E143: How to Create Emotional Connection

About this episode

This episode explores how to create emotional connections by staying present with oneself and others, especially in challenging moments.

Emotional connection isn’t built by saying the right thing or fixing the moment. It’s built when you know how to stay present—with yourself and with another person—especially when things feel awkward, uneven, or unresolved. In this final episode of our emotional attunement series, we slow everything down and put real feet on the ground. You’ll learn: what emotional connection actually is (and why it breaks down so easily)how to stay connected to yourself when your body is activatedhow to disc...

People in this episode

Host: Jill M. Lillard

Topics covered

• emotional connection
• self-awareness
• relationships
• emotional attunement
• presence

Keywords

• emotional connection
• self-awareness
• relationships
• emotional attunement
• presence
• activation
• communication

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