In Sardinia, where men live as long as women, people often live to be older than 100 years old. They have fantastic health, they look great and they're happy is that they do know who their neighbors are. Everyone lives with everyone else even in their old age, they're living with their friends. It's not a secret to their diet because they're sort of living this carb-rich fantastic diet which goes against all sorts of other wellness myths.
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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