Holly Cooke is the founder of 'The Lonely Girls Club', one of the UK’s largest communities for women. It started with 10 people in a Facebook group with 5 girls meeting at a pancake house in Covent Garden in November 2018. 6 years later, 'The Lonely Girls Club' is an organisation of over 100k community members. It runs weekly events across the country for members to attend solo, have fun, connect with others and leave having met an incredible group of people to start building friendships with. ⌚️TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intro 01:30 - The Lonely Girls Club 02:39 - Bumble BFF 06:28 - Not everyone is your person 08:02 - 50% of adults feel lonely 10:14 - Sense of community 11:13 - Member club of 100k women 13:12 - Japan as a collectivist society 14:20 - Connections across all ages 19:17 - Loneliness among older people 20:15 - Working from home & loneliness 22:07 - Self love vs seeking companionship 32:00 - The scariest thing I did 33:58 - People are kind 39:49- Symptoms of loneliness 44:07 - Friends have different priorities 47:16 - The 'How are you?' question 🔗 CONNECT WITH ME 🎙Spotify ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/5P3BPjurTTMKSRAwFLAPpz?si=8b835a5f86734ba⁠1 📲 Apple Podcast ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/figuring-out/id1677026977⁠ 🌍Instagram ⁠https://www.instagram.com/_jemma_p 🔗 CONNECT WITH THE LONELY GIRLS CLUB https://www.llgc.co.uk/