Building on a friendship is neither easy nor quick. Joining me on the episode today is Lydia Denworth, contributing editor for Scientific American, writer for Psychology Today, as well as the author of ‘Friendship: The Evolution, Biology and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond’. Take a moment to listen in on my conversation with Lydia to hear about her research into the biological, psychological, and evolutionary foundations of friendships, the importance of these friendships for long term happiness, and how we can learn to cultivate, nurture, and invest in our friendships.įriendship is like rewarding your brain, it's fun and it's pleasurable, so you keep coming back for more. That it's not just survival of the fittest but also of the friendliest! But despite all this, it’s taken years for scientists to formally consider this aspect of human life! Quite surprisingly, even the study of animals has uncovered that social relationships and bonding are what ensure that you thrive. We all have friends, we all make friends, and friendship seems to be a hallmark of human behavior. Why then do they take a backseat to our more pressing day to day responsibilities?
And it's your friends that you can depend on! That there is an actual correlation between how social you are and how long you will live! New research shows that the power of friendship gets stronger with age and may even be more important than family relationships, which doesn't surprise me one fucking bit since my personal experience is that families are messy and unreliable.
Would you be surprised if I told you that friendship is as important for your health as diet and exercise.
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