Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Feeling alone can be really hard.

I know this.

In fact, I learned that the biggest cause of stress

isn't financial trouble, it's not health trouble, it's not the many things that come

to mind when it comes to what stress means and how it shows up in our life. The biggest cause of stress is in fact

loneliness. And look, we've had a tough couple of years, right?

We've responded very differently depending on where we are, who we are, you know, about

this, the global pandemic.

And I can tell you that my mom is still really scared of getting COVID. She is nearly

eight years old, she's in the UK, and she just wants to be alone. Right? She is

afraid, she thinks that as an older woman she's unsafe, and I allow her to do what suits her because it's her life, it's her body, it's her decision.

Of course I want to see her, but her decision right now is that she doesn't want to and so I love and respect that I stay in my own business.

One thing that my mom says to me which I thought could be helpful for any of you who feel lonely, maybe you're separated from your

loved ones for whatever reason across the world. I know many of us are separated from family for different reasons.

My mom would always say to me this, because I've been

living away from home since I was 18, I moved to France and then Australia and then the

US, so I've not lived in the same country as my mom for 20 years.

She says this to me.

We're always under the same moon.

Maybe... Maybe you need to remember that. Maybe that's something that could touch you today.

Maybe it's something you can share or offer to someone who misses you who's far away from you.

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