Last month The U.S. Surgeon General released an important report outlining the nation’s loneliness epidemic. Among other things the report demonstrates that loneliness has a equivalent impact on one’s health as smoking 15 cigarettes’ a day. The report provides some practical categories for thinking about loneliness while very tangible suggestions for building a community of belonging.
This report is outstanding, I highly recommend it.
Peace, dwight
Surgeon General on Loneliness