I Love Friendships

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A friendship is a much freer, more liberal kind of more open relationship where you can be really flawed and admit your mistakes. I think there's courage from those television writers who have written into some friendships that do not have convenient, satisfying romantic endings. Sardinia has this very strange over-representation of 100 year old centenarians but they're really healthy. It's like this wonderful alternate universe where people have found the secret to long life and good health.

On this episode, we welcome journalist Kate Leaver to talk about her new book The Friendship Cure in which she explores the crippling, damaging, life-threatening impact of loneliness and the severe mental health impacts of living a life disconnected from a support network of close contacts. But...there is a cure...learning how to connect with others and curate better friendships.

In the interview we talk about loneliness, how to make friends, the difference between male and female friendship, platonic friendships, friends with benefits and lots, lots, more.

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