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Processing the Trauma of Loneliness

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

“Part of the reason why humans suffer is that we don’t honor the expression of these so-called weak emotions—meaning sadness, fear, and shame,” says psychiatrist Will Siu. In this moving conversation with new friend and goop chief content officer Elise Loehnen, Siu takes us through his experiences with loneliness and depression—both personally and as a clinician. Siu is educated by way of UC Irvine, UCLA medical school, the NIH, Harvard, and Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital. In other words: He’s a person that society deemed successful—and yet as he vulnerably explains, he still struggled. Today, Siu shares paths toward healing and connection, including what he’s learned from psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, or as he puts it, psychedelic-assisted humanity. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, it's Elise Loonon. I'm the Chief Content Officer here at Goop and host of our podcast

0:09.2

with Gwyneth. Thank you for listening, by the way. Today's guest has become an incredible

0:14.0

friend of mine and will get to him in just a second. First, I want to say a quick thank

0:19.0

you to the team at Zorovsky who we partnered up with to bring you this episode.

0:28.0

We did a really fun editorial piece with Zorovsky a few weeks ago. It revolved around their

0:32.6

new Mother's Day collection. We featured a few first time moms for the story and shared

0:37.4

some favorite pieces from the new Zorovsky collection. The collection itself includes

0:42.0

stockable ring sets, oversized studs, and a pendant necklace in the shape of a bursting

0:46.8

sun. And yes, there is just as much sparkle everywhere as you'd want from Zorovsky.

0:52.6

To check out their Mother's Day collection, visit a local Zorovsky store or head to

0:56.4

Zorovsky.com. Don't hold anything too tightly. Just wish for it, want it, let it come from

1:08.9

the intention of real truth for you, and then let it go. For me, our soul is like it's

1:15.4

unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words to limit ourselves. When people stop believing

1:23.7

that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming, we turn to ourselves, and that's

1:28.7

where you become empowered. Courageous participation attracts positive

1:34.4

things. I'm Gwyneth Paltrow. This is the Goop podcast, bringing together thought leaders,

1:41.7

culture changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers,

1:48.7

to start conversations, because simply asking questions and listening has the power to

1:53.8

change the way we see the world. Today is no exception. I'll let Elise fill you in on her

1:59.0

extraordinary guest, and I'll come back after their conversation to answer a question from

2:03.3

one of you. If you have a question you'd like me to get into in our next round of ask

2:07.2

me anything, send it to us at Goop on Instagram or Facebook. All right, over to Elise.

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