Charlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Fourteen of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Thirteen of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Twelve of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreCharlotte Donlon goes behind the scenes and provides additional information about Chapter Nine of her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Read MoreA new study commissioned by ValuePenguin and conducted by Qualtrics found that 47% of Americans are experiencing more loneliness and 1 in 6 feel more anxious. The results are based on an online survey of 1,184 Americans conducted between April 14-April 16, 2020.
Read MoreI wrote this piece a year ago for The New York Times, but the editor killed it several months later. (One reason I think she killed it is she wanted it to be more about mental illness and I wanted it to be more about loneliness. Loneliness can be a symptom of mental illness, but it's not a form of mental illness.) I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the importance of loose-tie relationships like those we have with our hairstylists. The COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine have definitely affected our sense of loneliness and belonging. I imagine many of us miss our hairstylists, our bartenders, and our servers at our favorite restaurants, and the ways they help us feel like we belong.
Read MoreWhere do you go to find room to breathe and space to be?
I love sitting alone in my minivan. Before my oldest child started driving, I waited forever in the lines at my kids’ schools to avoid getting stuck in traffic on the backend after school let out. I would read and write and pray and catch up on social media.