EPISODE SUMMARY:
This week on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam takes the mic solo to explore something many of us carry quietly: the experience of loneliness and isolation. Though we are more connected than ever through screens and devices, a deeper sense of belonging has become harder to find. Since the pandemic reshaped how we gather, work, and relate, many people have noticed a loneliness that lingers, and for those moving into the later seasons of life, the circles that once felt full can slowly grow quiet.
In this honest and reflective episode, Sam looks at why loneliness has become so widespread and why it can feel so difficult to name. He explores the difference between being alone and feeling lonely, the way isolation can settle in gradually without our noticing, and the conditioned belief that we should be able to handle everything on our own. Drawing on personal reflection and observation, he considers how disconnection affects not only our mood, but our health, our sense of purpose, and our relationship to ourselves.
Together with his listeners, Sam turns toward what helps: the quiet, essential work of building and finding community. He offers gentle reflections on how connection can be cultivated at any age, through shared practice, showing up consistently, reaching out before we feel ready, and allowing ourselves to be seen. This episode is an invitation to soften the isolation many of us have come to accept, and to remember that belonging is not something we earn, but something we return to, together.
Tune in and share your own experiences with the difficulty of feeling connected on our YouTube livestream or on our Facebook page.
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Segment 1
In a solo episode inspired by a loyal listener named Neil, Sam opens with a deeply resonant blog post reminding us that the antidote to our deepest loneliness lies not in hiding our pain, but in the courageous act of sharing it — for when we dare to speak our truth, we inevitably find others carrying the same quiet ache, and in that recognition, something profoundly healing takes place. Sam then widens the lens to explore what he calls a "pandemic of disconnection" — a world increasingly fractured by division, screen addiction, and the erosion of face-to-face connection — noting that isolation is not just a physical condition but a spiritual and emotional one that we often unwittingly deepen ourselves by withholding what is truly alive in our hearts. His invitation to listeners is both practical and soulful: treat loneliness not as a sentence but as a calling — to actively seek out communities, healing circles, clubs, and shared interests — remembering that being alone and feeling lonely are two very different things, and that the courage to reach out is always the first step back to belonging.
Segment 2
Sam shares a deeply moving tribute to his mother, who at 91 years old — having outlived nearly all her friends and peers — made the extraordinary choice to move to Israel, where she rebuilt an entire social world from scratch, ultimately living to 99, a living testament to the truth that community is the single greatest factor in both longevity and vitality. He weaves this personal story into a broader spiritual truth: that isolation is never a permanent sentence but a call to action, and that the antidote is always connection — whether found by joining an existing group, traveling to find your people, or boldly creating the community you wish existed. His closing invitation is both tender and empowering — reminding listeners that in a world designed to divide us, the radical act of focusing on what we share rather than what separates us, and daring to open our hearts to others, is how we reclaim our belonging and remember that none of us are ever truly alone.
00:00:45.360 --> 00:01:03.639 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Good afternoon, my conscious co-creators! Welcome to another edition of the Conscious Consultant Hour, Awakening Humanity. I am, as always, very, very pleased that you are all here with me today.
00:01:03.660 --> 00:01:08.409 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Today is one of those shows, no guest, just me.
00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:26.009 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And I'm going to dedicate this episode to a loyal listener who suggested the topic, Neil down in Florida. So, Neil, thank you for reaching out, thank you for suggesting this topic, and we will get into that shortly, which is…
00:01:26.010 --> 00:01:33.569 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How to find belonging in a Disconnected world. But first, of course, we have our blog post.
00:01:34.050 --> 00:01:45.869 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And actually, it's so funny. I swear to God, I did not cherry-pick this blog post. This really was the next blog post on the list.
00:01:47.030 --> 00:01:51.240 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it's so, so apropos.
00:01:51.790 --> 00:01:56.170 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And the blog post is entitled…
00:01:57.080 --> 00:02:04.179 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: When we share our pain, we find others who feel as we do.
00:02:07.110 --> 00:02:10.070 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We can feel all alone in the world.
00:02:10.530 --> 00:02:14.440 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That no one else knows our pain.
00:02:15.650 --> 00:02:21.339 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It is as if our own trauma is so unique.
00:02:22.300 --> 00:02:31.590 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That there cannot possibly be someone else who can understand Who feels what we feel.
00:02:32.930 --> 00:02:36.280 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And who has been through what we have been through.
00:02:38.690 --> 00:02:42.740 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It can feel so lonely to live in our own skin.
