CategoryRelationships, Family & Social Conditioning

When the holidays highlight the relationships that hurt, awareness offers a way forward without forcing closeness or abandoning yourself.

Loneliness is often treated as a social problem, when it may be rooted in a deeper sense of separation. Loneliness has become one of the most widely discussed conditions of modern life. Headlines describe an epidemic. Studies measure rising rates of isolation. Solutions are proposed: more connection, more community, more interaction. The assumption beneath most of these conversations is simple...