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When the World Shut Down, They Saw It Open

By Zoe Beery — 2020

For some of the 61 million Americans with disabilities, the ability to work, learn and socialize from home has been an unexpected expansion of possibility.

Read on www.nytimes.com

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Studying Abroad: Culture Shock

Five students from five different continents tell us how they adapted to a brand new culture when they first came to study abroad.

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Built to Belong: Discovering the Power of Community Over Competition

This fresh, inspiring call to community and connection from an entrepreneur and leader is perfect for anyone feeling alone and ready to set off on a journey to true belonging. Many of us feel more alone than ever despite living in the most connected society in human history.

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LGBT Documentary: Gay, Old and Out

Meet the people who paved the way for LGBT rights. It has been a long hard fight to secure acceptance for the LGBT community, and the older people who fought the fight often get overlooked and forgotten.

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The Way of Rest: Finding the Courage to Hold Everything in Love

The Way of Rest gathers nearly 200 of Jeff Foster’s most inspiring essays, poems, and reflections on restoring and reviving ourselves when we feel exhausted or defeated.

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The Compassion Project: A Case for Hope and Humankindness from the Town that Beat Loneliness

Frome in Somerset, UK, has seen a dramatic fall in emergency hospital admissions since it began a collective project to combat isolation.

Julian Abel, Lindsay Clarke

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Connection: How to Find the Life You’re Looking for in the Life You Have

We are in the midst of an epidemic of loneliness. Though modern technology purports to “connect” us like never before, we live increasingly isolated and insulated lives, painfully disconnected from each other, from our values, and from ourselves.

Kristine Klussman

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Stop Feeling Isolated

In this video, Mo Fathelbab, the author of “The Friendship Advantage," teaches us his seven keys for building authentic relationships.

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True Belonging: Mindful Practices to Help You Overcome Loneliness, Connect with Others, and Cultivate Happiness

When was the last time you experienced authentic connections with others, truly felt that you belonged, and were surrounded by people who really understood you? Even though many of us experience the power of deep connection much less often than we would like, this sense of true belonging is always...

Jeffrey Brantley, Wendy Millstine

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The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other

Loneliness has reached epidemic proportions, according to many sources. In an age of mobility and fraying civic life, we are all susceptible to its power.

Charlotte Donlon, Lauren F. Winner (foreword)

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Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

Murthy’s prescient message is about the importance of human connection, the hidden impact of loneliness on our health, and the social power of community Humans are social creatures: In this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem and the solution to the current crisis of loneliness.

Vivek H. Murthy

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