The quality of our relationships - our social connections - largely determines the quality of our lives, and of our emotional health. Depression, anxiety, low self esteem, and other emotional afflictions are often triggered initially by distress or dysfunction in an important relationship.
It is not by accident that these emotional illnesses are becoming more and more common in a world where divorce, family dissolution, frequent moves, and trading techno-contact for real social contact are becoming the norm. The erosion of our social connections inevitably invites the erosion of our emotional wellness - as individuals, and as a culture.
In contrast, people can weather an astonishing array of adversities, if they maintain strong, safe, social networks. This section will teach you the importance of effective social connections, and how to build and strengthen them over time.
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, by Mary Pipher
, by Dean Ornish
, by Bernard E. Poduska
, by Dale Carnegie