Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. And today, I want to talk about feeling disconnected at work,

because a lot of us are, but there are steps that we can take to turn things around. So let's talk

about some of those. You know, I spent seven years in my last full-time job. I loved the work

for like three years. I stayed for four more because of the

people. I had built really tremendous relationships at work with colleagues and internal clients,

vendors, partners, and it felt like my home, away from home. Sometimes when my kids were little,

it actually felt more like a vacation than being home.

But eventually, I got the itch to start my business, and leaving the job was pretty easy.

But leaving the people really left a mark.

Feeling connection at work matters.

It grounds you, you know, it makes you feel part of an ecosystem.

It provides space for collaboration

and informal learning, and it doesn't have to feel like home or like family. It just has to feel

like you're being there matters to somebody else, and vice versa. Connection has been a little

tough lately. I'm working with teams that are struggling. They've never met in person

or haven't seen each other in years. Or they're doing the hybrid thing, but the workplace feels

emptier and it just doesn't feel as connected. Often teams want to continue working remotely.

They just also want to feel more connected to each other. I know for me, feeling disconnected,

it impacts my energy, my creativity, and my desire to push myself, and not in a good way.

What about you? How do you experience disconnection? If you're feeling its impact, here are some

strategies I'm seeing people use pretty successfully

around me. The first is put it out there. If you're on LinkedIn, and please tell me you're on

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