Human connection shapes how we live, work and lead.

HUMANS:CONNECTING helps individuals, workplaces, communities and governments strengthen social health, human connection, relational infrastructure, and respond to loneliness.

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Hi, I'm Phil McAuliffe

I'm the Founder of HUMANS:CONNECTING.

I'm a speaker, writer and global advocate for stronger social health and meaningful human connection.

My work combines lived experience, behavioural and social science, and more than two decades working with humans, organisations, communities and governments around the world.

Today, I work with individuals, workplaces, communities and systems to prioritise meaningful connection, recognise loneliness and respond in ways that strengthen connection instead of deepening disconnection.

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Creating Connected Workplaces helps organisations understand and strengthen the relational infrastructure that shapes how their people connect and work together.

Using behavioural science and organisational measurement, we identify where connection is supporting trust, cohesion and performance, and where disconnection is creating risk.

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Meaningful connection is built, practised and strengthened.

Connection shapes how we experience our lives, relationships, workplaces and communities, but meaningful connection doesn't happen simply because humans are together.

HUMANS:CONNECTING turns understanding of social health, loneliness and human connection into practical connection action for individuals, workplaces, communities and systems.

Empower. Prioritise. Strengthen.

CONNECTION STARTER COURSE

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Understand your social health and the meaningful connection you need at this point in your life.

Work through eight practical parts and build your own Connection Plan and take connection action designed around you and your life.

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What I Learned After 2.5 Years Alcohol-Free | HUMANS:CONNECTING

What I learned after going alcohol-free for 2.5 years: Reflections on alcohol, midlife and connection

It turns out going alcohol-free wasn't the biggest change. Paying closer attention to how I connected with myself and others was.

Midlife connection

When expat life doesn’t feel how it looks: The emotional cost of life abroad

Expat life can look exciting, successful and full of opportunity from the outside. Over time, the pressure to maintain appearances, be endlessly successful and go through the motions of life can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves, others and the life we’ve created.

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The pitfalls of using AI as a therapist | HUMANS:CONNECTING

The pitfalls of using AI as a therapist: When support becomes avoidance, dependence and disconnection

AI can support us in meaningful ways. But what happens when support becomes avoidance, dependence and disconnection?

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Being a social enterprise influences every business decision we make.

The profit we generate through our work helps us create freely available resources, collaborate with others, contribute thought leadership and invest in initiatives that strengthen the global human connection sector.

A stronger global human connection sector benefits everyone.

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