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Loneliness is Reshaping Your Workplace
“I actually look forward to IT check-ins because it’s the only time someone asks how I’m doing. That’s supposed to be the most boring meeting of the month, and it’s the one place I feel like a person.” Read the full article by Kristin Gleitsman and Luis Velasquez at...
‘Some people are in a season of friendlessness’
We get advice on parenting, work and romantic relationships, so why not for friendship? Relying on friendships to evolve without effort will ensure that loneliness endures, US podcaster and writer Danielle Bayard Jackson says. Read the full story at RNZ.
On homeless people in libraries
Libraries exist on the frontline of homelessness and the epidemic of loneliness. Judith Galtry observes how the role of libraries have changed over time. Read the full story at Newsroom.
Loneliness is a global health threat and a political failure
Social disconnection shortens lives and fractures societies. The WHO is urging leaders to act now before more lives are lost. Around the world, an invisible threat is increasing the risk of disease, shortening lives and fraying the fabric of our communities. Read the...
I was getting lonely. Here’s what happened when I tried to make new friends in my 30s
Read the full Guardian article about human connection. From streaming services to food-delivery apps, the modern world conspires to keep us home and alone. But I went out looking for a human connection. Iam lucky enough to have some wonderful friends. But recently...
The one simple trick to social cohesion? Trust your neighbours more than your MP
Read the full Spinoff story about the importance of regular face-to-face interaction. At a gathering of global religious, political and cultural experts in Singapore this week, one action has been cited over and over as a key to social harmony. At the International...
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