Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People How to Feel Loved in a World That Feels Lonely with Sonja Lyubomirsky
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Nov 4, 2026 
Sonja Lyubomirsky, UC Riverside psychology professor and happiness researcher, explores why people can be loved yet still feel lonely. She discusses meaningful conversation, curiosity, vulnerability, introversion, and technology’s role in intimacy. Discover her five mindsets for connection and how asking, listening, and sharing can strengthen relationships and ease polarization.
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Why People Can Be Loved Yet Feel Unloved
- Feeling loved means experiencing warmth, connection, affection, and the sense that you matter to someone who matters to you.
- People may miss love when they distrust, overlook, or cannot emotionally receive the affection others provide.
Learn What Love Looks Like To Them
- Discover what makes the other person feel loved instead of assuming gifts, chores, money, or practical help will work.
- Ask about their inner life, follow up, and listen without preparing solutions or responses.
Why Impressing People Cannot Create Love
- Impressing people with status or possessions creates admiration, not necessarily love or connection.
- Authentic interest, vulnerable sharing, warmth, and listening to learn create the bond that showing off cannot.
