Solo travel is a flex. Eating alone is self-care. Being unbothered is the goal. Not needing anybody is strength.But somewhere along the way...we celebrated ourselves out of community. And now somebody rings the doorbell and we check the camera and pretend we’re not home.The U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness a public health epidemic. Studies show it carries health risks equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. And 15% of American men now report having zero close friends.On this episode of Man Listen, Mark and licensed mental health counselor Heather K. sit down to talk about the loneliness epidemic of 2026, how we got here, what isolation is actually costing us, and what real human connection looks like in a world that keeps telling us we don’t need anybody.We were not built for isolation. We were built for each other.
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