00:02:44.130 --> 00:02:48.220 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We go through our daily life doing the best we can.
00:02:48.670 --> 00:02:51.640 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Carrying on in the face of our pain.
00:02:52.300 --> 00:02:58.500 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: While we can make friends and connect with some people, We still feel alone.
00:02:59.230 --> 00:03:04.789 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: As if we will never find someone who can truly relate to our experiences.
00:03:05.680 --> 00:03:12.470 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Years pass by, and we learn to live with the loneliness and push forward.
00:03:13.460 --> 00:03:17.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Yet every day feels like an effort.
00:03:18.350 --> 00:03:20.649 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Not just to get out of bed.
00:03:21.070 --> 00:03:22.610 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But to live.
00:03:23.550 --> 00:03:29.309 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That feeling we can't quite shake, that we're not like everyone else.
00:03:29.690 --> 00:03:33.559 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: No one understands, and no one can relate.
00:03:35.290 --> 00:03:39.619 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Until one day, Something magical happens.
00:03:41.410 --> 00:03:45.259 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: When we can't stand how we feel anymore.
00:03:45.460 --> 00:03:48.050 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We go out, and we seek help.
00:03:49.320 --> 00:03:52.099 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We often get surprised.
00:03:53.450 --> 00:03:59.030 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We come to a group or a healing circle, praying for some kind of relief.
00:03:59.550 --> 00:04:03.359 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Hoping beyond hope that there is some way to feel better.
00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:10.700 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And somehow, the universe puts us right next to someone else.
00:04:11.190 --> 00:04:13.359 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Who is a complete stranger.
00:04:14.330 --> 00:04:20.010 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Because we don't really know them, we somehow feel safe to share with them.
00:04:21.120 --> 00:04:28.119 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We share our pain, our guilt, our loss, our grief, and our trauma with them.
00:04:29.400 --> 00:04:34.009 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: As we look at them, we notice something we've never seen before.
00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:38.310 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: There is a glint of recognition in their eyes.
00:04:39.290 --> 00:04:41.270 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Then they share their pain.
00:04:41.430 --> 00:04:45.440 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Their guilt. Their loss. Their grief.
00:04:45.570 --> 00:04:47.730 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And their trauma with us.
00:04:48.790 --> 00:04:53.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it can feel like someone just held up a mirror to us.
00:04:53.820 --> 00:04:58.559 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Their story is like our story in so many ways.
00:04:58.910 --> 00:05:05.860 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Not exactly the same, but close enough for them to empathize with this.
00:05:06.350 --> 00:05:09.150 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And we empathize with them.
00:05:09.970 --> 00:05:15.949 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Suddenly, We realize that there is a deep connection between the two of us.
00:05:17.250 --> 00:05:20.070 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That our pain is a shared pain.
00:05:21.010 --> 00:05:26.719 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And we are no longer the only person in the world who feels the way we do.
00:05:27.860 --> 00:05:34.440 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: the… Intimacy of that connection brings us healing.
00:05:34.540 --> 00:05:37.950 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: In a way we never expected.
00:05:40.150 --> 00:05:43.650 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Even though we can still feel our pain.
00:05:43.790 --> 00:05:47.400 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We somehow have more capacity for it.
00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:56.290 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Our internal container is larger and stronger.
00:05:57.150 --> 00:06:00.280 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And we no longer feel so all alone.
00:06:02.410 --> 00:06:06.109 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We may have entered the group as strangers.
00:06:06.690 --> 00:06:08.710 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But we leave the group.
00:06:09.540 --> 00:06:13.730 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: As two souls who have a shared connection.
00:06:15.390 --> 00:06:18.010 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Nothing will ever take that away.
00:06:19.060 --> 00:06:21.560 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Our hearts now beat.
00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:23.629 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: a little easier.
00:06:24.620 --> 00:06:28.389 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And our heads rest easier that night.
00:06:28.760 --> 00:06:30.760 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: As we fall asleep.
00:06:39.340 --> 00:06:45.689 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I, I, I wrote… this… Blog post a couple of years ago.
00:06:51.710 --> 00:06:57.190 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Not from my own experience, but I have experienced this myself.
00:06:58.450 --> 00:07:01.640 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But it was more the insight I saw.
00:07:02.750 --> 00:07:09.000 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: from two people, Who came to a ceremony, Who showed up as strangers.
00:07:11.330 --> 00:07:14.480 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And started to share what they were going through.
