The Loneliness Epidemic
Why So Many of Us Feel Alone - and How Leaders Can Respond

I opened NetGalley for the first time in a long time and stumbled across this book. Perhaps it’s because I moved to a new country alone this year, but something about the book caught my eye and compelled me to read it. In The Loneliness Epidemic, Susan Mettes uses data from the Barna Group to explore......more

Summary: A study of the prevalence of loneliness in America, misconceptions about loneliness, and steps leaders and individuals in the church can take to address loneliness. Loneliness is epidemic in America. Over half the population feel lonely at least once a week and fourteen percent all the time.......more

Author Susan Mettes approaches the topic of loneliness as the superb researcher and behavioral scientist she is. Which means that she's filled the pages with truckloads of data and summary analyses about loneliness. After all that info percolated in me for a couple of weeks, I realized that Mettes's......more

This book was super insightful. A little bit heavier on the statistical side as the author shares lots of results from studies. But nonetheless, very helpful to understand more about the loneliness epidemic of this generation. Susan Mettes is also a believer. It’s not oversaturated, but you can defi......more

Mettes uses data from a Barna survey to dispel myths about loneliness. Loneliness is not necessarily felt only by the elderly, but mostly by younger people in times of transition. The book had some redundancy and felt a little longer than necessary, but it was thorough. Mettes gives guidance for chu......more