How We'll Live Podcast

In this special "solocast" I am talking about something that’s really important to me - something that’s been on my mind for the past year or so and has shown up A LOT over the past few months.  Along with what I’m talking about today, I'm also going to share a new project that I’m working on  - a project that really needs your help in order to have an impact.  Loneliness is being described as an epidemic. Nearly half of Americans reported feeling alone.  Scientists have long known that loneliness is emotionally painful and can lead to psychiatric disorders like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and even hallucinatory delirium.  In 2015, researchers at UCLA discovered that social isolation triggers cellular changes that result in chronic inflammation, predisposing the lonely to serious physical conditions like heart disease, stroke, metastatic cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease.  Loneliness doesn’t discriminate against age, gender, job title, role in the home, marital status or the amount of money you ma