• [ ] we are wired for connection. (Location 595) • [ ] Our autonomic nervous system longs for connection with another system and sends signals out into the world, searching for signals in return. (Location 595) • [ ] Connection is a wired in biological necessity; isolation, or even the perception of social separateness, leads to a compromised ability to regulate our autonomic states and impacts our physical and emotional well-being (Location 602)