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Hello beautiful people of the world.

Welcome to Tuesday and to Radio Headspace.

It's Dora here.

Since moving to LA, I've been confronted with the growth edge of loneliness.

Now a growth edge is an area of your life you're improving.

And in this season of loneliness, I'm learning how to be with my loneliness and cultivate a

relationship with it.

And it's been interesting to say the least because at first I was trying to fight against

it and put myself out there.

You know, attend different gatherings and events, try my hardest to make friends, but the

more I would do this, the more lonely I felt.

And I came to the realization that I'm really in need of my own presence and attention.

So what wisdom does loneliness hold?

Its teachings are twofold.

One, it shows us that we need and desire connection and belonging as humans.

Way back in the day, our ancestors knew the importance of being together, finding safety

and numbers.

This is how we survived.

That feeling of despair and isolation of me experience loneliness activates our fight,

fight, freeze response.

And it's really hard on us if that response is chronically stimulated.

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