their breath, and most importantly to evaluate & adjust the strategy.  In this episode, Whitney shares how she took a "time-out" from dating to make sure she was the kind of person that the guy she wanted to attract would be attracted to.  You will learn the value of taking a break to reassess, how to focus on the important steps you need to take next, then get back to work.  Whether you are looking for your perfect teammate, trying to build an uplifting community, or simply looking to make some changes in who you are, these insights into the value of a "pause & restart" could make a massive difference in your life.

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Can you imagine if we NEEDED evidence that we could do something before we tried it?  If babies decided they couldn't talk because they had never talked before?  It sounds ridiculous, but this is exactly what happens when we desire big changes in life.  We say, I've never been in shape before, I've never had a job like that before, I've never run a marathon before.  We use evidence from the past as evidence of what is possible - this is a logically inaccurate and it holds us back.

In this episode, Whitney and Jake discuss the places in their own lives where this false logic has shown up and the strategies they've used to defeat it.  Learn how to believe something you've never believed so you can achieve something you've never achieved. 

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Life is a series of highs and lows and the least amount of time is spent on the peaks or valleys.  The majority is spent either climbing or falling.  This podcast is about those times that show up right after a valley.  How do you start to climb again when the peak seems so far away?  Whitney and Jake discuss their personal experience with that climb out of the valley and the value of being grateful for the lessons - even when you're not grateful for the actual experience.

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Social discomfort comes in many shapes and sizes, but can basically be boiled down to the fear of rejection. In this episode, Whitney and Jake dive into the idea that since fear is an emotion & emotions are ONLY caused by thoughts, we can choose thoughts that decrease the fear. Then - we can take specific steps to increase our faith in our own value and set up the perfect storm of social success.  Want to diminish the discomfort you feel in social situations? - this is the episode for you.

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A friend of ours observed, "Whatever is growing in the environment of your life is the evidence of what that environment is best suited to grow." That's why sometimes when we try to change a habit without changing the way we live our life, it's like trying to plant a palm tree in Alaska ...it's just not going to grow.

We change the environment of the Earth by contributing it and we change our social environment by contributing to the experience of its members.  In this podcast we offer 3 ways to contribute to your community and allow yourself to "grow something new".

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Have you ever been so hungry that the quality of food doesn't matter, just how quickly you can get it?  Us too!!  It's very similar to those seasons of life where we crave connection so bad that we are willing to hang out with anyone we can find ...even if they are not so good for us.  In this episode we discuss strategies for getting back on track and building a community that FUELS YOUR FIRE

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Feeling the need for connection is no more indicative of your value as a person then feeling a need for food, but for some reason we have a tendency to judge ourselves much more harshly for feeling lonely than we do for feeling hungry.  In this episode Jake and Whitney break down three steps to STOP the cycle of "shoulding" all over your desire to have more humans to talk to.

This podcast contains references to:

Baya Voce, John Cacioppo, and Margaret Manning

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In this episode, Whitney and I distill information from Olivia Fox Cabane down to 4 keys for increasing your likability.  It is so jam packed with information, that we decided to include a PDF download so we could keep the podcast to 20min.

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If I only worked out when I felt like it, I'd be in big trouble and I'd be frustrated with the result.  The same goes for connecting with people.  If you want an amazing community, you're going to have to prioritize connection even when you don't feel like it.  In this episode we share some insights into how to take action even when you'd prefer to watch a movie alone.

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