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Project Reconnect

a journey back to relationship in a disconnected world

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I’m Shaylyn, and I believe that loneliness, isolation, and social fragmentation are the most pressing issues of our time. Project Reconnect is my one-year living journey to revitalize relationship and community in my life, and to help others get inspired to do the same.

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  • Weave: The Social Fabric Project
  • January: Making Time to Connect
  • February: From Connection to Closeness
  • March: Inviting People Over, Inviting People In
  • April/May: A Nation of Neighbors
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • My Story
  • Weave: The Social Fabric Project
  • January: Making Time to Connect
  • February: From Connection to Closeness
  • March: Inviting People Over, Inviting People In
  • April/May: A Nation of Neighbors

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My Story  2 Comments

December 27, 2018January 30, 2019

America the Lonely

Could the source of our national sickness and my own ongoing sense of incompleteness be one and the same? And could the solution be–if not simpler, then far more elemental–than we think?

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December 26, 2018January 29, 2019

The Thread of Community

I have begun to see that the hole in my soul that has recently been calling out for attention is in the shape of something I have thought more about than almost anyone, but, in reality, have less of than almost everyone.

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