Book Launch: Project UnLonely: Healing Our Crisis of Disconnection by Jeremy Nobel MD in conversation with Danielle Ofri

“In this powerful book, Jeremy Nobel shows us how using the arts and creativity as ‘a gateway to imagination and empowerment’ can not only empower us to combat loneliness and isolation, it can profoundly change our minds and bodies.”
– Susan Magsamen, New York Times bestselling author ofYour Brain on Art

“Drawing on extensive experience and illustrative examples, Nobel offers practical remedies to a fundamental social problem.”
–Kirkus Reviews

Even before 2020, chronic loneliness was a private experience of profound anguish that had become a public health crisis. Since then it has reached new heights. Loneliness assumes many forms, from enduring physical isolation to feeling rejected because of difference, and it can have devastating consequences for our physical and mental health. As the founder of Project UnLonely, Jeremy Nobel unpacks our personal and national experiences of loneliness to discover its roots and to show how we can take steps to find comfort and connection.Dr. Nobel brings together many voices, from pioneering researchers, to leaders in business, education, the arts, and healthcare, to lonely people of every age, background, and circumstance. He discovers that the pandemic isolated us in ways that were not only physical, and that, at its core, a true sense of loneliness results from a disconnection to the self. He clarifies how meaningful reconnection can be nourished and sustained. And he reveals that an important component of the healing process is engaging in creativity, a powerful opportunity he shows us can be accessed by all. Supportive and clear-eyed, this is the boo we will take into our new normal and rely on for years to come.