Esther Perel

And I'll find someone else who I think can actually meet all my needs.

um alone right now especially this week people get so hung up on what the valentine experience means or doesn't mean and i don't have and i didn't get and i wasn't acknowledged and i think the the to actually continue directly from what we just said love intimacy being valued being cherished don't just imagine that it takes place in your romantic relationship so valentine us all

um alone right now especially this week people get so hung up on what the valentine experience means or doesn't mean and i don't have and i didn't get and i wasn't acknowledged and i think the the to actually continue directly from what we just said love intimacy being valued being cherished don't just imagine that it takes place in your romantic relationship so valentine us all

um alone right now especially this week people get so hung up on what the valentine experience means or doesn't mean and i don't have and i didn't get and i wasn't acknowledged and i think the the to actually continue directly from what we just said love intimacy being valued being cherished don't just imagine that it takes place in your romantic relationship so valentine us all

Make it about love and it's the love that you share with all the people of your life. If you don't have a partner at this time, that doesn't mean you're excluded from the event. That's right. And then how do you feel less lonely? In general, we feel less lonely when we connect with others and we feel that we are able to bring a smile to their face and suddenly we realize that we matter.

Make it about love and it's the love that you share with all the people of your life. If you don't have a partner at this time, that doesn't mean you're excluded from the event. That's right. And then how do you feel less lonely? In general, we feel less lonely when we connect with others and we feel that we are able to bring a smile to their face and suddenly we realize that we matter.

Make it about love and it's the love that you share with all the people of your life. If you don't have a partner at this time, that doesn't mean you're excluded from the event. That's right. And then how do you feel less lonely? In general, we feel less lonely when we connect with others and we feel that we are able to bring a smile to their face and suddenly we realize that we matter.

And that something is happening. Yesterday, I was literally thinking about these questions. And I'm walking here in Santa Barbara by the beach. And as I'm thinking this, a woman stops me. And she says, can you help me come down the steps? And so I help her walk down. She says, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I says, no, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I just...

And that something is happening. Yesterday, I was literally thinking about these questions. And I'm walking here in Santa Barbara by the beach. And as I'm thinking this, a woman stops me. And she says, can you help me come down the steps? And so I help her walk down. She says, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I says, no, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I just...

And that something is happening. Yesterday, I was literally thinking about these questions. And I'm walking here in Santa Barbara by the beach. And as I'm thinking this, a woman stops me. And she says, can you help me come down the steps? And so I help her walk down. She says, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I says, no, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I just...

feel like I was able to do something for someone. And when I left, she had a smile, I had a smile, and we momentarily felt less lonely. And that happens in small incremental things. You know, what happens today is modern loneliness masks as hyper-connectivity. I mean, you can have a thousand virtual friends and no one to feed your cat.

feel like I was able to do something for someone. And when I left, she had a smile, I had a smile, and we momentarily felt less lonely. And that happens in small incremental things. You know, what happens today is modern loneliness masks as hyper-connectivity. I mean, you can have a thousand virtual friends and no one to feed your cat.

feel like I was able to do something for someone. And when I left, she had a smile, I had a smile, and we momentarily felt less lonely. And that happens in small incremental things. You know, what happens today is modern loneliness masks as hyper-connectivity. I mean, you can have a thousand virtual friends and no one to feed your cat.

Let alone pick up a prescription at the pharmacy, let alone pick you up at the airport, let alone so many things. Yes, yeah. You know, but they give you a parasocial relationship with a little like and it leaves you You know, not really feeling fit. You're undernourished.

Let alone pick up a prescription at the pharmacy, let alone pick you up at the airport, let alone so many things. Yes, yeah. You know, but they give you a parasocial relationship with a little like and it leaves you You know, not really feeling fit. You're undernourished.

Let alone pick up a prescription at the pharmacy, let alone pick you up at the airport, let alone so many things. Yes, yeah. You know, but they give you a parasocial relationship with a little like and it leaves you You know, not really feeling fit. You're undernourished.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Because they're actually fighting not about certain things, but they're fighting for certain things. Ooh. If you think you're fighting about, then you think that you're arguing about, you know, why did you put the straw in this glass? You know, and now we're going to have a whole argument about the straw.