We All Experience Loneliness
Good Morning team,
I hope you are excited about what is going to be an amazing week. I’m out of the office this week at two weddings and a range of meetings across the north of England. It should be great to reconnect with people but I hate being out of the office so that will also make things interesting.
I want to leave you with a short entry today. The aim is to give you something to think about and discuss with friends or family. The spark for this digital entry was a podcast I filmed with Alex Smith CEO of The Cares family last week. Alex was warm, thoughtful and a great laugh. The podcast comes out tomorrow and you should take a look at it when it does. The conversation was about loneliness and without giving too much away, I think everyone that watches it can take something away.
But before then, let's get back to today.
So about loneliness…
We all feel lonely from time to time. Feelings of loneliness are personal, so everyone's experience of loneliness will be different. I can recall many periods in my life when I was surrounded by people but still felt lonely and like no one was really seeing me. I think the phones we all carry in our pockets sometimes do more to separate us than actually bring us together.
One common description of loneliness is the feeling we get when our need for rewarding social contact and relationships is not met. But loneliness is not always the same as being alone. You may choose to be alone and live happily without much contact with other people, while others may find this a lonely experience.
Or you may have lots of social contacts, or be in a relationship or part of a family, and still feel lonely – especially if you don't feel understood or cared for by the people around you
Here is my one encouragement to you this week: REACH OUT.
It’s just one action but it can make a world of difference. Make an effort to have a meaningful conversion or even a good catch-up with a friend or colleague Don’t just coast, be present and where the option is between an episode of your favourite series or calling someone, call someone. Facetime them and have a conversation.
Feel free to let me know how some of those conversations go.
Have an amazing week,
M.T. Omoniyi