Sonja Lyubomirsky

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1,409 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 25 Jun

Sonja Lyubomirsky’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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connecting with another person, have a conversation with someone else.

It could be a stranger.

It could be your best friend.

Because it's really, and it makes sense, it's really the key to happiness.

It's evolutionarily adaptive, right, for us to be in connection with other humans.

Right.

So lack of connection.

And by the way, we could also talk about not feeling loved.

We can talk about loneliness.

is associated with depression, anxiety, all kinds of adverse physical health effects.

People who are less connected, like don't live as long.

You could even argue that lack of connection might be associated with sort of other societal problems like polarization and hatred and violence too.

I mean, it's really like, so that's why I think feeling loved, feeling connected is so important.

Well, I think they go together, right?

Because if the key to happiness is feeling connected and loved,

That could be the key, you know.

So when I'm reading the headline that makes me cry, you know, I'm talking to my romantic partner or my child or my friend about it.

And we hug each other and we think about what we might do.

We interpret it.

We think how to take action.

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