The Loneliness Epidemic

How to Be Fine

Kristen and Jolenta

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 5.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

We’re back with a whole new season of How To Be Fine dedicated to the loneliness epidemic - with topics ranging from finding peace with solitude to making friends as an adult to breaking up with BFFs. Kicking things off is a conversation with Dr. Louise Hawkley, a field-leading expert on loneliness and social isolation who works with the National Opinion Research Center. We want to hear from you! Share your own experiences with friendship and loneliness on our private facebook community: facebook.com/groups/kristenandjolenta or write to us at [email protected] And join our Patreon Community to get access to live monthly book clubs with Kristen and Jolenta, ad-free exclusive episodes of By The Book, minisodes of us talking about what we’re reading, the written rules of every self-help book we’ve ever lived by, tips from our experts, advice, and more: patreon.com/listentobythebook Also, be sure to follow us on Instagram: @howtobefinepod, @k10meinzer & @jolenta_G Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, how to be fine listeners, before we start today's episode, which we are so excited about,
0:08.0	huge announcement, we are re-launching by the book exclusively on Patreon. That is right. If you miss hearing us live
0:17.1	by the rules of self-help books while recording ourselves fumbling and in
0:21.5	some cases living our best lives. Go to
0:24.4	Patreon.com slash listen to by the book for new episodes.
0:28.6	And that's not all to kick off the return of by the book. We aren't just doing monthly episodes, but
0:35.6	we're living by the entire 12 weeks of the artist's way. That's right, the most
0:40.4	requested book we've yet to live by. The first episode is there on
0:44.6	Patreon right now. But wait there's more. If you join us at the club level
0:50.8	you'll be able to join me in Kristen for a live monthly book club
0:54.5	to discuss whatever book we've most recently lived by. That's right the return of
0:59.3	by the book and a live book club to boot.
1:02.8	To learn more, visit Patreon.com slash listen to by the book.
1:07.0	That's P-A-T-R-E-O-N dot com slash L-I-S-T-E-N-T-O-B-Y-T-E-B-O-K.
1:19.8	Hey Joenta.
1:20.8	Yeah, Kristen.
1:22.0	What is the number one issue that our beloved
1:24.8	listeners write to us about? I would say broadly speaking that would be
1:28.9	friendship, but more specifically they write about the challenges of making friends as an adult.
1:35.0	And how to stay in touch with friends when they move away.
1:38.0	Oh yeah and how to navigate challenging friendships.
1:42.0	And more than anything what to do about combating loneliness.
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