Building Belonging
Our brain is wired for belonging, and we crave it like food and water. Research shows we are strongly motivated to remain connected and in good standing with our social group. But what happens when we are forced apart and aren’t physically able to interact? The pain...
Navigating Loneliness Through the Holidays
If your heart races or your chest tightens when you listen to the news about the pandemic, it’s your sympathetic nervous system firing up because your brain senses a threat. This is meant to last just long enough to give us the strength to run or fight back to...
Zoomed Out? The Neuroscience of Loneliness
The current pandemic has validated decades of scientific research showing how critical social interactions are to our effectiveness. Prolonged physical distancing runs counter to our human drive for social connection. This primal need to connect is deeply wired into...
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