Feeling Lonely During the Holidays? This One’s for You.

It's Christmas Eve! And we're diving into one of the biggest challenges of the holiday season, a time often filled with pressure to be surrounded by loved ones and feel deeply connected and joyful. Yet for many, the holidays can be the loneliest time of the year.

We unpack the emotional weight that the holidays can bring and explore the best ways to navigate feelings of loneliness. Whether you're an introvert or extrovert, you need to know the two most important things to keep in mind when combating loneliness and finding peace during the holidays (but truly throughout the whole year).

If the season has you feeling isolated, this episode offers guidance, understanding, and a reminder that you’re most definitely not alone.

Quote of the day: "To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year. For many, the wrappings are loneliness, silence, and memories that burn too brightly." – E.B. White

Is loneliness making you feel like you lack purpose? This may help: Unlocking Your Purpose and Creating the Life You Want: A Chat With Kristen Greaves

Chapters

• 0:35 Loneliness at Christmas
• 2:10 Quote of the day
• 3:29 The pressure to be happy in the holidays
• 5:16 Why people feel lonely
• 8:04 The benefits of being alone
• 8:58 Introverts, ambiverts and extroverts
• 10:54 Advice for being better at being alone
• 12:41 Being alone vs. loneliness
• 20:55 The 2 most important ways to fight loneliness
• 21:16 The one thing that keeps you in loneliness