Lonely vs. Alone: How can we carry our seasons of single-hood with grace and panache?

In this episode, Tink and Gillian answer a question from a listener who is choosing a single life right now, but is wondering how to sit wisely with loneliness when it arises.  We discuss aloneness versus loneliness, and take a look at our cave person/survival brain's tendency to create the negative experience of loneliness by telling us that we must be alone due to having been rejected, punished, or otherwise left to be eaten by the wildebeests.  We discuss therapy tools from modalities like Internal Family Systems therapy and somatic therapy to both interrogate and find compassion for loneliness in order to regulate ourselves effectively in solitude.  As always, we share of our own trials and tribulations when trying to follow our own advice.

Send your questions to us at: https://ouremotionalphysics.com/contact

Find us on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/emotionalphysicspodcast