In the organizer's words:

Loneliness can be more deadly than a poor diet or lack of exercise, warns psychologist Dr. Marisa Franco. Good social relationships are crucial for happiness in life, celebrities such as Mark Forster, Carolin Kebekus, Peter Maffay and Lukas Podolski also emphasize. Campaigns such as #melddichmalwieder in fall 2025 show that many people experience challenges with friendships over the course of their lives. Reasons for this include job-related relocation, starting a family and rising costs for joint activities. We often only realize how few real friends we have in times of need. According to Professor Jeffrey Hall, it takes around 40-60 hours for a stranger to become a casual acquaintance and around 200 hours to become "good friends". Psychologist Dr. Wolfgang Krüger advises starting to cultivate friendships from the age of 45 in order to avoid becoming lonely in retirement. In the workshop, many interactive exercises and concrete measures are taught to maintain existing and new friendships.

The speaker is a coach and works as a friendship coach for maintaining relationships.

Price information:

Registration and payment via the website of the Volkshochschule Bonn