Hello friends welcome back to the show my guest today is David Robson he's a science writer journalist and an author

Loneliness is the real pandemic many people are yearning for connection but struggle to hold on to it.

David has uncovered 13 laws of human connection which you can apply to build and deepen relationships

with the people in your life.

Expect to learn whether we are actually in a loneliness crisis, how solitude impacts our health,

why people are struggling to make deeper connections, how you can express appreciation more freely to others,

how you can heal bad feelings, why asking for help is actually. appreciation more

David wrote the expectation effect he came on the show maybe three years ago, two years ago,

and that book was so fantastic, awesome insights, and today is the same.

He must drop 20 studies, 20 different stories about some lab somewhere

that found something out and it's been replicated. So much fun. Lots and lots to apply to your life.

Great for interpersonal stuff stuff building new relationships and deepening connections he's awesome I really really hope that you enjoy this one

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