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At 95, Dr. Ruth Westheimer is shifting gears from her lengthy, notable career as a sex expert and taking a chance on a new role. The only issue was that an ambassador position for loneliness didn't exist in New York, or any other state for that matter. DON'T MISS: How a job candidate so impressed the Daytime Emmys CEO, he created her a job: ‘We just absolutely loved her’"I still will talk about orgasms," Westheimer told The New York Times. Kathy Hochul to turn the ambassador position for loneliness into a reality, according to The New York Times. She called to ask me to serve as the very first Honorary Ambassador to Loneliness in the nation," Westheimer said.
Persons: Ruth Westheimer, Westheimer, , let's, Kathy Hochul, Hochul, Dr, Ruth, Warren Buffett Organizations: New, Empire State, New York Times, Gov, The New York Times, York Locations: New York
CNN —Media personality and sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer is now New York state’s honorary ambassador to loneliness, a role that’s the first of its kind in the nation. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has described the prevalence of loneliness and isolation as a national epidemic among all ages. Dr. Ruth Westheimer arrives at the Governors Awards at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles on October 27, 2019. A sense of being alone defines loneliness, while social isolation is an objective lack of social connections. Social isolation has also been linked to cognitive decline, anxiety and weakened immunity.
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“I still will talk about orgasms,” Dr. Ruth Westheimer said during a conversation over the summer. “I still will talk about sexual dysfunction. “So now I am going to say, let’s go and see how we can help people who don’t have a sexual problem,” she said. “I don’t want to be known only as a sex therapist. I want to be known as a therapist.”For Dr. Westheimer, this has meant turning her attention to what she views as the biggest need right now — the epidemic of loneliness in the United States.
Persons: , Dr, Ruth Westheimer, let’s, , Westheimer, Kathy Hochul Organizations: New York Locations: United States, New York State
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