The Loneliness Industry

12/10/2026

It is no sign of one's sanity to be well adjusted to a sick society - Krishnamurti

But also likely a whole bunch of people, who are speaking at an upcoming festival! Sharing the info here because I am honored to be part of the upcoming AD4E: CPD events that challenge the culture of diagnosis and disorder.

Here is all the info so far!

Dear Friends, Allies, Colleagues,

It’s that time of year again when we come together for a day that challenges the culture of diagnosis and disorder, questions the pathologising of human distress, and lifts up voices calling for real change.

The AD4E Online Festival 2025 takes place on Friday 6th November and is hosted by our friends at Onlinevents.

As ever, it promises to be a powerful day of connection, challenge and inspiration. We’ll hear from some of the most passionate and courageous voices in the movement for a world beyond labels and harmful ‘treatments.’

What you need to know:

It’s a pay what you can afford event - we want this festival to be open and accessible to everyone.
It’s recorded - if you can’t be there all day, you’ll be able to catch up afterwards.
It’s a packed programme - conversations, interviews, panel discussions, presentations and poetry from allies around the world. You will find all of the information about the line up in the eventbrite link and also on the festival page of the website
AD4E Festival 2026 INFO & LINE-UP
It is amplifying voices - our aim is to reach as many people as possible with ideas that challenge mainstream mental health ideas and culture.
There’s a post festival event - Where we host a panel discussion - "Writing as Resistance" that explores the power of survivor activism through writing. Then, to close the day we will hear some change-making performances and hang out together for a bit.


How you can help:

Share info and Eventbrite link with your contacts, on your social media, in your newsletters, or with groups you belong to.
BOOK HERE - AD4E FESTIVAL 2026

Forward this email to anyone you know who may be interested

Organise watch-parties/gatherings - gather colleagues and/or friends to enjoy the day together
Tweet, post, repost - even a few lines or an image can ripple.
Write a short note about why this matters to you (and share it) - As we know, personal voices are powerful.
Encourage others who might be interested to attend and help spread the word.
Further details including contributor details can be found via the link..

FESTIVAL INFO & BOOKING

This festival is more than an event, it’s a movement, an invitation to question, to imagine, and to connect. Your support in helping us reach many more ears, minds, and hearts means a lot.

With thanks and solidarity,

AD4E

Jo, Lucy & Akima

15/09/2026

Hoping to see you guys tomorrow (Wednesday Sept 16th) to connect over the topic of disconnection! There are still a few tickets left, so grab them while you can. Very much looking forward to seeing you!

A philosophical exploration of how social disconnection is produced and why its consequences are often pathologised.

07/09/2026

Online Festival! If you have ever felt like somehow your suffering is turned into YOU being the problem, this festival is for you. A brilliant set of speakers on the leading edge of depthologising "mental illness" and raising awareness about society's role in our distress.
I'd love to see you there, and will be presenting too!

It's festival time again! Join us to challenge the culture of diagnosis and disorder and the pathologising of emotional distress.

06/09/2026

Brilliant series on connection and humanity - I don't usually recommend series, as I generally don't have time to watch them. This though, wow. A stunning an personal Swedish crime series about connection, seeing the Other, and what happens when we chose humainity over convention and the flattening of people into characters in a hero narrative. A total must see.

31/08/2026

You guys did it! The Loneliness Industry now has a next chapter, beginning with the book and moving towards the podcasts return. I am so honoured to have the support of such good people for this next step and will keep you posted as things become available :D

https://youtube.com/shorts/iCB7zqB90To

The link to the workshop I mentioned is here in case you would like to attend:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/have-we-mistaken-disconnection-for-disorder-with-philosopher-jordan-reyne-tickets-1992058848641

Tickets to the online event I mentioned are available here. https:...

09/07/2026

The Loneliness Industry Podcast
54 seconds ago
Hi all. For the last month I haven't known what the hell to do to bring the podcast back - but thanks to the discord community, I think we have an idea :)
All will be revealed in the vid below. And if not, please feel free to ask questions. I am looking forward to seeing you all again if this bridge holds, and I think this is something that will be useful to you for a very long time!

The Loneliness Industry Podcast became the conversation. The book b...

02/07/2026

Hi everyone.
Today I'm uploading the final episode of The Loneliness Industry podcast—an interview with Dr. Lucy Johnstone discussing the Power Threat Meaning Framework.
It's incredibly difficult to write those words. This podcast has been fifteen months of my life and, as many of you know, a real labour of love. I'm enormously proud of what we managed to create together, even if it wasn't ultimately possible for me to continue.
To everyone who listened, shared an episode, became a supporter, joined the Discord, or simply spent time thinking alongside me: thank you. Your support meant far more than you probably realise.
Although this is the end of the podcast, I still hope it isn't the end of The Loneliness Industry. If I can find a way to build a bridge back, everyone on the mailing list will be the first to know. You can sign up at thelonelinessindustry.net.
The Discord community will continue, as will the meet-and-greets, so I hope to see many of you there.
Thank you again—for your curiosity, your kindness, and for believing that loneliness deserves to be understood rather than reduced to an individual failing.
https://youtu.be/8B7C8O8XWj4

This episode marks the end of The Loneliness Industry.When I start...

24/06/2026

Hey everyone. Short notice, but here is my event tip of the week! Prof. Sami Timimi is talking on neurodiversity and how the term is being utilised, leveraged and potentially co-opted to reinforce the very ideas it set out to challenge.. I will be heading along myself to watch, so I hope to see you there tonight (wednesday 24th June)!

AD4E: CPD events that challenge the culture of diagnosis and disorder.

Online event Wednesday 24 June • 6 PM – 7:30 PM GMT+1 Overview Join Professor Sami Timimi for a rare space to think critically about today’s powerful and rapidly spreading neuro narrative. The idea of neurodiversity has become one of the most influential and widely discussed concepts in today....

17/06/2026

Hi everyone,

Finally, the episode that will actually help you map your loneliness (and many other responses) is here.

Apologies that this one took so long. I ended up recording it three separate times. Each recording session takes around 4–6 hours, and after every attempt I discovered a technical failure that only became apparent afterwards. In all the years I've been making videos, that's never happened before.

The audio is a little shaky in places because every attempt to overdub it also failed, so this has genuinely been the hardest episode I've ever made.

But it's also the one I think has the potential to help people the most. The framework we work through is incredibly powerful, and I believe it offers something many of us have been missing: a way of understanding ourselves that doesn't begin by assuming we're broken.

It comes from my heart to yours. ❤️ I hope it reintroduces you to the sense you actually make, and to the story that got you there.

Have you ever found yourself asking:"Why am I so lonely?""Why do...

03/06/2026

Learn to trust your sh*tstinct!!