Shasta Nelson, MDiv, is the author of The Business of Friendship: Making the Most of Our Relationships Where We Spend Most of Our Time; Frientimacy: How to Deepen Friendships for Lifelong Health and Happiness; and Friendships Don’t Just Happen: The Guide to Creating a Meaningful Circle of Girlfriends. She is a two-time featured TEDx speaker, with her first TED talk receiving over 800,000 views, and she has delivered more than 500 keynote speeches for over 20 different industries. www.shastanelson.com
In 2023, the United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, issued an advisory pinpointing loneliness, isolation, and lack of personal connections as an “underappreciated public...
