
The Joy of Connections
100 Ways to Beat Loneliness and Live a Happier and More Meaningful Life
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Tovah Feldshuh
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Allison Gilbert
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Pierre Lehu
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In Dr. Ruth’s final book, the iconic therapist offers an urgent guide to combating loneliness with 100 ways to increase connectivity right now, based on insights from her life story and her unparalleled career.
“Dr. Ruth’s strategies are essential for building the kinds of bonds that will reduce loneliness and transform lives.”—Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project
When Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm that loneliness “represents an urgent public health concern”—exacerbated by social media overuse, the residual effects of the pandemic, and the lack of meaningful relationships—trusted therapist Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer knew that her unique perspective and expertise could help. Long beloved for breaking stigmas around sexual problems, Dr. Ruth made it her mission to help individuals break free from the bonds of hopelessness and isolation.
We are social animals. We have a shared desire to connect and create lasting relationships with the people around us. But the heaviness of loneliness can make this feel impossible. Dr. Ruth, with Emmy Award–winning journalist Allison Gilbert and longtime collaborator Pierre Lehu, tackles the subject with compassion and her trademark no-nonsense approach. She provides practical and creative strategies for finding friends, community, and intimacy. And it’s anchored by Dr. Ruth’s own story, from the horrific loneliness of losing her family in the Holocaust to living in an orphanage to rebuilding her life in America and eventually becoming a world-renowned sex therapist.
With 100 concrete and innovative opportunities that can be put to use immediately, The Joy of Connections isn’t only an action-oriented guidebook on overcoming loneliness from one of the most well-respected therapists of our time; it’s also the vital kick in the pants we all need in order to start seeking—and finding—deep and lasting human connections.
* This audiobook edition includes a downlaodable PDF including the Further Resources section from the book.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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Author Jamie Kern Lima's first, instant New York Times bestselling book Believe It, captured her journey of going from Denny's waitress to billion-dollar entrepreneur by learning to believe in herself. And now her second, much-anticipated, upcoming book Worthy, is the playbook for how YOU can believe in YOU! If you've ever struggled with self-doubt, felt like you don't have what it takes...or that who you truly are isn't enough, even if you're really good at hiding it from the world, WORTHY is for you.
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💫 We're so WORTHY! 🦋 Listen - Read - Share 🔆
- By Diana Yin on 02-22-24
By: Jamie Kern Lima
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The 5-Minute Procrastination Reset (for ADHD Brains)
- A 5-Step Reset Built for ADHD Brains to Beat Procrastination, Stop Overthinking, and Stack Small Wins—One Micro Task at a Time
- By: Scott Allan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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Break through procrastination in minutes with this ADHD-friendly reset method. Stuck on simple tasks? Overwhelmed before you even begin? This ADHD-friendly method will help you take action—in just 5 minutes. If you’ve ever stared at a to-do list while your brain screams “Not now!”, you’re not lazy—you’re stuck. And if you have ADHD, you know that traditional productivity advice doesn’t work. You don’t need more discipline. You need a way to start. The 5-Minute Procrastination Reset is a science-backed system designed specifically for ADHD brains. Built around five clear ...
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Excellent for a procrastinator like rmyself
- By Max on 04-09-25
By: Scott Allan
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Supercommunicators
- How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
- By: Charles Duhigg
- Narrated by: Charles Duhigg
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Come inside a jury room as one juror leads a starkly divided room to consensus. Join a young CIA officer as he recruits a reluctant foreign agent. And sit with an accomplished surgeon as he tries, and fails, to convince yet another cancer patient to opt for the less risky course of treatment. In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg blends deep research and his trademark storytelling skills to show how we can all learn to identify and leverage the hidden layers that lurk beneath every conversation.
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Valuable advice and information.
- By Cheryl J. on 03-13-24
By: Charles Duhigg
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Stories We Never Tell
- By: Savi Sharma
- Narrated by: Kaushik Ramchandran, Nishi Jagavat
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
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There are stories we never talk about. Stories we are afraid to share. Simply because they hurt too much or no one wants to listen to them. Such was the story of Jhanvi, who is a budding social media influencer. She appears to have it all together, but something is missing: Jhanvi has this impossible need that drives her to be more perfect than any person could possibly be. And the story of Ashray, who had a rocky start in life. With hard work and determination, he translates his dreams into reality, but his deep-seated insecurities come to the fore when life throws him a curveball.
