collectively and individually. We're inundated with imagery and have been our whole lives that the

holidays mean togetherness. People, family, laughter, hot cocoa, fireplaces. If this is the

sort of scene that we are experiencing in our lives, this is lovely and beautiful. This works so well to come

together and practice tradition and loving each other, celebrating together. This works great

when we have families and chosen families and friend groups who are reasonably safe and kind support systems.

But this expectation of togetherness can too easily be used like a dagger.

It can be picked up by shame in a highly sensitive person or a trauma survivor.

And our shame can plunge that dagger into our own highly sensitive hearts.

Hello, welcome to the show.

This is Emotional Badass, where Moxie meets Mindful.

I'm your host, Nikki Eisenhower, life coach and psychotherapist.

And on today's episode, I'm discussing how highly sensitive people can navigate loneliness through the holidays.

Before we dive into this topic about loneliness, y'all, I want to tell you that I'll be offering

some ways to meet me and work with me this year that are brand new. While I'm not ready to

release the details yet, I will be co-leading

at least one retreat this spring. If you are seriously interested in being a part of that,

come email us. Spots are very limited for this. So come email the team at production at

Emotionalbadas.com if you'd like more information on this.

The holidays highlight loneliness, y'all. They just do. And we're living through a loneliness

epidemic, not just in the state across the world. We have been sold this idea that technology

will increase our connection. And yet emotionally,

energetically, spiritually, we feel more lonely than ever. Here is a list I've compiled of random

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