EP.138 - When We Become Strangers with Maggie Hamilton, Social Research, Author
Aug 9, 2021
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EP.138 - When We Become Strangers with Maggie Hamilton, Social Researcher, Author
How Loneliness Leaks into our Lives and What We Can Do About It
Maggie Hamilton is a Sydney based Author and Social Researcher. Maggie writes books and for magazines.
She gives frequent talks and lectures and is a regular media commentator and a keen observer of social trends.
Maggie Hamilton has held a number of senior roles in publishing and at the ABC.
Her professional memberships include serving on the Executive of the Sydney Peace Foundation, as a Member of the Organising Committee for the Federation Australian Women Speak Conference, Office for the Status of Women, set up to examine the future of Australian women, and Member of the Organising Committee for the Federation Australian Women's History Project, Office for the Status of Women, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
While immersing herself in a world of ideas and possibilities, Maggie Hamilton has written a handful of books for children and feels so lucky to work with so many brilliant writers and thinkers.
In between times she loves to travel off the beaten track (well pre-covid) to recover those parts of her that are silenced in everyday.
One of her most memorable journeys was through Amercia's southwestern desert, as it made her feel so liberated while traversing those breath-taking landscapes.
Returning, Maggie always yearned for more space in her life, in her head. Eventually she left work to write and explore more soulful topics.
Three years later in 2005 she was invited to set up Allen & Unwin's Inspired Living imprint, which she managed until 2012.
Three huge bodies of research followed alongside this work, culminating in her books What Men Don't Talk About, What's Happening to Our Girls? and What's Happening to Our Boys? which all had a huge reception, each striking a chord with many.
Her latest research, captured in When We Become Strangers, looks at our growing estrangement from ourselves and each other - as seen in our children, wider relationships and workplaces, in our communities, and towns and cities.
And, most importantly, what we can do about this.
Everything Maggie Hamilton does is informed by an insatiable curiosity about life, about people.
She is passionate about exploring the possibilities before us, and how we can create a better tomorrow.
Her toes still curl at the possibility of more travel to out-of-the-way places. Maggie also loves film and vintage clothing, new projects, theatre and dance, and endless soulful moments that present themselves daily.
Yvette Le Blowitz, Podcast Host sits down with Maggie Hamilton to find out more about her brand new book: When We Become Strangers - how loneliness leaks into our lives and what we can do about it.
After decades of affluence, we're busy renovating our homes, buffing and botoxing our bodies, and losing ourselves in passive entertainment and shopping, as depression and anxiety soar.
And with the arrival of 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?
And given the 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?
Find Out..........
In Podcast Episode 138
Maggie Hamilton shares:
- a little bit about herself
- her brand new book - When We Become Strangers
- our growing estrangement from ourselves and each other
- how loneliness leaks into our lives and what we can do about it
- powerful ways to bring back connection
- practical to our increasing social isolation in our families and communities
- effective ways to engage with iGEN
- ways to help our iGEN feel connected and less lonely
- how to connect within your community in simple ways
- the importance of connecting to nature and our natural environment
- how to bring back a more engage community lifestyle
- how we can create a better tomorrow and future
- the changing workplace and space
- some of the mental health challenges that come with loneliness
- what her self-care rituals are
and of course we talk about so much more, because it's TALK SHOW......
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