Oprah Winfrey has interviewed so many that have pointed to the same reason there is so much suffering in the world. It all points back to lack of love and human connection.
We all want to feel:
- Valued
- Loved
- Fully seen
- Excepted that “You are enough”
Listen to this compilations from Oprah Winfrey and reconnect and perhaps adopt some ways to reconnect in your own life at your own pace.
We are arguably in the most fearful and divisiveness time in history. With a global pandemic that requires a lot of us to feel isolated in our homes, losing our jobs/sense of purpose, unable to see friends or family as we once had, no public gatherings, children all at home, some facing depression with coping mechanisms like alcohol and drugs, unable to worship in church as we once had, etc.
Now is the time to really look within and find healthy ways to reconnect to community and to find steadiness within ourselves. So many of us are in the same boat but perhaps experiencing and dealing with things in a variety of ways. We are not alone and yet we do allow our minds to get carried away with those thoughts that don’t serve us and bring us down into a rabbit hole of thoughts that are toxic and untrue.
Healthy ways to cope:
- Meditation – Sitting or walking and quieting the mind is so rejuvenating. It takes practice but you can’t do this wrong, it just takes time.
- Prayer – If this resonates with you, do it. Prayer is powerful.
- Counseling/Therapy – Speaking to someone unbias in your life helps. Better Help and TalkSpace are apps that you can use to get to a counselor in real-time on your smartphone.
- Take a walk. Moving the body helps move around the emotions that is coursing through us.
- Read a good book. As long as it’s a book that resonates with you, it doesn’t matter. Break from screens and focus on the words on the page that encourage how you improve your connection with others.
- Bake or cook – Good food is good, no question. Ask friends and family to share their favorite dishes and make then and share them with one another.
- Moderate your tech-use – the media (including social media) is filled with stories to bring you down. Moderate your useage the best you can.
- Write “notes of love” with People Spread Love (I had to add this one) – you can volunteer with us and connect with humans directly in a real special way.
- Pick up the phone (when you aren’t on your break from it) and text OR call a friend and tell them you are thinking of them. Reminding others they are not alone is important and feels less isolating for you and them.
- Set boundaries within yourself and with others. With the borders of home and work life is so blurred it is difficult to put it down when you need to. Make a schedule and stick to it.
Whatever you take on, know that this is not forever, it’s just for right now. Hang in there.
Much love,
People Spread Love