S9 / E7: Solitude

In this week’s episode we chat about what it means to sit with solitude.

Why have we chosen to talk about solitude?

• As a time of going within and seeking soul wisdom, winter can be more focused on the individual self than the other seasons.

• This middle part of winter, however, is also often a time of celebration and gathering, which can feel lovely and uplifting, or it can feel totally the opposite depending on your circumstances. Sometimes we need or want a way to find a bit of space for ourselves, to take some time alone.

• It’s also a time that can feel really lonely because of the focus on ‘typical’ midwinter festivities and what these ‘should’ look like - we can often feel the heaviness of pressure and expectations.

What do we chat about?

• Solitude as the choice to be alone, rather than it being unwelcome

• How being wholly ourselves can make us feel ‘forsaken’ and/or ‘extraordinary’

• Solitude as a profound existential concept that we’ve been wrestling with for as long as language has been evolving

• On the inhale / exhale of deep connection and deep solitude, with one facilitating the other