EPISODE SUMMARY:

Welcome to Because We Love U. A podcast dedicated to helping you live a life of wellness. Join co-hosts Stacy Lipowski, Ph. D., and Jade Breeback, MHS PA-C, as the talk about how we are wired for community.

This episode is Part 1 or a 2-part podcast. In the next episode Stacy and Jade will talk about how to build community with family, friends, and strangers.

NOTES, QUOTES, & LINKS

• [BOOK] Social: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Connect by Matthew D. Lieberman.

• [VIDEO] Cyber Ball experiment studied by Kipling D. Williams.

• [STUDY] Cyber Ball by Kipling D. Williams and Blair Jarvis.

• “Our brain treats social and physical pain the same way. But in our culture … we don’t treat them the same.” Stacy Lipowski.

• “Our best and worst moments are tied to people.” Jade Breeback

• “Food tastes better when enjoyed with people.” Jade Breeback

• “People can hurt us, but they can also heal us.” Jade Breeback

• “To connect with someone we have to be vulnerable.” Stacy Lipowski

• “The alternative to being vulnerable is loneliness.” Stacy Lipowski

• [ARTICLE] “Most Americans Are Lonely, And Our Workplace Culture May Not Be Helping”

• “Social Media may be making us more divided and lonely rather than connecting us.” Jade Breeback

• [ONLINE ASSESSMENT] Loneliness Scale, UCLA

• “You can be around people alot and still feel lonely.” Stacy Lipowski

• “Your loneliness may not look exactly like my loneliness.” Jade Breeback

• “The Church should be a place that provides connection, resources, and community.” Stacy Lipowski

• “If we want to be the Church, we want to be a lighthouse in the community that people can say, ‘I may be all alone, but I know I can go there, and I’m accepted, and I’m known, and I’m loved, and it’s a place where I belong.” Jade Breeback

• “Start the process of knowing that community is important.” Jade Breeback

• “We are wired for community.” Jade Breeback

• “Knowing that community is important gives you permission to prioritize it.” Stacy Lipowski

• “Say yes to community.” Jade Breeback

• [BOOK] Jade and Stacy reference a book that a friend gifted both of them. Share Your Stuff: I’ll Go First,: 10 Questions To Take Your Friendship To The Next Level by Laura Tremaine

• “Just start with investing in 1 person.” Stacy Lipowski

• “Don’t give up (on community). Stick with it.” Jade Breeback

• Ecclesiastes 4:9 NIV “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.”

• “We are better together.” Jade Breeback

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