social connectedness

For anyone living with mental health problems, talking about it with anyone, let alone a mental health professional, may seem scary if not damn difficult. Even intimidating. Men have been told all their lives to “man up” and “be strong” that accessing mental health resources can seem to go against cultural expectations.

supporting links

1.     30 B.S. Excuses for Why Guys Don’t Do Therapy [Men’s Health]

2.     Why Men May Struggle to Communicate Their Feelings [Psychology Today]

3.     The Fear Factor: Why Are Men Afraid To Go To The Doctor? [That’s Life, I Swear Podcast]

4.     Why It’s Hard for Men To Seek Therapy And How To Start [MyWellingBeing]

5.     Man Therapy [Website]

6.     Outreach and Impact on Men’s Mental Health Program 18 Months After Launch of Man Therapy [White Paper]

7.     Men: A growing minority? [APA]

8.     Why Aren't More Men in Therapy? [Meetmonarch]

9.     This Is Why Men Don’t Go To Therapy, Even When They Need It [Bustle]

10.  Why Men Usually End Up with Female Therapists [Fatherly]

11.  Therapeutic Process & Therapeutic Steps – Easy Explained (2023) [Coaching Online]

12.  Iatrophobia [Osmosis]

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In this episode, Shavonne sits down with LaVerne Canady, the Director of Programs at FHI 360, an international nonprofit working to improve the health and well-being of people in the United States and around the world. 

LaVerne oversees a portfolio of projects for FHI 360’s Social Marketing & Communication unit, promoting positive social and behavior change for public health issues including diabetes, obesity, nutrition and youth violence prevention. Some of her current projects include the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research and a racial truth and reconciliation project in Jefferson County Alabama which she touches on in this conversation.

You’ll learn more about the opportunity for social marketing to influence positive change, advance health and racial equity, LaVerne’s story of getting into this field of work, the hope she sees for our future generations, and more.

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Loneliness is a signal or indicator that something in life needs to change--it’s a feeling, which can make it hard to detect. And if not addressed, it can potentially have negative health side effects in the way of chronic illness and decreased lifespan.  

Loneliness actually affects nearly half the U.S. population NOT during a pandemic, so I can imagine that right now these numbers are indeed heightened.  I’m speaking with Amie Zarling today, a Clinical Psychologist and assistant professor at Iowa State University who has done extensive work on social connectedness and how to seek out authentic relationships.

Grab the show notes and all resource links here.

Highlights:
{5:34} Loneliness in the U.S.
{6:42} Loneliness Defined
{7:56} Social Connectedness
{9:44} Identifying Loneliness or Social Disconnection
{11:18}  Interventions for Loneliness
{13:26} Cultivating Authentic Relationships
{17:43} Levels of Connectedness
{19:42} How Mindfulness Fits In
{32:18} Loneliness During Social Distancing

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