Welcome to the Balance Black Girl Podcast. We're putting Black Girl Magic in motion.

This show is dedicated to reinventing wellness for women of color.

I'm your host Lestrandra Alfred. Thank you so much for

tuning into the Balance Black Girl podcast. Today is Feel Good Friday. That

means it is just you and me having a quick chat about how we can feel our best.

And today's topic is all about the importance and power that comes from alone time.

So, alone time or being alone is a tricky topic. It is something that I feel is vital for our overall well-being, but it's also something that a lot of people can be really, really

afraid of.

And I know that I have also felt that way at times, too.

It can be very easy to overfill your calendar

or to keep yourself surrounded by other people at all times or to keep yourself

busy and just constantly consuming other people's thoughts, opinions, and ideas at all times so that you don't have to deal

with your own thoughts, feelings, opinions, or ideas.

However, I think that there's also a lot of power that can be

harnessed from intentional alone time, intentional downtime, intentional time in silence, and to reflect.

Alone time can be really scary because for a lot of people being alone feels synonymous with

being lonely and that is completely understandable because the two can often go hand in hand,

however they don't have to. You can also be in a room full of people and still feel super lonely if you are lacking genuine connection.

And you can also have a lot of alone time or spend a lot of time by yourself in solitude and quiet reflection and still

feel very connected to other people in your life.

So spending time by yourself does not necessarily mean

that you are in a constant state of loneliness.

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