Flipboard<p>Social interactions can help us stay healthier and happier, and according to a report from the University of Michigan, women aged 50+ are lonely. “At my loneliest, I’ve felt a nauseating emptiness in my chest during every waking hour,” writes Melissa Hart for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@damemagazine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>damemagazine</span></a></span>. </p><p>“Rumination takes over my brain — if only I’d done, I should have joined, if only I were more like — and fills in the blank spots with a multitude of actions, organizations, and friends who seldom have a free hour in their social calendars.”</p><p><a href="https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/17/older-women-are-battling-a-loneliness-epidemic/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">damemagazine.com/2025/04/17/ol</span><span class="invisible">der-women-are-battling-a-loneliness-epidemic/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aging</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Lifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Wellness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wellness</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Loneliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Loneliness</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p><p>8/15</p>