The effect that weak social connections can have on physical health is equivalent to the risk of smoking 15 cigarettes per day!

(Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, professor of psychology and neuroscience 2010).

This podcast is a different format to the others. The guest this week is...you! Loneliness can be such a taboo subject, but not here. I invite you to get familiar with your loneliness through a meditation and the suggestion of some writing exercises.

Show notes:

The poem I reference is 'how to be alone' by Pádraig Ó'Tuama.
Books I reference:
'Together' by Vivek H Murthy
Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton

Articles:
Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, professor of psychology and neuroscience 2010: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316

Loneliness: The experience of emotional and social isolation by RS Weiss

Information on G. Rizzolatti and mirror neurons: https://www.dialoghisulluomo.it/en/rizzolatti-sinigaglia/are-we-social-beings-a-dialogue-between-neuroscience-and-philosophy