Claire worked in the marketing department for an up-and-coming artisan bakery.

Unfortunately, the artisan bakery in question was so up-and-coming.

Nobody actually knew it existed.

But then she had the really good idea to use Canva to create a business plan.

It looked good, really, really good. Their investors thought so too.

And now their hotcakes are selling like, well, exactly. Thanks, Canber. There is an extremely

strong correlation between using social media for 30 minutes or less a day and improving your mental health, including

overcoming depression, loneliness, and anxiety. So almost every mental health issue can be

significantly improved with less social media time.

Hey, welcome to the Growth Lab podcast.

I am your host, Dr. Josh Ax.

Today we're going to be talking about the epidemic of loneliness, including the science behind it and some of the natural ways that you can overcome loneliness.

Also, the government is looking out, putting out a bill here soon called the loneliness bill in ways the government

may help take on loneliness. However, I think you may know a lot of times when the government

tries to take things on, it is very ineffective. So I'll give you my thoughts about that as well.

But today we'll talk about the loneliness bill, gut-house social media community, and all things related to loneliness.

Now, loneliness has been on the rise with rates having doubled since 1980.

You know, and it's kind of a paradoxical twist to consider how modern technology and social media has allowed us to be more connected than ever before from a distance.

However, I believe our relationships are much more shallow. And research even tells us that the higher

the social media use, the more pervasive loneliness is. And you may wonder how prevalent

loneliness is. Well, according to similar studies, nearly half of

Americans report feeling lonely or isolated. And over 40% say their relationships aren't meaningful.

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