20.10.2025

Podcast to help with alleviating loneliness

Photo: Joonas Brandt / Suomen Punainen Risti

Guest experts from different fields will be discussing loneliness from different perspectives with psychologist Nina Lyytinen on her podcast. The episodes will cover tangible ways to reduce loneliness.

Produced in commercial cooperation between psychologist Nina Lyytinen's Psykopodiaa podcast and the Finnish Red Cross, the episodes explore loneliness from different perspectives. 

In the episodes, Lyytinen and a guest expert will discuss e.g. how loneliness relates to the experience and handling of crises, how to face the fear of being rejected, the factors behind loneliness in men, how loneliness and exclusion manifest at work, how emotions affect communication skills and interaction, and how to maintain and nurture friendships.

The episodes explore tangible ways to reduce loneliness and increase understanding of the different causes of loneliness.

Check out the episodes and listen to them in your own time.

Podcast episodes on loneliness 


Yksinäisyys – kaipuu yhteyteen. (Loneliness – longing for connections. Content in Finnish) Guest Niina Junttila.

Miten lievittää yksinäisyyttä? (How to alleviate loneliness. Content in Finnish) Guest Sanna Korpela.

Miten olla oma itsensä ihmissuhteissa? (How to be yourself in interpersonal relationships. Content in Finnish) Guest Pekka Tölli.

Miesten yksinäisyys. (Male loneliness. Content in Finnish) Guest Joni Härkönen.

Yksinäisyys ja ostrakismi työelämässä. (Loneliness and ostracism at work. Content in Finnish) Guest Sirpa Manninen.

Kuinka vaalia ja syventää ystävyyssuhteita? (How to cherish and deepen friendships. Content in Finnish) Guest Katri Laine.

Kuinka rakennat yhteyttä keskustelutaidoilla? (How to build a connection through conversational skills. Content in Finnish) Guest Ilona Rauhala.

Yksinäisyys kriisin keskellä. (Loneliness in times of crises. Content in Finnish) Guest Jarno Tuominen.