By: Savi Sharma
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This Is the Year I Put My Financial Life in Order
- By: John Schwartz
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Money management is one of our most practical survival skills - and also one we've convinced ourselves we're either born with or not. In reality, financial planning can be learned, like anything else. Part financial memoir and part research-based guide to attaining lifelong security, This Is the Year I Put My Financial Life in Order is the audiobook that everyone who has never wanted a preachy financial guide has been waiting for.
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Spot On
- By Sheryl Garrett on 04-12-18
By: John Schwartz
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This Changes Everything
- Capitalism vs. the Climate
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Ellen Archer
- Length: 20 hrs and 44 mins
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In This Changes Everything Naomi Klein argues that climate change isn’t just another issue to be neatly filed between taxes and health care. It’s an alarm that calls us to fix an economic system that is already failing us in many ways. Klein meticulously builds the case for how massively reducing our greenhouse emissions is our best chance to simultaneously reduce gaping inequalities, re-imagine our broken democracies, and rebuild our gutted local economies.
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Didactic and preachy... and I agree with her
- By plau on 09-25-16
By: Naomi Klein
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Swing State
- By: Rebecca Gilman
- Narrated by: Anne E. Thompson, Bubba Weiler, Kirsten Fitzgerald, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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When a recently widowed woman in rural Wisconsin notices her husband’s toolbox is missing, she calls the authorities—and unwittingly starts a chain of events that will forever change her community. What begins as a disarmingly simple mystery blooms into an exploration of loss, the fragility of the environment, and what it means to connect and heal.
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We can all relate
- By Wdj on 03-21-24
By: Rebecca Gilman
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The Spy
- A Novel
- By: Paulo Coelho
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber, Paul Boehmer
- Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins
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On the occasion of the centenary of Mata Hari's execution for espionage in 1917, Paulo Coelho reconsiders her life and character in a fictional memoir. In a series of letters written from prison on the eve of her death, Mata Hari reflects on the choices she has made to always pursue her own truth - from her childhood in a small Dutch town to unhappy years as the wife of an alcoholic diplomat in Java to her calculated and self-fashioned rise to celebrity in Paris and across Europe as an exotic dancer.
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Strong woman versus the patriarchy
- By Margaret on 11-25-16
By: Paulo Coelho
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The Doctor Is In
- Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre
- By: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Pierre A. Lehu
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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The doctor is in! America's best-loved therapist, Dr. Ruth, is known for her wise counsel on all matters of the heart. Here she shares private stories from her past and her present and her insights into living life to the fullest at any age.
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Not read by Dr. Ruth ☹️
- By Tom Brady on 08-19-19
By: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, and others
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How to Survive a Plague
- The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
- By: David France
- Narrated by: Rory O'Malley
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
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A riveting, powerful telling of the story of the grassroots movement of activists, many of them in a life-or-death struggle, who seized upon scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Ignored by public officials, religious leaders, and the nation at large, and confronted with shame and hatred, this small group of men and women chose to fight for their right to live by educating themselves and demanding to become full partners in the race for effective treatments.
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Read This Book!
- By Kay M Hawklee on 05-30-17
By: David France
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Stay or Go
- Dr. Ruth's Rules for Real Relationships
- By: Pierre A. Lehu, Dr. Ruth Westheimer
- Narrated by: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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Committing to a long-term relationship is a big deal - especially if you have doubts. With a focus on common sense over emotion, world-renowned sex and relationship therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer offers straight-up advice on whether you should stick it out or cut your losses and move on.
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Not a book, just bullet points
- By Saltlab on 09-07-19
By: Pierre A. Lehu, and others
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Dr. Ruth's Relationship Roadmap
- By: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Pierre A. Lehu
- Narrated by: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer
- Length: 49 mins
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Have you ever complained, "If they found love, why can't I?" In this quick and uncomplicated guide, longtime sex and relationship therapist Dr. Ruth takes listeners step-by-step through every phase of the modern relationship, from meeting and courtship to moving out of the friend zone and falling in love - which should not be done blindly. If you really want to find romance, Dr. Ruth has the signs to look for and the roadblocks to avoid.
