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Guest panelist, Bradley McDaniels, and Living with Parkinson's panel members discuss the negative health effects of loneliness and how to build community, purpose, and meaning.
0:00 - Introduction
9:14 - Research connecting loneliness and quality of life
14:30 - Common reasons you might become lonely
22:36 - How do you find meaning and community?
27:15 - Meaning and purpose is almost never found alone
41:03 - Wanting to “give up” or feeling apathetic with Parkinson’s
46:31 - Ideas to get involved
49:02 - Getting connected in rural communities
52:10 - What to do when you try to connect and it doesn’t work
53:51 - The importance of the quality of your relationships
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