The Joy of Solitude

How to Reconnect with Yourself in an Overconnected World
An enriching, practical guide through the promises and paradoxes of solitude, offering science-backed advice for getting the most out of your alone time and deepening your relationship with yourself.
For readers of Braving the Wilderness and Think Like a Monk, an engaging, practical guide through the promises and paradoxes of solitude, offering science-backed advice for getting the most out of your alone time and deepening your relationship with yourself and others.

Solitude is part of the human experience. But just like other relationships, your relationship with solitude can be satisfying, intimate, and enhance your well-being, or it can leave you wanting, stuck in a cycle of sadness, anxiety, or anger. Regardless of whether youre starved for me time or struggling with loneliness, most of us have never thought carefully about how to get the mo