What is Connection to the Anxious Generation
Things worth taking away
- The pressures shaping Gen Z directly affect belonging and mental health
- The internet has shifted our moral compass around success
- Connection is a teachable skill
- Concrete habits that restore empathy and rebuild rapport across generations
About this episode
In this episode of Coach Academy’s Connection Experiment, Founder Nathalie Blais sits down with her daughter, Devan, to explore what connection means for Generation Z and why connection training matters now more than ever. They explore the pressures shaping young people today and how those pressures affect belonging, mental health, and the need for relational skills.
Devan and Nathalie dig into how the internet has shifted our moral compass around success, the power of therapeutic conversations that center connection, and practical ways individuals and coaches can pay connection forward. They share concrete habits and conversational practices that help restore empathy, create safer spaces, and rebuild meaningful rapport across generations.
Join Nathalie and Devan as they investigate connection as a teachable skill — curious, candid, and actionable.
We believe coaching is a connection skill — practiced on purpose, it changes everything.