Found: The Ache That Connects Us All (Not Alone Series)

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Loneliness is one of the most researched topics in modern psychology and one of the least talked about honestly.

Loneliness activates the same regions of the brain as physical pain. It is not a weakness or a character flaw. It is a deeply human signal.

Most people report feeling lonely at some point, including people who appear most connected, successful + most surrounded by others.

The feeling that makes you feel most unlike everyone else is the feeling you share most deeply with everyone else.

This meditation invites you to notice where that ache lives in you + to discover that you are more known, understood and accompanied than it has ever felt.

This is the 8th and final meditation in the Not Alone series. But I have plans for a second season.

Music: Deep Into Nature by Music of Wisdom
Image: Original

Transcript

Let's arrive here together by finding somewhere comfortable to land. Let your body be fully supported. Take a real breath and allow it to fall out of you softly. As an audible sigh. The kind of exhale your body may have been waiting for all day. If there's a part of you that has been feeling a little invisible a little unchosen or unseen let that part of you know it's safe here. There is a kind of loneliness that has nothing to do with being alone. It's the ache of being in a room full of people. And feeling somehow outside of life rather than inside it. It's the ache of connection that almost reaches you and then doesn't quite. The feeling of returning home and the silence there feeling louder than it did before you left. It's that ache right in the center of you. See if you can notice where you feel it. It might be in your chest, Your throat, Your belly. Wherever it lives in you, If you're willing, Place a hand there. Just rest it there gently. A moment of tenderness for the part of you that has been carrying this because what you are carrying deserves to be met with kindness, Not pushed away, Not hidden, But met, Allowed to be felt just as it is. The very thing that makes you feel most unlike everyone else, Most on the outside, Is the thing we have most in common with every human being who has ever lived, All of us. The longing to be known, To be chosen, To belong somewhere without having to earn it. All of us carry this, All of us. Notice what shifts in you as you take this in from being apart from everyone to being part of everyone. We are not alone. We are deeply connected. In this moment, We are held by every human heart that has ever felt this same ache. Let's take a closing breath together and return to our day knowing that we are more understood, More seen and known, More at home in this world than we ever knew.

Reviews

Stopped me in my tracks, Age. This resonated so strongly with me; thank you.

Also, always great to hear another Aussie voice on IT, and as a fellow NFP burnout survivor, I feel we share a lot already. Looking forward to delving deeper into your work. Thank you for being here ✨

🧘🏻‍♀️Connected me with my own strong energy within 3 minutes ⚡️Thank you, Age! 🙏🏼