I feel lonely when I miss out on a big family celebration. If I've spent too much time on social media,

seeing how other people are doing. In all honesty, I kind of just stay lonely. I feel most lonely when

I am just so tired because I've given and given and still don't feel valued or seen.

Well, all of us feel some loneliness from time to time, but what if you could change that?

This is focused on the family with Jim Daly, and our guest today is Becky Harling.

She'll offer some ideas on transforming loneliness into true connections with others.

Thanks for joining us. I'm John Fuller.

John, it's interesting that in the culture today, we're so connected digitally, but the surveys

are saying we're the loneliest we've ever been. So that must indicate that simply doing chat

or something is not enough for our soul. And I think the Lord created us for a

relationship. You know, after COVID here at Focus, and I brought everybody back to campus. We have a

handful of remote workers, but they're out of state for the most part. But I just thought, you know,

God created us for a relationship. We have to be in the halls to talk and to look at each

other as we're talking about problem solving and opportunities the Lord is giving us. You just need to

see each other, right, and get a feel. There's so much more. We're going to talk about that today

with our guests. And Becky Harling is a speaker, author, mom, and grandmother.

I'm showing 14 grandchildren. Is that right?

That is correct.

That's a lot.

That's a good thing.

She's a certified coach with the John Maxwell team and the author of a number of books,

including the one that forms the foundation for today's discussion,

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