The Loneliness Epidemic

How to Combat Loneliness & Isolation

What You'll Learn

Series Overview

5

min

How Compassion for Others Can Combat Loneliness

Loneliness increases our risk of death by 30%. Here’s how compassion can help combat this public health epidemic, according to Dr. Sue Varma.

6

min

The Surprising Statistics on Loneliness & Why It Exists

Understanding why loneliness exists and how it affects is critical to finding relief. In this session, Dr. Varma explains which demographics are most affected by loneliness and what people who are considered “least lonely” do to live their best life.

6

min

How to Effectively Pull a Loved One Out of Loneliness

There are tangible steps you can take to effectively help a loved one out of loneliness. In this session, Dr. Varma explains those steps.

6

min

How We Can Solve the Loneliness Epidemic

In our final session, Dr. Varma provides additional tips you can implement today to combat this true epidemic.

Loneliness is now being called a public health epidemic. It’s not just affecting an individual, it’s affecting a whole society. We’re finding that the subjective feeling of loneliness is equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes per day in the way that it affects our health.
Dr. Sue Varma
Board Certified Psychiatrist, M.D.

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About The Series

A study published by the global health service company Cigna, found that 46% of U.S. adults report sometimes or always feeling lonely and 47% report feeling left out. Cigna calls those "epidemic levels."

We live in a world more connected than ever, yet, we’re lonelier than ever. When does loneliness become a mental health crisis, and why is it so pervasive today? Dr. Sue Varma is a renowned expert on the mental health implications of loneliness.

In this series, Dr. Varma shares surprising insights on the impact of loneliness, what truly triggers it in the first place, how compassion for others can combat loneliness, and much more.

Who is this series for?

This series is for people who want to combat their own loneliness and implement stress management and coping tools to assist in living a fuller life.

This series also acts as a guide for supporters to help them help the ones they love through their bouts of severe loneliness.

I first was only interested in watching your Debunking Depression series but found a lot of value in the series on loneliness with Dr. Varma. The series made me aware of some behaviors in myself and my child that I was not paying attention to. Now I can make better choices for both him and myself. Thank you for that series as it was really helpful!
Deborah H.
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