3453: The Fear of Being Alone by Leo Babauta of ZenHabits on Self-Sufficiency and Emotional Independence

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🗓️ 8 January 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3453: Leo Babauta explores the liberating power of being alone, showing how it fosters self-sufficiency, emotional independence, and inner joy. By embracing solitude step-by-step, you can transform fear into growth, learn to rely on yourself, and enter relationships as a whole and confident person. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://zenhabits.net/joy-of-one/ Quotes to ponder: "Being alone is empowering. The quiet of being alone is joyful." "Learn to provide for all of your emotional needs. Learn that you are OK, just as you are, without anyone else to 'complete you'." "Aloneness can be a scary thing, but it can also be a joyful thing." Episode references: The Art of Stillness: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Stillness-Adventures-Going-Nowhere/dp/1476784728 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily, the Fear of Being Alone by Leo Babouda of Zenhabits.net.
1:07.7	And I'm your narrator, Justin Mollick. I read to you every day of the year from the best articles
1:11.7	and blogs I can find to help both you and me have a bit more pep in our step today. This is all
1:17.9	with permission from the authors, of course. So with that, let's get right to it as we optimize
1:22.7	your life. The Fear of Being Alone by Leo Babouda of Zenhabits.net.
1:33.6	A surprising number of people fear being alone, maybe just about all of us do to some extent.
1:40.3	We fear being without a partner or friends and family.
1:44.6	We fear traveling alone in strange places lost without anyone to ask for help.
1:49.8	We fear taking on life without help for fear of failure.
1:53.9	This is natural, this fear of being alone.
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