Join Jeff and Steve as they discuss the truth about a health epidemic that afflicts millions of people and is as deadly as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and find out why social isolation and loneliness is not a "you" or a "me" problem, but a "we" problem that needs all of our urgent attention.
This episode focuses on pain, including ways in which we seek to avoid pain and the anticipatory anxiety associated with pain, but also some areas in life where we can see the necessity and value of pain. We look more closely at emotional pain, noting its unique challenges and some of the problematic ways we cope with it. Finally, we offer a reframing of emotional pain that acknowledges its relational significance and the empathy, compassion, and intimacy that pain can facilitate as we share our pain with each other.
In this episode we talk about love languages. We first explore the origins of lack languages and the impact of childhood experiences on them. Then we distinguish between lack and love, drawing upon the experience of concentration camp survivor, Viktor Frankl.