At-Home Video Course

Hi — I'm Carrie. If you've ever stood in a room full of people and still felt alone, I want to show you another way of thinking about connection. Sometimes the problem isn't confidence. It's the conditions around us.

For the past two years, I've been bringing strangers together through West Coast Speaks, the nonprofit behind Meet a Stranger events in Greater Victoria. More than 700 participants have taken part in those events, sitting down with people they didn't know and having structured, face-to-face conversations.

After watching hundreds of those interactions unfold, I started noticing patterns. Certain conditions seemed to make it easier for people to begin talking, move past the awkwardness of starting, and give connection a chance to develop.

Those observations became Connecting by Design and its four conditions for connection: Invitation, Environment, Structure, and Repetition.

This course brings that framework home to you. It's for anyone who wants more connection in their life but isn't necessarily sure how to begin. There's no personality to overhaul and no script to memorize. Instead, you'll learn how small changes to the conditions around an interaction can make connecting with other people feel easier and more natural.

Across 6 modules and 25 short videos, I'll walk you through the Connecting by Design framework and help you look at what's making connection easier — or harder — in your own life. You'll also have a 31-page printable workbook with reflections, practical exercises, and small experiments you can try in the real world.

Connection doesn't have to be left to chance. You can't force it — but you can create better conditions for it to happen.