Neeta Bhushan: How Loneliness Impacts Our Lives And Learning When To Ask For Help

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How many real connections do you actually have in your life?

In this episode of The Align Podcast, Neeta Bhushan and I talk all about moving through the hard things in your life and having a deeper understanding of your emotions. We discuss the loneliness epidemic within our society and how to combat those feelings of isolation. We also speak on our experiences with anxiety, how our body holds all of our deepest wounds and how we’re able to connect to those in order to heal. Neeta also shares her own personal story of loss and grief and how she managed to turn the lessons in her life into learning for others.

As co-founder of the Global Grit Institute, a mental health training platform for leaders and coaches, co-founder of the Dharma Coaching Institute, training thousands to live their best lives, and a thriving coach in her own right, Neeta Bhushan has helped thousands of people move past their heartbreaks, failures, and disappointments. And after years of research into human behavior, observing people in their worst and best moments, being a mother of two small children, and failing more than a few times herself, Neeta knows what it takes to get back up no matter what bowled you over. Her new book, That Sucked, Now What? is a real-talk guide to personal growth that draws on and embraces the suck–and helps you break through to lasting, audacious resilience.

What we discussed in the episode:

5:24 I’ll give you something to cry about.

8:19 58% of people feel like no one really truly knows them.

18:16 If the Ego is Misaligned, it needs to be broken and reset.

28:36 What do I do with this overwhelming anxiety?

34:28 We're so afraid of allowing ourselves to emote, allowing ourselves to ugly cry.

39:40 It's addicting to have ourselves be seen by other people.

50:00 Very few men claimed to have at least six friends.

56:56 Let's be honest, I don't think everybody likes the lonely

1:00:05 Guys are more thing-based and women are more people-based.

1:07:44 If you want someone to be trustworthy, you need to trust them.

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