Hello, everyone. You're listening to Family Talk, a radio broadcasting ministry of the James Dobson Family Institute.

I'm Dr. James Dobson, and thank you for joining us for this program.

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I'm Roger Marsh sitting in the co-host seat today.

You know, in a world that is so technologically advanced with so many social media sites

meant to connect you with friends and loved ones near and far, Zoom, FaceTime, online gaming

forums, and more. Yet loneliness is still a big

issue for a lot of people. According to studies over the years, about one out of every three

adults has experienced loneliness or would describe themselves as lonely. In mid-2020, the U.S.

Surgeon General had issued a health alert that confirmed that there is,

quote, an epidemic of loneliness, a health risk of isolation, and a failure to connect

deeply with others through friendships and risk of intimacy. Well, today here on Dr. James

Dobson's family talk, our guest for the program is going to speak into this issue. She is

Cindy McMinneman.

She is an award-winning writer, a national speaker, who has ministered to women for nearly 40 years.

Cindy recently released a new book called The New Loneliness, Nurturing meaningful connections when you feel isolated.

And that will be the topic of our conversation for the next couple of editions of dr. James Dobson's family talk Cindy McMinneman welcome to the

Family Talk broadcast we are delighted to have you with us today thank you

it's a delight to be with you as well well thank you for for sharing that and

now we're not lonely because we're having a conversation between the two of us but

loneliness is it's different I mean you would think as I in the intro, there are so many different ways for people to, quote, unquote, connect. And yet you talk about the fact, you know, asking the question, how did we get to this new state of loneliness? Kind of give us a 35,000 foot overview of where you were heading with this new resource. Twenty-two years ago, I wrote a book called When Women Walk Alone, and that's been my breakout book

thus far. And I talked about how those alone times in our life can be doorways to a deeper intimacy

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