07/04/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but…
The thing that solves loneliness is *connection*.
We’re all searching for connection, deep down.
And when we feel lonely, it’s not necessarily because we need more people around us.
It’s often because we’re lacking SELF-connection. ❤️
I was so tired of feeling disconnected. I changed careers, and my life, because I longed to be in more spaces of connection and to find my way back to myself 🫶
I knew there was more to life than feeling insular, chasing personal success and achievement, masking, keeping my head down, being unkind to myself, wondering ‘is this all there is?’
Of course social connection is important too. But surrounding ourselves with people, any people, feels so empty if we’re not content within ourselves.
I feel so at home every single time I step into a room and get to run a breathwork or somatic therapy session, with people seeking that same feeling of something deeper within themselves.
And because I stopped relying on my career, and other people, for validation, I have to find self-connection outside of those rooms too.
I find it by the bucketload in nature. That’s why you’ll see me share so much about the natural world. It’s where I come home to myself. Because we *belong* in nature 🌳
We’ll all find our own way to feel connected to our true self. But it has to start with being present to what’s already here.
Rather than living in our heads, chasing something that always feels at arm’s length, in the future. Putting conditions on our own happiness.
When we realise we’re all connected in the here and now, loneliness is a mindset and separateness is an illusion, it changes everything.
In the words of Ram Dass, “You don’t need loneliness, because you couldn’t possibly be alone.” 🥹
When do you feel most connected to your true self? ✨
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