Radical Friendship

By radical friendship, I mean the kind of friendship that has the potential to heal us at the very ground of our being.

Loneliness has been referred to as a global health epidemic by several world governments and found to decrease life expectancy more than anxiety, depression, or smoking fifteen cigarettes a day.9 Leading researchers have also shown that chronic loneliness both increases the body’s inflammatory response and decreases the immune system’s ability to f

Friendship as an inner fulcrum upon which all our actions can reliably hinge, a compass to offer us direction when we’re lost, and a shield to protect us.