In this episode of the Joyfully Managed Life podcast, host Jessica Eastman Stewart tackles the modern public health issue of loneliness and isolation, drawing information from a 2023 government paper titled "Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation". Jessica highlights the importance of social connections for our overall well-being and the negative impacts of social isolation. She also introduces listeners to a non-profit organization, Sunny, which offers a digital library full of resources to help improve social connectedness. Jessica ends the episode by providing a few text prompts, crafted from Sunny's resources, for listeners to use as ready initiators to reconnect with people in their lives. She urges her audience to acknowledge the loneliness epidemic our society faces and take steps towards improving social connections.

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• Sunny: Meaningful connection in a modern world
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