In this season of disconnection the world appears to be a machine that is designed to get us to neglect what is really important about life.
Poor social relationships, isolation and loneliness can increase heart disease by 29% and increase risk of stroke by 32%.
If this is such a big public health crisis issue, then why aren't we talking about it more?
Has society been brainwashed to the point of believing the American Dream to a fault where hyper individualism is king and connections are merely a hinderance?
Join me uncover the hard science behind why loneliness is so bad for us and why it is more relevant now than ever before.
I fully believe human connection is the medicine this world so desperately needs, but nothing is going to change unless we do. As Derek Thompson said: "the cure is us."
Here are more resources for search: Juliana Schroder, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Johann Hari, Deb Dana and Polyvagal Theory.
