Even Weak is Strong

It’s book club week, and we’re talking about Belonging and Connection. I thought I’d give you a teaser here, because a couple of the books on this topic have taken up residence in my imagination.

Two of the titles we’ll be reviewing, by Jon Levy and Kasley Killam, both have “the art and science of connection” in their titles. Both are about the importance of “social fitness” as a powerful determinant of health, arguing we should pay it as much attention as we would to our physical and mental fitness. Levy writes, “The fundamental element that defines the quality of our lives is the people we surround ourselves with, and the conversations we have with them.”

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What’s in your Transition Toolkit?

Further to last week’s post about some stats surrounding big transitions, I’m staying with Bruce Feiler’s work this week to explore his “transition toolkit.”

I love the image of a toolkit. You grab what you need at the time. You may have to rummage around a bit. You likely won’t use everything you have, but your tools are there when you need them, even if they are a bit rusty or you’ve never actually pulled them out before…

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