Thanks for the insight on the importance of our social connections and the reference to the Wadlinger TED talk. He closes his talk with a fitting quote from Mark Twain, “There isn’t time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.”
I wonder what role social media and the high pace of life play in the increased isolation rates... Maybe sometimes, we feel safer in isolation. Just a thought...
On the other end of the spectrum, there's fear of rejection/isolation which also pushes people into unhealthy behaviour.
Thanks for the insight on the importance of our social connections and the reference to the Wadlinger TED talk. He closes his talk with a fitting quote from Mark Twain, “There isn’t time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.”
Excellent article and advice.
Afterall we are social beings; we need the connection.
I wonder what role social media and the high pace of life play in the increased isolation rates... Maybe sometimes, we feel safer in isolation. Just a thought...
On the other end of the spectrum, there's fear of rejection/isolation which also pushes people into unhealthy behaviour.
I was lucky enough to hear Dr Vivek Murthy speak at the World Happiness Summit in London a few weeks ago. His insights and statistics were sobering.
Link to WOHASU below, in case they make some of the videos accessible later on in the year: https://worldhappinesssummit.com