Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World

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But I would suggest, and I believe Allen would affirm, that as relational beings, most of us will have the greatest influence by investing in a few people, not a few thousand, and by living in a place that enables us to be fully alive, fully connected human beings. She gives us the tools to find those people who will enrich our lives and make us better, stronger humans as a result. We know we need to do life with other people and have a supportive community around us instead of living in isolation, but we often wonder how when we've had friendships fail, we've been hurt, or we feel too busy to even make the effort.

When you receive your matches, it’s totally up to you what to do next – you can either reach out and start a conversation, or you can wait and say hello a different day. Jennie Allen’s new book, Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World, would have given us a roadmap for our predicament. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

You’ll find practical ideas for turning acquaintances into friends, and plenty of real life stories to encourage you.

The hole is bigger than a couple people could ever fill, and so we live constantly disappointed, and we further isolate o. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook).

But science confirms that consistent, meaningful connection with others has a powerful impact on our well-being. The author of Get Out of Your Head offers practical solutions for creating true community, the kind that's crucial to our mental and spiritual health. And there are three in particular I got very close with, went to their weddings (I was even a bridesmaid in one) and to this day I talk to one of them daily! BetterUp can help you improve your professional relationships to be more effective and feel more satisfied. It’s designed to connect with a young, social media–using audience, so I’m even willing to overlook the use of an emoji in published text.