Loneliness and social isolation used to be hidden. People viewed them as soft, personal concerns, perhaps lamentable, but not necessarily central to the bottom line. Today, however, what was long ...

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As loneliness reaches epidemic levels worldwide, work has become one of the main settings where connection is either strengthened or lost. In 2023, Vivek Murthy, the former surgeon general of the ...

It’s a painful paradox: We struggle with epidemic levels of loneliness on a planet inhabited by almost 8 billion other people. Loneliness and social isolation are major health concerns, with ...

In an age of speed and hyper-connectivity, stress, anxiety, and loneliness have become silent epidemics. Many people feel increasingly disconnected despite advancements in technology, healthcare, and ...

Ireland once prided itself on being neighbourly. The pub, the parish hall, the pitch: each offered ready-made ways of belonging. But as emigration, the cost of living, and the housing crisis redraw ...