CONNECT --- TWELVE VITAL TIES THAT OPEN YOUR HEART, LENGTHEN YOUR LIFE,
AND DEEPEN YOUR SOUL by Edward M. Hallowell. Pantheon, 1999
INTRODUCTION --- What counts most in life? (pxi-xx)

PART 1 --- THE POWER OF HEARTFELT CONNECTIONS (p51-222)

    1) In the "human moment"

    2) Speaking personally ---connection saved my life

    3) A "miracle" of connection

PART 2 --- CREATING CONNECTIONS (p51-222)

    4) You are already rich in connections!

    5) Family --- what strings our hearts

    6) Children --- the agony and the ecstasy

    7) Intimacy --- the example of one marriage

    8) Friends

    9) Work --- Part I --- Creating good chemistry!

    10) Work --- Part II --- The value of the human moment!

    11) Beauty

    12) The past

    13) Nature and special places

    14) Pets and other animals

    15) Ideas and information

    16) Institutions and organizations --- a connected man in a connected place

    17) Mission and the rubble --- one connected institution

    18) Mission amid the rubble --- connecting to what is beyond

    19) Finding your God --- connecting to what is beyond

    20) A good place for you to grow --- your connection to yourself --- Part I

    21) Tapping your creative side --- your connection to yourself --- Part II

PART 3 --- HOPES AND FEARS --- CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION (223-300)

    22) If connection is so good, why is it in such short supply?

    23) The community of good people

    24) A murder next door

    25) Be a hero, or a star? Which do you want for your children?

    26) Breaking a connection

    27) When the worst happens --- the death of a child

PART 4 --- SELF-ASSESSMENT AND PRACTICAL TIPS (283-299)

    28) How connected is your life? A self-assessment quiz (p285-290)

    29) Practically speaking --- Tips on creating a more "connected" life (p291-299)

PART 5 --- FINDING THE HEART OF YOUR LIFE (p301-311)

    30) "If you want to be Happy" (p303-311)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (p312-313)

INDEX (p315-328)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR --- Harvard Medical School Instructor (p329)

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