By: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, and others
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Drive Here and Devastate Me
- By: Megan Falley
- Narrated by: Megan Falley
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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It is clear that the author is madly in love, not only with her partner for whom she writes both idiosyncratic and sultry poems, but in love with language, in love with queerness, in love with the therapeutic process of bankrupting the politics of shame. These poems tackle gun violence, toxic masculinity, LGBTQ* struggles, suicidality, and the oppression of women’s bodies, while maintaining a vivid wildness that the tongue aches to speak aloud.
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Amazing poems
- By Megan Miller on 12-24-23
By: Megan Falley
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It's Not You
- Identifying and Healing from Narcissistic People
- By: Ramani Durvasula PhD
- Narrated by: Ramani Durvasula PhD, Maria Shriver
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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It’s not always easy to tell when you’re dealing with a narcissist. One day they draw you in with their confidence and charisma, the next they gaslight you, wreck your self-confidence, and leave you wondering, What could I have done differently? As Dr. Ramani Durvasula reveals in It's Not You, the answer is: absolutely nothing. Just as a tiger can’t change its stripes, a narcissist won’t stop manipulating and invalidating you. To heal in the aftermath of their abuse and protect yourself from future harm, you first have to accept that you are not to blame.
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I needed this
- By Austin E. Jonas Jr. on 03-02-24
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- BC
- 12-30-24
Too much loneliness in an overcrowded world
A wonderful book with such a pressing message. We’re more connected than ever and yet we have such superficial connections to most everyone in our lives. This is not only because of the recent global pandemic, rather it moved quickly to its current proportions because of it. We all need to look at how we interact with the world and maybe take a step back.
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- sean mason
- 09-13-24
Just how blunt it is, I love that
Feels like real advice from someone who knows what they are talking about. It feels practical without being annoying. Honestly gives me Hope that I can get better 😌
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- Mahsa
- 11-27-24
practical and simple
simple yet practical tips for combatting loneliness
I would have wanted to listen to it in her own voice
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- Ndy esu
- 12-19-24
Great book for the current time
Great narrator. The book is deeply impactful and timely. Everyone should read this given the world we live in today.
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- Shoshana Martinez
- 09-12-24
L’chaim to a more meaningful life!
So many beautiful ~ profound shared life lessons, pearls of wisdom for everyONE! True gifts! Dr. Ruth, you’ll always live on in all of our hearts forevermore! ❤️
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- Christopher
- 09-07-24
A final gift of true connection
To the very end, Dr. Ruth and her team took their final strength to bring humans from the brink of lonely extinction back into the fold of humanity with what might be her most heartfelt and hopeful book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-01-25
Never stop living
I remember listening to Dr. Ruth several years ago and being absolutely intrigued by the fact that she would step into territory that no one else felt comfortable enough and/or knowledgeable enough to discuss. She has done the same thing with the Joy of Connection , The life stories and the suggestions are simple and attainable. As a 75 years old female, my husband passed away 20 years ago. My children and grandchildren are grown, living in different states, I found myself moving from place to place in hopes of connecting until finally I discovered the one I needed to connect to was me. I retired 5 years ago, accepted that I am a closet introvert and then I felt stuck and lonely. It’s even harder because I’ve been wearing the mask of an extrovert most of my life. These 100 suggestions will be used to help guide me forward.
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- Julian G.
- 11-24-24
better together
The timing of this book was perfect. I'm writing a book on building community.
The story is great and the narration feels like Dr. Ruth is speaking directly to you.
Thank you, Dr. Ruth.
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- JustMe
- 11-17-24
Dr Ruth’s Goodbye message to the lonely
After hearing a wonderful podcast featuring one of the co-authors of this book dispensing quick practical information on communication and hearing her fond memories of the 96 year old Dr Ruth and working on this book together, I was looking forward to reading (hearing) “The Joy of Communication”.
Sadly the book itself wasn’t what I expected or hoped for. It felt like a likable enough grandmother giving aged advice to very lonely adult. It was much less about joy or connection than loneliness and Dr. Ruth’s personal history. If it was written from my own grandmother I would treasure the book as a way of remembering her and would love to pass it down to future generations so people would have a fun time remembering her.
Much of the advice wasn’t bad (I tell people to join Meetup too), but most of it was JUST OFF, the way that a lot of advice from any 96 year old might be. “Don’t work for a company that doesn’t make you come into the office full time, otherwise how are you going to make friends at work”.
But the biggest disappointment was as I said, it really had very little to do with joy or Communication. Too Bad. Goodbye Dr. Ruth, and thanks for being all of who you were.
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