Reducing Loneliness

Reducing loneliness is not just increasing the number of people a person sees, but making more fulfilling social connections.

Seek out relationships with others who are really "your people".

Get busy to distract yourself and enrich your life-like getting out in nature, taking up a creative hobby, or meditating.

Nurture existing relationships, including with people you might overlook. For example, people become less lonely after doing small acts of kindness for their neighbour.