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179. How to Fix Our Loneliness with Dr. Marisa G. Franco

We Can Do Hard Things

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Why Do Friendships Matter?

Loneliness is a chronic stress state, like your body's undergoing more inflammation. Loneliness doesn't just change how you feel; it changes how you perceive the world. To know ourselves fully, we need to interact with different people who bring up different parts of us. And so if this book can work for me, there's no one it cannot work for.

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