Managing Loneliness: How to Develop Meaningful Relationships

Name: Managing Loneliness: How to Develop Meaningful Relationships
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Find Enduring Happiness by Deepening Sincere Connection with Yourself and Others

Created byAnthony Silard, Ph.D

Last updated 2/2022

English

What you'll learn

Develop the robust and meaningful relationships you desire in your life – beginning with your relationship with yourself.
Gain a better understanding of loneliness to suffer less from it.
Understand what loneliness is, how to manage it, and how to work through it to develop meaningful, sustainable relationships.
Create a life full of abundant, quality relationships and learn to leave feelings of loneliness in your past.
Learn how to develop and maintain meaningful, sustainable relationships for personal and professional success.

Course content

2 sections • 47 lectures • 8h 24m total length

Introduction | What is Loneliness, Really?16:23
Course Introduction and Module 1, Session 1
Module 1 Session 2 | Loneliness is an Emotion3:12
Module 1 Session 3 | Loneliness versus Solitude5:55
Module 1 Session 4 | What Happens to You When You’re Lonely? | Part One2:29
Module 1 Session 5 | What Happens to You When You’re Lonely? | Part Two10:26
Module 1 Session 6 | Loneliness Dysregulates7:00
Module 1 Session 7 | The Three Root Causes of Loneliness: The Need to Belong7:52
Module 1 Session 8 The Three Root Causes of Loneliness: The Needs to Connect16:26

Module 2 Session 1 | Structural Loneliness11:51
Module 2 Session 2 | Individualism and Loneliness15:54
Module 2 Session 3 | Causes of Structural Loneliness: Making a Life Transition16:51
Module 2 Session 4 | Managing Social Distance6:27
Module 2 Session 5 | Causes of Structural Loneliness: Feeling Different9:58
Module 2 Session 6 | Pining for a Specific Relationship12:10
Module 2 Session 7 | Causes of Structural Loneliness: Rejection/Social Exclusion8:57
Module 2 Session 8 | Balance Togetherness and Separateness10:02
Module 3 Session 1 | Reconnect with Your Values22:45
Module 3 Session 2 | Existential Loneliness4:37
Module 3 Session 4 | Unshared Responsibility and Feeling Different from Others4:16
Module 3 Session 5 | Existential Loneliness Can Produce Structural Loneliness11:26
Module 3 Session 6 | Your Unanswerable Question5:30
Module 3 Session 7 | Shifting Beliefs Can Result in Social Ostracism2:34
Module 3 Session 8 | Set New Goals to Create Meaningful Relationships You Need8:07
Module 4 | Session 1 | Loneliness and Coping11:03
Module 4 Session 2 | Balancing Togetherness and Separateness | Part Two7:49
Module 4 Session 3 | Loneliness as Victimizer or Catalyst?20:40
Module 4 Session 4 | The Reaffiliation Motive4:17
Module 4 Session 5 | The Add Model of Personal Development6:33
Module 4 Session 6 | Cognitive Reappraisal25:14
Module 4 Session 7 | How to Be Lonely without Becoming Depressed9:34
Module 4 Session 8 | The Norm of Self-Interest and Cognitive Reappraisal11:19
Module 5 Session 1 | Avoid Social Comparison20:04
Module 5 Session 2 | Don’t Squander Your Inheritance11:40
Module 5 Session 3 | Interactional Loneliness10:14
Module 5 Session 4 | Causes of Interactional Loneliness: Early Neglect at Home6:20
Module 5 Session 5 | Causes of Interactional Loneliness16:21
Module 5 Session 6 | The Link between Technology and Loneliness | Part One15:16
Module 5 Session 7 | The Link between Technology and Loneliness | Part Two5:32
Module 5 Session 8 | The Link between Technology and Loneliness | Part Three13:36
Module 6 Session 1 |8:37
Module 6 Session 2 | Develop Your Social Gold6:07
Module 6 Session 3 | Volunteer/Help Others16:52
Module 6 Session 4 | Create or Join a Strengthening Community6:18
Module 6 Session 5 | Confront Your Fear and Reach Out to Others9:49
Module 6 Session 6 | Applying Your Three Unmet Needs to Developing Relationships11:53
Module 6 Session 7 | The Communication Reciprocation Downgrade5:43
Module 6 Session 8 | Recognize Love as it Emerges in Your Life22:47

Requirements

No experience needed.

Description

During the current pandemic, almost all of us have become socially isolated. Even before the pandemic, loneliness had already become the suffering of our generation. According to a Cigna study released in January 2020 (before the pandemic), over three of every five Americans were lonely (as measured by the UCLA Loneliness Scale)—the highest level in recorded history.

Have you ever asked yourself these two questions: “Do I feel lonely sometimes?” and “Why?” As Dr. Anthony Silard has found in over a decade of research, we often feel lonely due to the stifling of three critical human motives.

In this cutting-edge course, Managing Loneliness: How to Develop Meaningful Relationships and Enduring Happiness, you will learn how to live by Spinoza’s wise advice: “Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.” Together, we will gain a better understanding of loneliness so we suffer less from it.

The Managing Loneliness: How to Develop Meaningful Relationships and Enduring Happiness course will have 6 modules. Each module will contain numerous videos to guide you on your journey toward social connection by Dr. Anthony Silard, PowerPoint slides for your future reference, readings and a module workbook for you to develop your own Vision Statement and Action Plan to help you develop the robust and meaningful relationships you desire in your life – beginning with your relationship with yourself.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who has felt the impact of loneliness and wants to understand it, transform it, and create more meaningful connection in their lives.
Those looking to gain a better understanding of the psychology behind successful leadership practices..
This course will benefit professionals in the education, nonprofit or psychology sectors.

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Module 1 | Understanding Loneliness8 lectures • 1hr 10min

Module 2 | Your Relationship Inventory39 lectures • 7hr 15min

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