Hey everyone, welcome back to on purpose. The number one health podcast in the world.

Thanks to each and every single one of you who come back every week to listen, learn and

to grow. Now this week, I've been speaking to a lot of you. I've been talking to a lot

of my friends, I've been reading comments and I'm noticing something that a lot of people

are struggling with their mental health at this time, with the pandemic, with the lockdown.

I know that it's affected so many of us in so many different ways. And so today, I actually

wanted to focus on how we can experience more love and connection during lockdown because

whether you are surrounded by lots of people or whether you're living alone, we all experience

the need for more love and connection. So this isn't just if you're lonely, this isn't

just if you're surrounded with friends. Even if you've started reconnecting with a small

group of friends and even if you've started quarantining in a small group and getting

together again, this is really, really important because for a lot of people, it's been hard

to figure out how to reconnect. Right? How many of you are struggling to have just a normal

face to face conversation? Maybe you are, maybe you're not, but it's so important that we

learn how to find more love and connection in our lives, especially post pandemic. And

if you're not listening to this for yourself, remember to listen to it for your friends,

your family, who may be feeling this way. There may be someone in your life that is feeling

this way. So listen to this. According to researchers at Stanford University, loneliness is

the number one reason that people seek therapy today, the number one reason. And more and

more people are seeking therapy, seeking coaching and seeking community in their lives. And listen

to this, researchers at the University of Arizona recently administered a loneliness

survey to more than 1000 Americans from all 50 states in the US aged 18 to 35. Some of

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