In this Love pillar episode, Kim explores leadership and loneliness: how women can have packed calendars and thousands of LinkedIn connections, yet no close friend to call to celebrate a win or ask for help. She shares the 2023 Surgeon General finding that loneliness affects health as much as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and University of Kansas research showing it takes about 200 hours together to become close friends, with work hours counting less. Kim talks about why asking for help is so hard for leaders, and why letting someone support you is actually a gift. She offers a simple self-assessment (who could you call in a crisis, who understands your pressures, who celebrates your wins, who knows you beyond your role) and practical ways to build connection with limited time: make it recurring, stack activities, find peers on purpose, use micro connections, and go first.

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