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Thank you. Yeah. Melinda last, last thoughts from you.

Absolutely. And again, you can connect with us and say, hey, do you guys know somebody that I can talk to about... whatever it may be. And chances are, believe it or not through health chatter, we've, we've probably talked to some of those people. So we'd be happy to, to provide that, that service to you. Also, if there's any, um,

Absolutely. And again, you can connect with us and say, hey, do you guys know somebody that I can talk to about... whatever it may be. And chances are, believe it or not through health chatter, we've, we've probably talked to some of those people. So we'd be happy to, to provide that, that service to you. Also, if there's any, um,

information that you would like to share with us that we could put on our website besides the background research that our team has put, we can include that as well. So just, you know, shoot us an email with anything that you would like to include. So thank you so much. It's been a pleasure meeting you, albeit via Zoom call. But you have a great smile and keep smiling.

information that you would like to share with us that we could put on our website besides the background research that our team has put, we can include that as well. So just, you know, shoot us an email with anything that you would like to include. So thank you so much. It's been a pleasure meeting you, albeit via Zoom call. But you have a great smile and keep smiling.

It'll be really nice to have you in our community. For those of you in our listening audience, I want to thank you all for listening in. Our next show will be on healthcare access with ironically, one of our professor colleagues from the School of Public Health. So stay tuned for that. So in the meantime, everybody keep health chatting.

It'll be really nice to have you in our community. For those of you in our listening audience, I want to thank you all for listening in. Our next show will be on healthcare access with ironically, one of our professor colleagues from the School of Public Health. So stay tuned for that. So in the meantime, everybody keep health chatting.

Hello, everybody. Welcome to Health Chatter. Today's show is on loneliness and we'll be addressing isolation as well. We have a really superb guest with us. Stay tuned for that in just a second. Our crew is second to none, really is second to none. They They do our background research. They do our production with us. They do our marketing, the whole nine yards. And they're really, really good.

Hello, everybody. Welcome to Health Chatter. Today's show is on loneliness and we'll be addressing isolation as well. We have a really superb guest with us. Stay tuned for that in just a second. Our crew is second to none, really is second to none. They They do our background research. They do our production with us. They do our marketing, the whole nine yards. And they're really, really good.

So first of all, we have Maddie Levine-Wolf, who's helping with our recording today and does research for us. Aaron Collins, Deandra Howard, Matthew Campbell. And Sharon and Nygaard all do our great work for us, including our production and marketing. So thank you to everybody. Human Partnership is our community organization that really does some great community work, health-oriented work.

So first of all, we have Maddie Levine-Wolf, who's helping with our recording today and does research for us. Aaron Collins, Deandra Howard, Matthew Campbell. And Sharon and Nygaard all do our great work for us, including our production and marketing. So thank you to everybody. Human Partnership is our community organization that really does some great community work, health-oriented work.

for us, especially in the Twin City metropolitan area. So thank you to them. Along with us today is Dr. Barry Baines, our medical advisor. And then of course, there's Clarence Jones, who is my co-host and partner in this initiative. So thank you to all of you. So today, loneliness and isolation, we have a great guest. Her name is Julianne Holt-Lunstad.

for us, especially in the Twin City metropolitan area. So thank you to them. Along with us today is Dr. Barry Baines, our medical advisor. And then of course, there's Clarence Jones, who is my co-host and partner in this initiative. So thank you to all of you. So today, loneliness and isolation, we have a great guest. Her name is Julianne Holt-Lunstad.

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Director of Social Connection and Health Lab at Brigham Young University. We really appreciate her being with us because we're recording this show in the morning and it's earlier for her because she's in mountain time. So again, thank you, Julianne, for that. She is also the founding scientific chair and board member for the U.S.

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and Director of Social Connection and Health Lab at Brigham Young University. We really appreciate her being with us because we're recording this show in the morning and it's earlier for her because she's in mountain time. So again, thank you, Julianne, for that. She is also the founding scientific chair and board member for the U.S.

Foundation for Social Connection and Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection. You know, when you really get down to the idea of loneliness, there really is no doubt in my mind after hearing from her and reading her background that she is really the consummate expert on this subject. So welcome. Welcome to our show today. It's really nice having you.

Foundation for Social Connection and Global Initiative on Loneliness and Connection. You know, when you really get down to the idea of loneliness, there really is no doubt in my mind after hearing from her and reading her background that she is really the consummate expert on this subject. So welcome. Welcome to our show today. It's really nice having you.

All right. So let's get this thing going here. There's a lot of information around loneliness all of a sudden. And my question is, is this something new? It's like all of a sudden, we're talking about loneliness. What the heck? What's going on here?

All right. So let's get this thing going here. There's a lot of information around loneliness all of a sudden. And my question is, is this something new? It's like all of a sudden, we're talking about loneliness. What the heck? What's going on here?

So, you know, I've heard it's a public health issue, okay? And to a certain extent, you know, as I've read about this, it's kind of like you asked the question, is loneliness more of an individual type of thing or is it more community-based type of thing? Are we dealing with more of a medical issue or more of a, I guess, public health community-oriented issue?