“Your mind can be the loneliest place on earth if you let it be.” MindLonelinessMindfulness Book:Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection Source: Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection
“Feelings like love and loneliness are universal—they cut across all categories, they include everyone.” LoveLonelinessUniversalInclusion Book:Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection Source: Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection
“Love—in the expansive way I now conceive of the term, based on my research and my experience—is the opposite of loneliness.” LoveLoneliness Book:Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection Source: Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection
“G-R-A-C-E, GRACE, is an acronym for how an individual can take care of their social body, even during periods of isolation, when the love network is powered down and we are particularly susceptible to the dangers of loneliness. GRACE stands for gratitude, reciprocity, altruism, choice, and enjoyment.” LoveSocialLoneliness Book:Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection Source: Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of Human Connection