Connection

Food Connects Us, Says Crescent Dragonwagon (Video)

Linda Watson | Posted 05.25.2012

Linda Watson

"We never eat alone," says Crescent Dragonwagon. "Even if you are eating by yourself, you are not alone."

The Meaning of Life in Two Words

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 05.16.2012

Lisa Earle McLeod

The path to lasting happiness is never easy. It takes mental discipline to turn away from the quick fixes being marketed to the masses. And it takes patience to make emotional investments in the people around you.

The False Warmth of Technology

Jenna-Marie Warnecke | Posted 05.16.2012

Jenna-Marie Warnecke

I don't feel half a world away from the people I love, because it's easy enough to get in touch with them, and for us to share our lives electronically. Yet I must admit, I have experienced a most uniquely modern kind of sadness recently upon learning very big news from two of my friends.

GPS for the Soul: From Point A to Point bLife

Paul A. Campbell and Hamet Watt | Posted 04.16.2012

Paul A. Campbell and Hamet Watt

As entrepreneurs, we have spent our careers studying, reimagining and developing uses of new technology.

Become The Love You Seek

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 05.14.2012

Dr. Cara Barker

Be the love you seek in the world, beginning with the one in the mirror. A random good samaritan act reminds us we are worth it.

Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Happiness?

Nancy Colier | Posted 04.30.2012

Nancy Colier

Happiness, when it comes from an external object, is always coming and going. And yet despite the fact that happiness is consistently inconsistent, permanently impermanent, we judge ourselves as failures when we cannot maintain consistent happiness.

Virtual Community: Can We Survive It?

Nancy Colier | Posted 04.01.2012

Nancy Colier

Because we know that we can always get on Facebook, or tweet or text, the very manner in which we are interacting in the physical world has changed. We are less engaged and less committed, less dependent upon this moment of being together for connection and emotional nourishment.

The Spiritual Side Of Facebook

Dennis Merritt Jones | Posted 03.14.2012

Dennis Merritt Jones

The Internet is the way of the future for marketing one's products and services; however, I believe it goes far beyond that. I believe Facebook is such a popular phenomena because people are hungry for connection.

Connection: The Heart of Our Humanity

Gregory Stebbins | Posted 03.13.2012

Gregory Stebbins

Once a day, when you're getting ready to text or email someone, call them and talk instead. Better yet, if it's someone at work or someone close to where you are, go over and deliver your message in person.

Digging For Your Roots, Anyone?

Patricia Rust | Posted 02.28.2012

Patricia Rust

I was already on a cruise through the Mediterranean, so I thought that after the pleasure of cruising, I could enjoy the thrill of research in some libraries in a country where I knew no one. Little did I know that this former country of strangers would soon become a country of friends!

Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: We Are All Connected

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.04.2012

2011-11-28-djfdjigrigjifdjfjfhjghfjghdnfdhfjdf.jpgIf you haven't already done so, please take a moment to vote on what you'd like to talk nerdy about in December.

The I Love You Project

Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 01.02.2012

Caroline Dowd-Higgins

The Beatles created history with their hit "All You Need is Love" in 1967 and social entrepreneur, Alyson Schacherer thinks the message is still relevant today.

Transparency: A New Architectural Approach

Carla Leitao | Posted 04.16.2012

Carla Leitao

(Images in the article are for purposes of illustration only and refer to the piece/installation "Scenario" by Francisco Tropa -- the Official Portugu...

Learning To Give: You Are Richer Than You Think

Viral Mehta | Posted 08.28.2011

Viral Mehta

In this new age of communication, we can work to make the age of the Internet also the age of the "inner-net": the vast, highly inter-connected network within, where we are constantly giving and receiving.

Does Twitter Enhance The Quality Of Your Life?

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Cara Barker

If today, God forbid, were your last day of life, what would be the most meaningful way for you to communicate what is in your heart? Would you Twitter?

Why 'Do You Believe in God?' Is The Wrong Question To Ask

Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman | Posted 06.07.2011

Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman

When you're asking a question with an expected answer, and that answer is the opposite of what you hope it will be, there's no constructive dialogue. It simply comes off as a judgmental attack.

Connecting To The World Wide Web Of Life

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011

Donna Henes

Every person, every mammal, comes into this world powerfully, primally, connected to the mother who bore them, the source and the resource of their life.

How Egypt's Social Media Revolution Could Spread Across the Middle East

Sharon Waxman | Posted 05.25.2011

Sharon Waxman

The drama going on in the Middle East eclipses any storyline Hollywood could conjure, Oscar season or not. Regimes of 30, 40 and 50 years are shaking...

How Good Are You Really At Receiving? Practicing The Three Cs

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Cara Barker

Think back. When did you last resist receiving what was yours for the asking? What goes? How do you get derailed?

How To Defend Yourself Against The Media’s Fear Tactics

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Judith Acosta

Has it really become that hard? Is there no place quiet in the world? Have the media and the golden arches made their presences felt everywhere?

Dialogue and Connection in the Digital Age

Stefania Lucchetti | Posted 11.17.2011

Stefania Lucchetti

A few days ago, I was listening to a corporate communications consultant talk about the lack of dialogue in the digital age and how kids today are no ...

The Cost of Kindness

Lissa Coffey | Posted 11.17.2011

Lissa Coffey

We are all in this together. The time to recognize our connection to each other, and to be kind to one another, is at hand. It all starts right here, right now.

Are You Keeping Pace With Change -- or Not?

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

Marshall Goldsmith

Wayne Turmel is a unique voice in the leadership and communication field. Recently, I had the chance to ask him some questions about how the world of work has changed and how leaders haven't kept pace.

The Phrases That Cancel Us Out

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Cheryl Pappas

Words can either deliberately direct us to a more whole, present way of being alive, or words can degrade and delete the human chain of connection, entirely.

Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.