Dating Coach Cherlyn Chong: Why Do High-Achieving Women Love Toxic Men?
Dating and breakup recovery coach Cherlyn Chong explains why you shouldn't just cry it out when you want to get over an ex--you need a game plan. She ...
How Not to Get Eaten by a Cat
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In How Not to Get Eaten by a Cat, Neha Gajwani interviews experts to understand what connection and loneliness actually are, what happens in our bodies when we feel lonely, and what we might do fight loneliness and build more fulfilling lives. She talks to psychotherapists, neuroscientists, historians, connection researchers, sociologists, really connected people, and really disconnected people to start to answer how we can be healthier and happier.
Dr. Roger Patulny: How would you manage isolation amid COVID-19?
Sociologist Dr. Roger Patulny of the University of Wollongong in Australia talks social connection: why it's gendered, how we can foster it during the...
Dr. Emily Cross: Can Robots Help Us Feel More Connected?
If robots can eventually replace cashiers, opponents in chess, and even some doctors, could they help with our biological need for social connection? ...
Dillon Hill: What One YouTuber Did When He Felt Isolated in a New City
He threw a dart on a map and it landed on Vancouver. Shortly after, YouTuber Dillon Hill moved there. Hill realized everyone he spoke to in this new c...
Marlies Maes: How Do We Prevent Adolescent Loneliness?
In this talk, Neha Gajwani asks Belgium researcher Marlies Maes about the difference between social and emotional loneliness. Maes explains why loneli...
What Social Issues Cause Loneliness and Should Doctors Treat It?
The world of emotions is complex, but medical sociologist Dr. Kelly MacArthur knows one thing for sure: racial, gender, and class inequality causes lo...
Dr. Geoffrey Greif: How Do Men See Relationships Differently than Women Do?
How do men see relationships differently than women do? How do you raise boys who turn out to be vulnerable, loving men? In this candid talk, Neha Gaj...
Dr. Eti Ben Simon: Does Sleeplessness Cause Loneliness and Anxiety?
70-80% of people who report anxiety also have trouble sleeping. But is sleeplessness a symptom or something that promotes anxiety? Does a lack of slee...
Dr. Lisa Hinshelwood: What is Social and Emotional Learning and Why is it Critical for Kids?
We grow up studying math, science, and reading. As adults, we work together in teams, for bosses, and sometimes we manage people. We sometimes marry a...
Dr. Abraham Palmer: Is Loneliness Genetic?
We sometimes think of loneliness as a feeling to overcome, one that belongs to the weak or to outcasts. Dr. Abraham Palmer challenges that assumption,...