Episode 14: Loneliness and Busyness

Hope for the Lonely with Charlotte Donlon

Charlotte explores connections between loneliness and busyness, focusing primarily on young adults who are some of the loneliest people in the United States.Show NotesCigna Study on Loneliness (https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8294451-cigna-us-loneliness-survey/docs/IndexReport_1524069371598-173525450.pdf)Young Americans Are The Lonelinest American Adults, According To A New Study (https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-thursday-americans-are-lonely-0503-story.html)I Trained Myself To Be Less Busy--And It Dramatically Improved My Life (https://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/1/25/14362156/busy-overwhelmed-values)Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by Adele Calhoun (https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Disciplines-Handbook-Practices-Transform/dp/0830846050/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2JQELDC5B99HL&keywords=spiritual+disciplines+handbook+adele+calhoun&qid=1555945382&s=gateway&sprefix=spiritual+disc%2Caps%2C182&sr=8-1)Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website (https://www.ourfaithinwriting.com/). Charlotte’s writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other (https://charlottedonlon.com/the-great-belonging-book). You can subscribe to her newsletter (https://charlottedonlon.substack.com/) and connect with her onTwitter (https://twitter.com/charlottedonlon) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/charlottedonlon/).