Norwegian-born Unni Turrettini is a best-selling and award-winning author, international speaker, and loneliness and connection expert. Her work is about helping people find deeper connection and belonging, so that they can thrive in their personal and professional lives. She is the author of “The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer”, which examines Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik and focuses on what we can learn from that tragedy to prevent rampage killings spurred by loneliness. In this episode, we talk about the conforming culture of Norway, and how she found many similarities between herself and a mass murderer, in terms of the pain of being excluded.

Highlights & Takeaways

• Regardless of the color of your skin, your religious beliefs or your political leanings, we are all human beings and we all want to feel seen, heard and valued.
• We are worthy as people despite our failures or successes, the way we look, or how other people perceive us.
• “This is the pandemic. This dysfunction, disconnection is really the fastest growing pandemic in our world today. And it's making us sick, it's making us violent, it's polarizing us, and all the things that we don't want.”
• Connection is crucial and there can be extreme consequences resulting from a lack of connection and the loneliness and lost sense of belonging that results.
• “I don't recognize myself in the actions of this man. But I knew I understood how and why he could come to that conclusion, how he could come to that extreme, because I had felt that as well.”
• HOPE - Help One Person Everyday

Resources Mentioned

• Contact Unni: Website | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn
• The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Anders Behring Breivik and the Threat of Terror in Plain Sight
• The Making of a Lone Wolf Killer TEDx Talk

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