In the organizer's words:

Loneliness is more deadly than a poor diet or lack of exercise, warns psychologist Dr. Marisa Franco. Social relationships are one of the strongest factors influencing our happiness in life. Nevertheless, friendships quickly move to the bottom of our list of priorities. The reasons for this? Career-related relocation, starting a family and the aftermath of the pandemic. Social media and streaming providers such as Netflix allow us to experience the illusion of social connection with much less effort than would ever be possible in a friendship. Unfortunately, we often only realize how few real friends we have in unexpected emergencies. Particularly painful: it takes around 40-60 hours for a stranger to become a casual acquaintance and around 200 hours to become "good friends", according to research by Professor Jeffrey Hall. Psychologist Dr. Wolfgang Krüger recommends starting to cultivate friendships from the age of 45 in order to avoid becoming lonely when you retire. But even if you are already retired, the course uses many interactive exercises to teach you concrete measures to maintain existing and new friendships. The only prerequisite for participation in the course is a willingness for self-reflection and to work in small and large groups.

The lecturer is a coach in the software industry with over ten years of experience in running workshops and has been working as a friendship coach for 1.5 years.

Price information:

2 dates with 10 lessons