How Men Can Create Friendships As Adults
(a.k.a. The Epidemic Of Male Loneliness)
I have seen an epidemic of male loneliness in my clients over the past decade. This observation is borne out by research. Men are socialized to be self-reliant, to fear intimacy, to be stoic, and to be tough. This leads to a loss of friendships as we age for most men. Other factors entering into this epidemic include divorce, moving for employment, difficulty with repairing relationships after conflict, and more. What’s more, loneliness has been shown to be as dangerous for our physical health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Lonely people are 50% more likely to die than those with social connections. And more than 50% of the U.S. reports feeling lonely and isolated.
Given that there is a problem with loneliness for men, what do we DO about it? How can we begin to build new connections to prevent loneliness and isolation?
Join me in a revealing and useful conversation with Sean Doyle, poet, lawyer and positive psychology professor.
About Our Guest:
John “Sean” Doyle is poet and lawyer and taught psychology at North Carolina State University for close to a decade. Sean has worked on matters of happiness, meaning and resilience with a wide range of individuals and groups, including army drill sergeants, federal appellate judges, Buddhist monks, and foreign governments. Called the “poetic voice of positive psychology,” Sean’s essays and stories are invitations to inject more hope, affection and meaning into the world. His book, Mud and Dreams, is a call to embrace everything that is hard and beautiful about the world, so that we may fall even deeper in love with life. Sean studied philosophy at Rutgers, received his Juris Doctorate from Loyola University-New Orleans, and his Masters of Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. A husband and father of three, Sean lives and writes in North Carolina. For more, please visit www.JohnSeanDoyle.com, or contact Sean directly at LiveFully@JohnSeanDoyle.com.
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