What’s missing today as we work from home? The opportunity to gather at the water cooler, to leave our desks and enjoy human interactions. When we work from home behind our screens, we need to do the second-best thing.

We have experienced some degree of social isolation for 293 days; that’s nearly 42 weeks and nearly ten months. It is all too easy to fall into despair – but we can’t do that. Once we understand some of the effects of social isolation, we know what to do to mitigate them. Come with me to the LFI porch where we can talk about it.

The simple action that builds Community.

What you’re feeling is the pain of disconnection – we’re all feeling it. On the LFI porch today, I share my story.

Social prescribing is here and what is it? Come to the LFI porch to see.

I’ve recently learned that my prices are a bargain-basement value – when compared to the value of retaining good employees – and more. What do you think community building is worth? Come and see what I learned!

Johann Hari, in trying to understand addiction, discovered evidence to support the importance of community in our lives. Watch his TED Talk to see what he learned.