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Flourish with Neural RetrainingAuthor: Madeleine Lowry Neural Retraining for Chronic Illness Specialist & MAP Practitioner Language: en Genres: Alternative Health, Education, Health & Fitness, Self-Improvement Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Why Loneliness Is as Dangerous as Smoking — and What It's Doing to Your Nervous System
Episode 120
Friday, 5 June, 2026
The Loneliness Epidemic — Why Connection Is a Biological Need, Not a Luxury In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness a public health epidemic — stating that its health risks are comparable to smoking up to fifteen cigarettes a day. But what does that actually mean for the nervous system? And why is loneliness so pervasive — and so underaddressed — in people living with chronic illness? In this episode, neural retraining specialist Madeleine Lowry begins a new series on loneliness and the nervous system, starting with the foundation: what loneliness actually is, why it registers as biological threat, and why it is one of the most significant and overlooked barriers to healing. In this episode you'll learn: What the research actually says about loneliness and mortality risk — and how to understand the smoking comparison accurately Why loneliness is a biological signal, not a personal failing — and what the nervous system is doing when that signal goes unmet The crucial difference between circumstantial loneliness and the deeper kind that persists even when connection is available Why loneliness and nervous system dysregulation feed each other — creating a cycle that makes chronic illness harder to heal The many specific forms loneliness takes in people living with chronic illness What this series will cover — and why healing loneliness and healing the body may be the same project This is Episode 1 of the Loneliness and the Nervous System series — beginning where the Relationships and the Nervous System series left off. Learn more about subconscious neural retraining and how it can support emotional and physical wellbeing. Visit TCNeuralRetraining.com to take our free quiz, schedule a free phone consultation, or private sessions via Zoom.
