Jillian Richardson: Why We're Lonely and What We Can do About It

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Jillian Richardson is a professional community builder, speaker and author of Unloney Planet. She has a deep understanding of community and loneliness and is working to help people find meaningful relationships through building community. Take a listen to find out the common thread in our loneliness and exactly what we can do to remedy it.

Jillian Richardson is the author of Unloney Planet, available on Amazon

Visit Jillian's website at www.ThatJillian.com

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0:00.0	Honestly, even just giving talks I feel a little weird about,
0:03.2	I'm about community and connection.
0:04.7	The fact that you asked me to talk at people for 15 minutes,
0:07.6	not my favorite.
0:08.8	So at the end of my talk, I was like,
0:11.0	by the way, I feel like it would be irresponsible of me to be up here
0:13.6	without giving you all a chance to connect with each other so in the break between me and the
0:17.8	next speaker I would love for you to turn to someone who you don't know and ask
0:22.0	them where is a place where you really feel like you belong. to someone who you don't know and ask them,
0:22.8	where is a place where you really feel like you belong and why?
0:26.0	Like super easy question.
0:28.0	And the room just exploded with conversation.
0:32.0	And I had a security guard come up to me afterwards and he said
0:35.8	Jillian I have been working at this event since it started I have never seen a room
0:41.3	where nobody left in between speakers this is the first time I've seen
0:44.8	everyone's day. I was like, yeah, because they had permission to talk to each other.
0:49.1	Right. I'm Sreni Rao and this is the unmistakable creative
0:57.2	podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the
1:00.3	most innovative and creative minds who started movements, built thriving businesses,
1:04.9	written best-selling books, and created insanely interesting art.
1:08.0	For more, check out our 500 episode archive at unmistakable Creative.com. This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber Eats. So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.
1:32.4	Trains, now on Uber.
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