Are you finding yourself lacking the connections that you hoped and dreamed of? Does it seem like people around you have closer or more meaningful relationships with their friends, family, partner or colleagues? Or are you constantly going to events and meeting new people, but it never seems to go that one step further? Dreading the holiday, when that feeling of emptiness just seems to tripple? If any of this is true for you, you are one of approximately half the population experiencing loneliness.

Loneliness is so much more than being alone. You can have many people in your life, but still feel an absence of meaningful relationships. Many feel fundamentally different from others, and struggle to feel understood or supported. 

Why have a workshop about beating loneliness?

I am passionate about addressing loneliness as an approachable issue, and one that can be resolved. Researchers describe loneliness as a “significant public health issue” and “an epidemic” Feeling lonely is most often complicated by being accompanied by the feeling of shame. Both in my practice and in other connections, I find that when I talk about loneliness, almost everyone I talk to start sharing their own story of loneliness.  One of my favorite quotes is “Shame dies when stories are shared in safe spaces” (Ann Voskamp). Eliminating the shame and understanding the reasons is key to approaching resolving the pain of loneliness.

Program:

• Talk: Loneliness: If everyone is feeling it, why are we not talking about it?

• Reflection exercises: What kind of lonely?

• Connection exercises: What is right for me?

• Talk: The way forward

Confidenciality and safety:
The workshop will start out with a theoretical perspective, and some stories will be shared by the workshop facilitator. No one will be asked to share any personal experiences unless they want to do so.

Price: 490,- (Price includes coffee, tea and snacks)