The Loneliness Cure

Rediscover the benefits of a real-life social network! Although today's technology allows you to communicate with people all over the globe, it can also leave you feeling disconnected and unhappy in the real world. The Loneliness Cure helps you rediscover the power of socializing in person and finally find the affection you've been longing for. Written by communication expert Kory Floyd, PhD, this valuable guide details the causes of affection hunger, helps you assess your needs, and offers six compelling strategies for attracting more intimacy into your relationships and everyday life. This guidebook details the causes of affection hunger, helps you assess your needs, and shows you how to build genuine connections to those around you. Whether you're looking to get the undivided attention of a friend, reconnect physically with a romantic partner, or grow closer to your family, this book provides you with the tools you need to lead a healthier, happier, and more affectionate life.

"A guide intended to help readers become less lonely"--

From A Simple smile from a stranger to a hug from a close friend, human social connections power our daily lives, and enable us to thrive. And yet, loneliness is on the rise, taking a real toll on our physical and mental health. In this powerful guide and workbook, renowned mental health expert and addictions counsellor Dr. Bill Howatt exposes the root causes of isolation and loneliness, and shows you how to address each one and develop new skills that foster authentic social connections. Through a mix of self-reflection exercises and cognitive-behavioural approaches, you'll learn how to recognize limiting thoughts and behaviours and close social connections gaps in all areas of your life. Employers will also find tips for boosting psychological safety among their teams. The cure for loneliness isn't a quick fix-but if you commit to doing the work, you can cultivate more meaningful social connections and live a fuller, happier life. Book jacket.

What makes people lonely? And how can Christian communities better minister to the lonely? In The Loneliness Epidemic, behavioral scientist and researcher Susan Mettes explores those questions and more. Guided by current research from Barna Group, Mettes illustrates the profound physical, emotional, and social toll of loneliness in the United States. Surprisingly, her research shows that it is not the oldest Americans but the youngest adults who are loneliest and that social media can actually play a positive role in alleviating loneliness. Mettes highlights the role that belonging, friendship, closeness, and expectations play in preventing it. She also offers meaningful ways the church can minister to lonely people, going far beyond simplistic solutions--like helping them meet new people--to addressing their inner lives and the God who understands them. With practical and highly applicable tips, this book is an invaluable tool for anyone--ministry leaders, parents, friends--trying to help someone who feels alone. Readers will emerge better able to deal with their own loneliness and to help alleviate the loneliness of others. Foreword by Barna Group president David Kinnaman.

Dianne Allen brilliantly attacks the loneliness monster that lurks inside. She goes straight for the cause then offers the direct cure for the issues that created your loneliness from the start. No more feeling lonely in a crowded room! If you have ever had even one lonely moment in your life, I guarantee you will see yourself in these pages and if you open to this wisdom, the cure awaits inside. -- Dr. Crystal F. Gifford Nationally known speaker Dianne A. Allen, MA takes her raw experience, education and information and establishes a strategy - a model- for transformation. As with Dianne's approach to living joyfully, the first step in curing loneliness is through daily consistent focused action. Not only does The Loneliness Cure provide the reader a 5 part visual Model for Transformation, but peppers its pages with exercises and a chart to help the reader realize personal solutions. This book teaches that connection is vital for joyful living, so too disconnection fuels loneliness. Loneliness, like contentment, affects all people. By applying the 5 part model, you can truly live a contented and joy filled life without the fear of loneliness. This book offers an active and vibrant way to become free from the causes and effects of loneliness. A contented and grateful life is attained by following the simple daily actions created to help motivate and inspire readers. Find what inspires you to be contented in life by reading The Loneliness Cure.

The compelling autobiography of a remarkable Catholic woman, sainted by many, who championed the rights of the poor in America’s inner cities. When Dorothy Day died in 1980, the New York Times eulogized her as “a nonviolent social radical of luminous personality . . . founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and leader for more than fifty years in numerous battles of social justice.” Here, in her own words, this remarkable woman tells of her early life as a young journalist in the crucible of Greenwich Village political and literary thought in the 1920s, and of her momentous conversion to Catholicism that meant the end of a Bohemian lifestyle and common-law marriage. The Long Loneliness chronilces Dorothy Day’s lifelong association with Peter Maurin and the genesis of the Catholic Worker Movement. Unstinting in her commitment to peace, nonviolence, racial justice, and the cuase of the poor and the outcast, she became an inspiration to such activists as Thomas Merton, Michael Harrinton, Daniel Berrigan, Ceasr Chavez, and countless others. This edition of The Long Loneliness begins with an eloquent introduction by Robert Coles, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and longtime friend, admirer, and biographer of Dorothy Day.

Dianne Allen brilliantly attacks the loneliness monster that lurks inside. She goes straight for the cause then offers the direct cure for the issues that created your loneliness from the start. No more feeling lonely in a crowded room! If you have ever had even one lonely moment in your life, I guarantee you will see yourself in these pages and if you open to this wisdom, the cure awaits inside. Dr. Crystal F. Gifford Nationally known speaker Dianne A. Allen, MA takes her raw experience, education and information and establishes a strategy a model for transformation. As with Diannes approach to living joyfully, the first step in curing loneliness is through daily consistent focused action. Not only does The Loneliness Cure provide the reader a 5 part visual Model for Transformation, but peppers its pages with exercises and a chart to help the reader realize personal solutions. This book teaches that connection is vital for joyful living, so too disconnection fuels loneliness. Loneliness, like contentment, affects all people. By applying the 5 part model, you can truly live a contented and joy filled life without the fear of loneliness. This book offers an active and vibrant way to become free from the causes and effects of loneliness. A contented and grateful life is attained by following the simple daily actions created to help motivate and inspire readers. Find what inspires you to be contented in life by reading The Loneliness Cure.

Loneliness Has an Antidote: The Feeling of Closeness Loneliness isn’t something that happens only when we are physically alone. It can also happen when we are with people. Online friends, followers, or “likers” don’t necessarily add up to much when you crave fulfilling interaction, and satisfying, long-term relationships are not a mystery to be left up to chance (or technology). The good news is that, according to relationship coach Kira Asatryan, loneliness has a reliable antidote: the feeling of closeness. We can and should cultivate closeness in our relationships using the steps outlined in this book: knowing, caring, and mastering closeness. Whether with romantic partners, friends, family members, or business colleagues, these techniques will help you establish true closeness with others. The simple and straightforward actions Asatryan presents in this wonderfully practical book will guide you toward better relationships and less loneliness in all social contexts.