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Loneliness with Jacky Power
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
Support the show
Click here to go to my Substack page.
Click here to buy my book
Click here to buy my a coffee and show your support
Listener support: I love making The Therapeutic Poet podcast, but it does cost time and money. If you have enjoyed it, been informed by it or found it helpful then I would greatly appreciate your financial support. You can do this by:
Taking a paid subscription on my Substack - a weekly newsletter helping people have 'Permission to feel'. You'll receive tips on how to navigate our human tricky things, recorded poems and other goodies.
Buying my book ‘Stop the world I want to get off’
Or buy me a coffee 🤗.
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By Jacky Power
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
Support the show
Click here to go to my Substack page.
Click here to buy my book
Click here to buy my a coffee and show your support
Listener support: I love making The Therapeutic Poet podcast, but it does cost time and money. If you have enjoyed it, been informed by it or found it helpful then I would greatly appreciate your financial support. You can do this by:
Taking a paid subscription on my Substack - a weekly newsletter helping people have 'Permission to feel'. You'll receive tips on how to navigate our human tricky things, recorded poems and other goodies.
Buying my book ‘Stop the world I want to get off’
Or buy me a coffee 🤗.