268 - We All Get Lonely Sometimes, But There Are Healthy Ways to Cope With Feeling This Way

The Verywell Mind Podcast

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Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Education

5 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Being lonely really sucks. We've all experienced the moments where everyone we know seems to be busy—we haven't gotten a text back in hours, no one else is at home with us...even our pets can't be bothered with us! While the feeling of loneliness is never fun, we can learn ways to deal with solitude in a healthy way that doesn't start to wreak havoc on our mental health. Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH, Founder of Project UnLonely talks about the toxicity of loneliness and how we can break down the stigma surrounding the topic because it can be hard to admit we're feeling lonely. Dr. Nobel also shares the types of creative expression that can be an antidote to loneliness. For more info visit: verywellmind.com/podcast The Verywell Mind Podcast is produced by: Minaa B., LMSW - Host Kristen Altmeyer - GM/VP, Verywell Mind Jeremiah McVay - Podcast Producer/Editor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. I'm Mina B, and I'm a licensed social worker, mental health educator, and author of owning our struggles. I'll be chatting with experts, wellness advocates,
0:23.3	and others about the power of community care in improving your mental health. We'll delve
0:28.7	into topics such as friendships, managing difficult relationships, and most importantly,
0:34.5	how to cultivate belonging and support in our lives. Now, let's jump into today's
0:40.3	episode. Dr. Jeremy Nobel is a primary care physician, public health practitioner, an award-winning poet with faculty appointments at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Medical School. He is the founder and president of the Foundation for Art and Healing.
1:14.4	His signature initiative, Project Unlonly, has gained national visibility,
1:20.5	addressing the personal and public health challenges of loneliness and social isolation.
1:30.6	Hi, Jeremy.
1:31.9	Welcome to the show.
1:32.9	How are you?
1:34.2	I'm great.
1:34.8	It's a pleasure to be here with you.
1:36.7	Thank you so much.
1:37.9	I'm really interested in having this conversation with you and also just very excited because
1:43.0	you've been doing research
1:44.4	on loneliness for quite some time now. Actually, even before 2020, which is the year that a lot of
1:50.3	us learned about loneliness being an epidemic, but I know you've been studying it way before that.
1:56.8	And I really am just really excited to jump into the conversation to learn more about loneliness.
2:03.3	But before we get there, I also know you are the founder and president of an organization called the Foundation for Art and Healing.
2:12.0	And you have a signature initiative called Project Un Lonely.
2:16.5	So can you first tell us about the foundation for art and
2:19.6	healing and what inspired you to start that? It would be a pleasure. So we started the foundation
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