Humans, After All: We Live in a Hyper-Connected World, and Yet We Are Starving for Connection
<p>“I don’t want to be alone tonight.”</p>
<p>Something in me moved as I watched this woman, a stranger, sharing this in an Authentic Relating workshop. I felt touched because I recognized myself in her.</p>
<p><strong>We live in a hyper-connected world, and yet we are starving for connection.</strong></p>
<p>Why? Because we are humans, and yet, we seem to have forgotten that about ourselves and built lives that disserve us.</p>
<p>This is my call for change and three actions I’ve taken and you can take too.</p>
<h1>The Left Brain Says, “I Do!”</h1>
<p>Two words that define our day and age.</p>
<p>The Western world is left-brained. Success is defined by what we do and how much we do, not by who we are and how we are.</p>
<p>Self-worth comes from the number of items I’ve punched from my to-do list. And even spiritual healing comes from how much <strong>work</strong> I’ve done on myself.</p>
<p>The left brain is the seat of individualism, action, and structure. It’s useful but not meant to steer the wheel alone, leaving the right brain on the bench.</p>
<p>And this is one reason for our current ill-being. We are the generation with the highest rates of depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges while being the generation with the most freedom, options, and choices. <em>(hint: these three are part of the problem, but that’s for another article).</em></p>
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