Loneliness
Subject in Mental Health
Loneliness has come up in 2 episodes across 2 podcasts in TMT, including The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, The Mel Robbins Podcast. 3 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Vanessa Van EdwardsBehavioral researcher, bestselling author, and founder of Science of People
Van Edwards says she regrets living far from her family when her children were very young.
“I regret being away from my family when my children were very, very little. It was really hard to have babies without my mom, without my sister”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Vanessa Van Edwards: The Conversation Habit That Makes Smart People Unlikable (Sep 10, 2026) · Listen from 2:25:03
Van Edwards believes the current generation is the last that will learn conversation mainly from other humans.
“I think this is the last generation that will learn about conversation via human”
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett: Vanessa Van Edwards: The Conversation Habit That Makes Smart People Unlikable (Sep 10, 2026) · Listen from 3:11
Mel RobbinsAmerican author, podcast host and former lawyer who hosts The Mel Robbins Podcast
Robbins argues that the years 2020 through 2025 largely erased people's social lives through hybrid work, moves, and exhaustion.
“The years of 2020 through 2025 basically hit delete on almost all of our social lives”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Try it For 1 Week: Small Ways to Make Your Life Fun & Exciting Again (Jun 22, 2026) · Listen from 22:41
Priya ParkerConflict resolution facilitator and author of The Art of Gathering
Parker advises newcomers to repeatedly attend the same event because repetition builds community.
“the key is to keep going to the same event over and over again, because proximity and repetition creates safety and community”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: Try it For 1 Week: Small Ways to Make Your Life Fun & Exciting Again (Jun 22, 2026) · Listen from 57:27
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 1 episode
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
Vanessa Van Edwards: The Conversation Habit That Makes Smart People UnlikableThe Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Sep 10, 2026 · 2 h 27 min
Behavioral researcher Vanessa Van Edwards tells Steven Bartlett about her three-level conversation framework, over-talking, self-narratives, five story archetypes and the cues behind charisma.
Try it For 1 Week: Small Ways to Make Your Life Fun & Exciting AgainThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Jun 22, 2026 · 1 h 14 min
Mel Robbins and Priya Parker discuss how to make gatherings with family, friends, and colleagues more meaningful and fun, including purpose, healthy conflict, and openings and closings.