ERS Walk & Talk Podcast

Megan Humphrey: Surprising Antidotes for Loneliness

May 14, 2021 Lacy Wolff Season 1 Episode 4
ERS Walk & Talk Podcast
Megan Humphrey: Surprising Antidotes for Loneliness
Show Notes

In this 26-minute Walk & Talk, Lacy talks to Megan Humphrey, a mental health counselor with the Texas Department of Public Safety, while Megan walks along a trail near her Austin home. Megan de-codes loneliness as a biological hunger to connect with each other, what it means to have meaningful connections, how social media fails us in this department. She also shares her strategies for recognizing thoughts and sensations around loneliness, and surprising things we can do to create feelings of meaningful connection and boost brain health, like… bilateral stimulation (activated by walking!).

Register for the May 20th webinar Fighting Back against the Loneliness Epidemic through this link: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5620709353261704204

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If you have questions or comments please email lacy.wolff@ers.texas.gov