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Fostering Community

Over these past few posts we have been talking about Loneliness and How to Combat Loneliness.  Probably not a huge surprise, but we combat loneliness through relationships.  More specifically, healthy relationships where we feel safe and seen.  These relationships fall into one of two categories: We covered friendships in – How to be a Good Friend & What…

What Does A Healthy Friendship Look Like?

We all long to have friendships.  However, oftentimes we settle for unhealthy relationships.  It might be because that is all we have ever known.  Or we are so attached to our relationships, we are even willing to settle for dysfunctional ones.  Whatever the reason, the questions begs to be asked – what does a healthy Friendship look like?  Before…

How to be a Good Friend

Over these past few posts we have been talking about loneliness and how to combat loneliness.  In my last post I shared how we combat loneliness and probably not a huge surprise, it’s through healthy relationships.  Healthy relationships are relationships where we feel safe and seen.  These relationships fall into one of two categories: Over the next few…

Combatting Loneliness  

In my pervious post – An Epidemic of Loneliness, we explored the prevalence of loneliness and its negative health effects.  But how do we effectively combat loneliness?  The simple and yet simultaneously not so simple answer: relationships. Relationships give us connection.  When we feel lonely, it is an indication that there is a gap between…