How Not to Get Eaten by a Cat
In How Not to Get Eaten by a Cat, Neha Gajwani interviews experts to understand what connection and loneliness actually are, what happens in our bodies when we feel lonely, and what we might do fight loneliness and build more fulfilling lives. She talks to psychotherapists, neuroscientists, historians, connection researchers, sociologists, really connected people, and really disconnected people to start to answer how we can be healthier and happier.
How Not to Get Eaten by a Cat
Dr. Abraham Palmer: Is Loneliness Genetic?
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Neha Gajwani
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Season 1
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Episode 4
We sometimes think of loneliness as a feeling to overcome, one that belongs to the weak or to outcasts. Dr. Abraham Palmer challenges that assumption, exposing new evidence that loneliness may be genetic. In this riveting talk, Neha Gajwani discusses this misunderstood emotion with Dr. Palmer, and dives head-first into what we know about our brain on loneliness.