From the moment we are born we can't exist alone. We are 'primed' to connect with others and instinctively we connect with our primary caregiver - normally our mother who feeds us and bonds with us so our emorional selves so that we can be nurtured. Connection is essential for survival.

As adults we don't stop needing connection - both socail and emotional. A study following Covid found that isolation was detremental to a person's health and wellbeing.

Most of our behaviours are driven by the need to avoid social exclusion. We do this by trying to gain social approval in big and small ways...

We explore small zechnage ways of moving towards authnticity in relatioinships.


Wellbeing Checker link
https://jimbennett.global/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Wellbeing-checker-EAP-poster-interactive.pdf