Stephanie Harrison
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard 24 Oct
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And so a lot of the loneliness epidemic that we're seeing right now is because we're all focused on ourselves and we're all really nervous about getting rejected and worried about how people see us.
And then that makes it really hard to connect.
But when you're helping somebody, when you go out with the intention of saying, let me go out and help Stephanie with this problem that I know she's having,
It's much safer, right?
Most people don't reject help.
It's an easy way to start establishing connection.
And so by doing that, you're able to say, look, I'm not alone.
In fact, there are people out here who need me.
And while many of us think of loneliness as not having people to rely upon, it's also about you not being able to be reliable for other people, you not being useful and needed in your relationships.
I know that my periods of deepest loneliness came when I wasn't contributing and that my loneliness has been alleviated by showing up more for other people.
And it's that usefulness and that support that we can offer people that paradoxically ends up helping us the most.
And I know it's hard and scary and can be really uncomfortable, but if you can find a way to do it, even anonymously, like I often counsel people, like go out and see if you can volunteer at your local food bank or if you can do a trash pickup on the beach or wherever it is that you live.
Anything where the stakes feel very low.
Even if that's too much, which I understand for some people, like hold the door for somebody at a coffee shop or pay for the person behind you as you're going through the drive-thru, right?
There are all these little ways to give.
And in giving, we realize actually we're not alone at all, that other people need us.
And that in turn makes it easier for us to lean on them for the support that we want.
It's my little spin on gratitude because at the heart, gratitude is about realizing that
Good things happen to you because of other people, as you so beautifully described.
And this recognition of taking a moment and thinking about who helped me, we tend to take those actions for granted.
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