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We explore why connection feels harder during the holidays and how nervous system overload, shifting roles, and quick-hit technology drain our capacity to gather. We offer small, practical tools to rebuild trust, start with self-regulation, and create new rituals that fit real life.
• naming the loneliness trend and loss of trust
• stories of risk, travel, and why trust grows with shared effort
• catering vs cooking and the shame loop around time and money
• tech distraction, dissolving roles, and invisible labor burnout
• dopamine vs oxytocin and why slow talk feels hard now
• interoception as the bridge from self to others
• micro-practices to regulate before, during, and after gatherings
• device baskets, one shared dish, and better gratitude rituals
• new third spaces and a monthly three-day reset offer
I hope you'll join me for my monthly three-day resets in the Human Reboot Dojo. You can find that on the school platform. I hope you'll have to check out my sponsor, the Sleeping Dragons Company.
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Chapters
1. Naming The Loneliness Epidemic (00:00:00)
2. Trust, Risk, And Stories From Esther Perel (00:01:27)
3. Holidays, Catering, And Quiet Shame Loops (00:03:40)
4. Tech Distraction And Frayed Traditions (00:06:55)
5. Biology Of Connection vs Quick Dopamine (00:10:39)
6. Burnout, Invisible Labor, And Opting Out (00:14:20)
7. Start With Self-Regulation And Interoception (00:17:20)
8. Practical Rituals For Gathering Again (00:20:05)
9. Gratitude We Can Feel And Receive (00:22:40)
10. New Third Spaces And Three-Day Resets (00:24:55)
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