“An Affirmation of life and all of nature.”

- Alan Arkin, Academy Award-winning actor
author of Out of My Mind

“This is a lovely book. An encyclopedia of the endless connections between species in the natural world. An Affirmation of life and all of nature.”

- Alan Arkin, Academy Award-winning actor & author of Out of My Mind

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Dear Wayne, I am grateful to have met you. And am truly pleased to share that “Being Connected” is among the most important books I’ve read. It gives and then gives more once the last pages are turned, an extra ordinary experience.Thanks so much!

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Barbara Armstrong, October 2025
“This book evokes one’s childlike sense of wonder and awe at the intelligence and mysteries of nature. Beautifully enriched with inspiring photographs and quotes. A joy to read and treasure!”

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Marla Berchard / Verified Purchase
"An inspiring and sometimes heartwarming holistic survey."

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Kirkus Reviews June, 2022
“This book is a wonderful journey to places (and animals) we should care more about. It's written very clearly and filled with so many outstanding stories”

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Being Connected - The Book

“We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky, or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.”

- Henri Matisse

“Being Connected is a game-changer.”

-Marc Bekoff, PhD
professor emeritus, University of Colorado
and author of 30 books.

Being Connected shares dozens of remarkable discoveries of creative intelligence in nature, from ants to elephants, bees to giraffes, and then explores how humans can learn and apply some of these talents in nature to improve our lives.

175 references and over 150 photos and illustrations.

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Being Connected: Finding Your Self in the Beauty of Nature

Wayne Foster, a former senior health, business, and public relations consultant, talks about the value of the TM technique in business development.

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Monkeys Shop for Bargains

In a makeshift market for monkeys, foods were priced at different rates. Yale researchers found that monkeys were able to use coins and shop for bargains. More in Chapter 3, “Creative Intelligence.”

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Starling Connections

Starlings mumerations can be in the millions. Following their neighbors, they move as one morphing mass. Learn more in Chapter 9, “The Art of Synchrony”

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Built-in Navigation

Science is studying if cats can navigate following the electromagnetic field or through special receptors in the eyes. More in Chapter 5, “Methods of Navigation.”

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Ants move like Self-Driving Cars?

Ants can move forward and backward at the same speed. When they need to find a new nest, scouts go out to explore potential new sites. When the scouts return, they gather in a small quorum to decide on the best new nest from the sites found. How are they communicating? They meet in silence. Find out more in Chapter on Quorum Sensing.

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About The Author

Wayne Foster spent 25 years in the learning and development space, building programs for over 100 organizations in North America. He has published a number of works in health care, including Health Care in Canada, and Government to Governance: Illustrations in Public Health of a More Collaborative Public Service.

Wayne has an interest in natural health care and has contributed management and consulting services to organizations offering alternative approaches to health. He meditates each day and spends his free time in nature where he lives on Vancouver Island.

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“An Affirmation of life and all of nature.”

Available in Paperback!

Dear Wayne, I am grateful to have met you. And am truly pleased to share that “Being Connected” is among the most important books I’ve read. It gives and then gives more once the last pages are turned, an extra ordinary experience.Thanks so much!

“This book evokes one’s childlike sense of wonder and awe at the intelligence and mysteries of nature. Beautifully enriched with inspiring photographs and quotes. A joy to read and treasure!”

"An inspiring and sometimes heartwarming holistic survey."

“This book is a wonderful journey to places (and animals) we should care more about. It's written very clearly and filled with so many outstanding stories”

Video IntroductionBeing Connected - The Book

“We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky, or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.”

“Being Connected is a game-changer.”

Being Connected shares dozens of remarkable discoveries of creative intelligence in nature, from ants to elephants, bees to giraffes, and then explores how humans can learn and apply some of these talents in nature to improve our lives.

175 references and over 150 photos and illustrations.

Articles & Insights

About The Author

Video Introduction
Being Connected - The Book