338 | The Loneliness Epidemic
The Minimalists
Joshua Fields Millburn
4.7 • 11.2K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The Minimalists speak with Dr. John Delony, author of Own Your Past, Change Your Future, about loneliness, friendship, love, lust, and jobs that make people miserable, and they answer the following questions:
How do I ensure I don’t fall back into crippling codependency as I explore building relationships again? (01:42)
How do we intentionally practice solitude? (05:33)
What is the difference between solitude and hiding? (06:43)
How do we make friends as adults? (06:51)
Is there any issue in striving to associate with like-minded individuals over open-minded individuals? (13:07)
Where is the best place to find a long-term partner or spouse? (14:46)
What are the differences between love, like, and lust? (19:51)
How do I determine whether to keep a job I detest that makes me miserable, yet provides well for myself and my daughter? (24:09)
How do we transition from an overabundance of acquaintances to fewer, more meaningful relationships? (30:40)
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody! |
| 0:19.0 | I think that you're feeding your greed, |
| 0:22.6 | or I bet that you'll be fine without it. |
| 0:27.6 | Hello everybody, welcome to the Minimalist Podcast |
| 0:29.9 | to rediscover what it means to live a meaningful life |
| 0:32.3 | with the last, my name's Joshua Fields-Millburn, |
| 0:34.5 | and I'm Ryan Nicodemus, and together we are the Minimalists. |
| 0:37.0 | Ryan, we are the most technologically advanced society |
| 0:40.7 | in history, and yet we've never been more anxious, |
| 0:44.0 | medicated and lonely, as today's guest says, |
| 0:48.3 | we have a thousand Facebook friends, |
| 0:51.8 | but no one to help us move our couch. |
| 0:55.1 | Today on the public podcast, |
| 0:57.0 | we're talking about the loneliness epidemic with Dr. John Deloney. |
| 1:02.1 | John, thanks for being here, brother. |
| 1:03.1 | What's up everybody? |
| 1:04.0 | What's up man? |
| 1:04.8 | Thanks for being here, man. |
| 1:05.6 | Yeah, you're doing awesome work. |
| 1:06.8 | I can't wait to dive into it. |
| 1:07.8 | Yes indeed, we got a lot to dive into. |
| 1:09.5 | This Thursday on the Minimalist Private Podcast, |
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