Practical Skills for Building Emotional Presence

Connectability explores how childhood emotional patterns and trauma responses shape adult communication, closeness, and relational behavior.

Anna Runkle takes a practical, trauma-informed approach, encouraging readers to recognize protective habits that limit intimacy and replace them with grounded, embodied connection skills.

The tone is accessible rather than clinical, blending personal reflection, behavioral insight, and grounded exercises meant to support nervous-system awareness, emotional honesty, and relational repair. The book positions connection as a learnable skill rather than an innate trait, aiming to demystify emotional safety and offer tools for building healthier, more secure bonds.

“There’s no magical island of healing, where one day you’ll be ready to connect again. Healing happens in the water with everyone else, together.”
– Anna Runkle

A Clear Guide in a Crowded Healing Genre

Since release, Connectability has resonated strongly with audiences drawn to trauma-healing frameworks, emotional literacy, and nervous-system-based relationship work. Readers praise its clarity, grounded tone, and actionable exercises, highlighting its ability to bridge internal emotional work with practical interpersonal behavior. At the same time, some note its self-help orientation leans more experiential than academic, placing it firmly within accessible personal-growth literature rather than clinical psychology. The book strengthens Runkle’s role as a prominent voice in trauma-awareness spaces and aligns with broader mainstream interest in healing, somatics, and relational skill-building.