Kira Asatryan

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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This week we talk to Kira Astrayan about overcoming loneliness Kira Asatryan is certified relationship coach, author, blogger, loneliness expert, and speaker. She loves to speak publicly on the topic of loneliness, as it's a problem of epidemic proportions in our modern times. She maintains a private coaching practice in San Francisco where she helps couples, and individuals develop closeness - the antidote to loneliness - in their relationships. She has struggled with loneliness her whole life and has come to find that there are many others out there like her. She has spent her coaching career researching, pondering, and reflecting upon what specifically makes relationships feel good or bad. In This Interview, Kira Asatryan and I Discuss... The One You Feed parable Her book, Stop Being Lonely; Three simple steps to developing close friendships and deep relationships The new type of loneliness in modern society How closeness means direct access to another person's inner world How knowing and caring are the two things that create closeness The importance of seeing others from their perspective and letting them see you from your perspective The role of being interested in and invested in another's well-being That instead of fostering closeness, that worrying about someone can sometimes push them away What it is about technology that can cause distance even when we're around other people That love is not a reliable solution to loneliness For more show notes visit our website

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0:00.0	The human mind is pre-wired to make assumptions about people and situations and things,
0:05.2	and it's an impulse that we kind of have to fight against when you're trying to see somebody
0:09.7	from their own perspective.
0:19.1	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:21.2	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,
0:25.7	quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true, and yet for many of us
0:32.8	our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy,
0:39.2	or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that hold us back and
0:45.1	dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It takes conscious,
0:51.2	consistent and creative effort to make a life worth living. This podcast is about how other people
0:56.9	keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.
1:13.7	Hi, it's Elvis Jaran, on my new podcast, Thinking Out Loud with Elvis Jaran. I'll be bringing
1:19.2	you candid and maybe sometimes a little crazy interviews with people from all walks of life.
1:23.6	We'll touch on subjects that you just can't talk about on the radio, like life, love, success,
1:28.2	failure, whatever else comes to mind. But I'll jacked up because after being in this business for
1:32.7	as long as I have, I want to get to the bottom of what makes people tick. Now listen to my new podcast,
1:37.8	Thinking Out Loud on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:43.7	Thanks for joining us. Our guest on this episode is Kira Asatrian, a certified relationship coach,
1:51.6	author, blogger, loneliness expert, and speaker. She loves to speak publicly on the topic of loneliness.
1:58.3	Kira has spent her coaching career researching, pondering, and reflecting upon what specifically
2:03.1	makes relationships feel good or bad. Her book is called Stop Being Lonely, three simple steps
2:09.2	to developing close friendships and deep relationships. Here's the interview.
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