Sharing – Good News for Sports Fans—Watching the Game Could Actually Boost Your Mental Health
It makes sense; sports can become a community, and we know how much that can benefit our mental health:
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Shared Links (bi-weekly) Aug. 9, 2026
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Sharing – Not Just Social Isolation: Loneliness Comes in Many Forms
It is true that there are people with plenty of social skills and social contacts who are still lonely. As a survivor, I recognize this in things like the small number of people we can talk to comfortably about our abuse, our healing, etc. At various times in my life, I’ve had a lot of friends and was very social. I was still lonely. Because no one saw all of me. No one sat with me in my pain. I kept it hidden from everyone. That’s lonely.
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Shared Links (weekly) April 12, 2026
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Sharing – The Loneliness Epidemic
It requires so much more effort to even have basic interactions anymore. We’ve spent decades designing society this way. It’s not just a personal failing; it’s the entire system. Changing the system can’t be done by one person. But Mandy has some small steps we can take, and if enough people start taking them, maybe we can make some progress and shift the design toward something less lonely.
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Sharing – New research illustrates how live events foster social connection
If we’re going to become a less lonely society, we need to take advantage of opportunities to gather together. It’s that simple. It’s also becoming more challenging to do as we hide behind social media and news media, more interested in keeping us afraid of “others” so that we will continue to give them our attention.
