The older we get, people move away. You don't live in the same place anymore. There's an adjustment period that loneliness tends to crop up in. In part confusion about what happens next is a massive trigger for loneliness. The amount of time that we have to build and maintain healthy connections is minimized by paid obligations. And it's not to say that you can't successfully maintain long-distance friendships. It's just that the dynamic and the nature of the relationship changes.
This week we break down the psychological, biological and evolutionary underpinnings of loneliness and break down some of the stigma around feeling lonely in your 20's. This decade is full of a number of significant life transitions and changes that can lead us to feel isolated and detached, but loneliness sometimes get's a bad wrap. We explore how we can cultivate a better relationship with loneliness by understanding the instinctual urges behind this feeling, embracing solitude and reframing the narrative around exactly how common it is to feel lonely in your 20's. Listen now!
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