Rita Meade: It's easy to focus on the horrible things that we hear about in the news. But most people are more interested in connection and community, she says. "It can be really paralyzing to think i'm the only one who wants things to change for the better"
Since Covid hit, many of us have seen fewer people and experienced more loneliness. Listener Ivana Cole wants to know what we can do to reconnect and asks, if we can't reconnect: "Can we be happy alone?"
Dr Laurie Santos looks at social connections and how make them with Stanford's Jamil Zaki (author of the War for Kindness).
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