19. Is Your Comfort Zone Responsible for Your Loneliness?
Among other things, Alena Chapman is a bestselling author, spiritual curator, and founder of Soul Manifesto, a program that has helped so many live their best life. In this podcast, she speaks about a crushing reality of the times we live in – loneliness. She points out how, at a time when technology has made it possible for us all to be more connected than ever, we are, quite paradoxically, lonelier than ever. As social animals, we all crave connections and communication, but increasingly, genuine connections remain out of reach.
⭐️Highlights⭐️
⭐️ Because of technology, we have more ways to connect than ever before, yet paradoxically we are lonelier than ever before.
⭐️ Mere conversing isn't connecting. Only when we connect through our heart can we be truly heard. If we don’t feel it then the listener hears inauthenticity.
⭐️ A real connection is about understanding the other person's soul. It is about laughing and having fun together and having the other person's back.
⭐️ It is vital for us to step out and create genuine connections in the physical world vis-à-vis the virtual world.
⭐️ Try to know a little bit more about the people around you, care a bit more. Step forward with courage to create those genuine connections. They promote wellbeing.
One of the reasons for this, points out Alena, is the lack of authenticity that has crept into our lives in recent times. Our immersion into the virtual world of social media has made it possible to present an idealized but unreal version of ourselves to the world. We have become confined to our comfort zones and are afraid to step outside of it. In this video, Alena speaks about the vital importance of creating and nurturing genuine connections and recognizing superficial and meaningless interactions for what they are. How can we forge real, nurturing connections? How can we step out of our comfort zones? Listen now to get the answers.