Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Do you ever feel lonely?

Do you have this feeling of loneliness?

I know that this is increasing in adults and even young adults because of so much phone use,

right? It's proven that we're spending more and more time alone, less time actually

interacting in real life with people that we love. I just read this article or kind of more

glance at this article, if I'm honest, saying that the average American is spending more time

alone than ever. It's like this self-isolating that's just kind of taken a hold of us and more

and more of us are doing it and it's leading to more anxiety, it's leading to more depression,

it's leading to the sense of disconnection. If you ever feel lonely. Now, I can admit that my relationship

with myself is something that I nurture, take care of, value above all else, really more than

anything. So loneliness for me isn't something that I feel so often

because I feel so connected to myself when I don't feel alone when I'm connected to the deeper me.

But if you do feel lonely because I know this comes up, I've heard about this in self-coaching society,

maybe you're part of my life coaching

community too. I have a couple of thoughts for you, okay? But first is this. Take an uncomfortable

action. If you want to be around new people, if you want to have more people in your life,

more contact with others,

you've got to take the initiative. It doesn't mean it's always going to work, but sometimes it will.

And you will be on those occasions so glad that you did, that you led the way. Meaning, you know,

ask someone for an iced coffee that you met at a workout class

or reconnect with an old friend with a text and suggest a walk or some lunch or some breakfast,

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