When We Become Strangers

When We Become Strangers is a timely warning shot over our collective bows, reminding us that awareness without action is worthless. This thought-provoking and challenging look into our future has been praised by Michael Carr-Gregg, psychologist and bestselling author.

According to Katrina Cavanough, CEO of The Kindness On Purpose Movement, this book "restores hope and gives simple, practical steps we can all take to feel safe and connected, as we build a new way of living and turn around the estrangement we all feel."

After decades of affluence, we're now busy renovating our homes, buffing and botoxing our bodies, and losing ourselves in passive entertainment and shopping, even as depression and anxiety soar. With the arrival of services like Netflix and Uber Eats, there's less and less incentive to leave home. Could our constant need for connection be messing with our brains? Is this why we're losing our ability to strike up a conversation with anyone we don't know? Given that so many of our kids lack one-on-one attention and regular touch, are we raising this new generation to be profoundly lonely?

Right now, many of our relationships at home and at work, as well as in our communities, are struggling. What, then, are the best ways back to belonging, and what might a more engaged community look like?

Maggie Hamilton, author of What's Happening to Our Boys? and What's Happening to Our Girls? explores our growing loneliness and proposes practical solutions along with an uplifting vision to combat the increasing social isolation in our families and communities.