Episode Details

In this episode of What’s Possible, Ilene Schaffer sits down with executive coach, facilitator, speaker, author, and founder of Lead Well Work Well, Shannon Polly, for a warm and practical conversation about human connection.

Shannon, one of the first graduates of the University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology program, brings her background in coaching, facilitation, performance, and positive psychology to explore what connection really looks like. From small moments with strangers to deeper relationships with colleagues, friends, and family.

Ilene and Shannon discuss why connection is essential for well-being, leadership, resilience, and belonging. They explore micro-moments of connection, loneliness, vulnerability, asking for help, active constructive responding, open-ended questions, and the ways perfectionism can quietly block deeper relationships.

This conversation is especially relevant for leaders, coaches, teams, and anyone who wants to feel more connected in a world where many of us are moving quickly, working behind screens, and trying to do too much alone.

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