The Dispatch
Insights on Building Meaningful Connections
Practical strategies, research highlights, and thought-provoking perspectives on building your relationship infrastructure in a changing world. New articles every Tuesday.
April 17, 2026
We’re in the middle of a friendship crisis, and part of the problem is hiding in plain sight, on your Netflix lineup. Americans are lonelier than at any point in recorded history. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness a public health epidemic. The percentage of Americans who say they have no close friends has quadrupled since 1990. And yet — […]
March 2, 2026
Introducing the Tribe of 12 Friendship Series Here’s a number that should stop you mid-scroll: nearly 3 in 5 Americans report that no one truly knows them. Not their coworkers. Not their neighbors. Sometimes, not even the people they call their closest friends. We are, by almost every measure, in the middle of a friendship crisis. In 2023, the U.S. […]
June 10, 2025
Relationships are the context of our lives.The people we surround ourselves with are the most significant influence on our behavior, attitudes, and results. Who you are around — what they’ve got you thinking, saying, doing, and becoming — sets the course of your life.In the words of motivational speaker Jim Rohn: “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time […]