The truth about loneliness

By Erin O'Dwyer
Updated August 29 2014 - 10:09am, first published August 24 2014 - 3:00am
Young woman standing at beach, rear view Photo: PhotoAlto/Frederic Cirou
Young woman standing at beach, rear view Photo: PhotoAlto/Frederic Cirou
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Psychologist and Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield is candid about his struggle: "Loneliness has been one of my deepest sources of pain for as long as I can remember," he writes in A Path with Heart. "I am a twin and sometimes I think I got my brother to come along in the womb so I could have some company."

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