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The Secret to Making Friends as an Adult

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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Having a Community in a Fitness Centre

Religion seems to make us happier because it reduces our collective loneliness. As a divinity schoolfellow, casper began studying whether other secular public spaces could offer the community building interactions that churches provided. Caspar has found that some jims in fitness centres have picked up on our thirst for a community and have incorporated it into their exercise programes. A kind of communal learning environment is a great way to meet people in a way that's not very intense. Whatever it is, put yourself in a communal learning environment where you get to learn alongside other people.

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