1400: The Cost of Loneliness on Health and Wealth
So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Farnoosh Torabi
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🗓️ 24 August 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
More than 60% of American Adults suffer from loneliness, making it the fastest growing epidemic on the planet!) And it often goes unchecked. Today we’re exploring loneliness and its impact on our well-being, including financial well-being. with guest Unni Turrettini, author of Betraying the Nobel: The Secrets and Corruption behind the Nobel Peace Prize (Pegasus Books, 2020), and the award-winning The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer where she explores a mass shooting tragedy in Norway and what it teaches us about loneliness.
We discuss: The difference with being alone versus lonely; loneliness as a state of mind versus just a really bad, intolerable situation; why the quality of our connections is directly linked to our sense of self-worth. And does remote work contribute to more loneliness?
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| 0:00.0 | SoMoney is brought to you by CNET, the site that shows how to navigate change all around us. |
| 0:06.3 | SoMoney Episode 1400, the cost to loneliness and how to drive meaningful connections in today's world. |
| 0:14.3 | You're listening to SoMoney, with award-winning Money Guru Farnoosh Karabi. |
| 0:18.8 | Each day, in a 30-minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds, |
| 0:24.0 | authors, influencers, and from Farnoosh herself. |
| 0:28.0 | Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons? |
| 0:31.6 | Sorry, you're in the wrong place. Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life. |
| 0:36.8 | Welcome to SoMoney. |
| 0:40.7 | Contribution is one of our basic human needs because when we give up ourselves, |
| 0:44.7 | it makes us feel like we matter. Like what we are doing, we are contributing, |
| 0:50.0 | we're actually making a difference. |
| 0:51.9 | Welcome to SoMoney, everybody. I'm Farnoosh Karabi. |
| 0:54.8 | Our topic shifts today to a huge what's now being called an epidemic in our country, |
| 1:00.5 | loneliness, more than 60% of Americans suffer from this. |
| 1:04.6 | It is the fastest growing epidemic on the planet, and it often goes unchecked. |
| 1:10.3 | So today, we're going to explore loneliness and its impact on our well-being, |
| 1:14.5 | including our financial well-being. |
| 1:16.4 | Our guest, Unitary Teenie, is the author of Betraying the Nobel, |
| 1:20.0 | the Secrets and Corruption behind the Nobel Peace Prize, |
| 1:22.9 | as well as the award-winning book, The Mystery of the Loan Wolf Killer, |
| 1:27.0 | where she explores a mass shooting tragedy in Norway, |
| 1:29.8 | and what it teaches us about loneliness. |
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