425 SelfWork: Six Steps Out of Loneliness

��Today we���re going to talk about loneliness ��� and how one article I read drew some conclusions about it that made a lot of sense to me. One major point ��� we can���t or shouldn���t harken back to older times and think we need to create those now. That���s not the answer. Cell phones, virtual meetings or classes, working from home, pandemic hangover ��� none of that is going to go away. We���re not suddenly going to help a neighbor raise a barn or birth a baby. So we���ve got to understand there���s no going back and instead look forward to new ideas and solutions to address thie epidemic of loneliness. .

So, what is that solution? I���ll put in my two bits per normal here on SelfWork. And it has to do with not believing your thoughts but realizing that they may be painting a reality that���s simply not true.

Our voicemail today is from a listener in Australia ��� although her home is the US ��� and she describes going through a hard time ��� feeling alone ��� and how one of my podcasts on the good enough parent was helpful to her.

Vital Links:

The New York Times article by Matthew Shaer

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