00:07:16.710 --> 00:07:22.819 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And as they talked about… And, and I believe…
00:07:23.180 --> 00:07:26.800 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I might be wrong, but I believe it was about two women.
00:07:27.430 --> 00:07:29.829 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Who were both married to narcissists.
00:07:32.180 --> 00:07:42.240 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And… That shared experience… Of how they felt being in the relationship.
00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:53.930 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Of the pain, and the anguish, and the challenges, and the difficulty it all…
00:07:55.560 --> 00:08:00.129 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It all brought them so close together during the evening.
00:08:03.890 --> 00:08:05.529 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And I could see.
00:08:06.670 --> 00:08:09.330 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I could feel in their energy.
00:08:09.710 --> 00:08:20.669 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: how after they connected, and they realized, like, oh, here's another person in the world who knows exactly what I'm going through, who feels the way I feel.
00:08:21.730 --> 00:08:27.969 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And they were probably at different stages of… of… of the process.
00:08:28.440 --> 00:08:30.209 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: In their relationship.
00:08:32.620 --> 00:08:34.440 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But I could see.
00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:38.070 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: On their face, in their bodies.
00:08:40.270 --> 00:08:43.309 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So, when they were able to relate with each other.
00:08:44.450 --> 00:08:46.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How much they relaxed.
00:08:47.710 --> 00:08:50.909 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How much… They lightened up.
00:08:52.480 --> 00:09:00.549 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And how that sense of… Knowing that there's someone else went through the same thing they did.
00:09:03.220 --> 00:09:05.649 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How it made all the difference in the world.
00:09:06.680 --> 00:09:09.869 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And how healing that was for both of them.
00:09:15.100 --> 00:09:17.230 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And the curious thing is…
00:09:20.300 --> 00:09:27.140 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: When we find other people, It doesn't have to be just one person, but when we find other people.
00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:32.459 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Who can relate to the pain that we feel.
00:09:33.560 --> 00:09:38.399 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it doesn't have to be about, you know, a narcissistic partner.
00:09:38.610 --> 00:09:47.940 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It could be… about, you know, losing a parent at a young age could be about…
00:09:48.420 --> 00:09:56.830 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: you know, coming from a similar environment. It could be about having to deal with alcoholic parents. I mean, you just name it.
00:09:57.990 --> 00:10:01.619 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It could be about… Losing our spouses.
00:10:05.250 --> 00:10:07.450 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It could be so many things.
00:10:15.410 --> 00:10:25.740 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But when we share our pain, When we share our agony, And we find someone else.
00:10:26.050 --> 00:10:35.350 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Who can truly… Reflected back to us, who feels the same way, who's experienced the same things.
00:10:35.950 --> 00:10:41.490 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That connection, that sense of belonging, Oof, is that powerful?
00:10:42.620 --> 00:10:50.860 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Oh… Cannot truly, truly… Flip that feeling of loneliness on its head.
00:10:51.800 --> 00:10:54.659 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And help us to feel like we belong.
00:10:58.950 --> 00:11:07.699 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now, there are many ways to cultivate a sense of belonging. It does not always have to be about sharing our pain.
00:11:10.900 --> 00:11:13.690 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: However… in this world.
00:11:14.280 --> 00:11:23.419 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Where we share so little of our pain with others, where we hide our pain, where we don't admit how
00:11:24.070 --> 00:11:37.090 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Difficult something feels, and the challenges we're going through, how we're so afraid of people judging us, and people not understanding.
00:11:37.380 --> 00:11:40.859 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That we don't really share our hearts with them.
00:11:43.270 --> 00:11:46.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Like, that's where disconnection starts.
00:11:48.130 --> 00:11:49.790 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That's where…
00:11:53.400 --> 00:11:59.440 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We begin to… Pull ourselves apart from other people.
00:12:02.610 --> 00:12:08.819 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And because it's so fundamental, and because it's so a part of who we are.
00:12:10.140 --> 00:12:12.710 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It causes that fracture point.
00:12:16.450 --> 00:12:27.140 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now, look, you've heard it say… you've heard me say it many times on the show, we do not have to marinate in our pain, we do not have to continually sit in our misery.
00:12:30.920 --> 00:12:33.579 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But that doesn't mean we need to ignore it.
00:12:34.140 --> 00:12:38.339 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That doesn't mean we treat it as if it's not there.
00:12:42.760 --> 00:12:51.740 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's so funny, I've seen it so many times when we're sort of in polite company, and someone asks us how we're doing.
00:12:52.040 --> 00:12:57.440 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How we're afraid to say, oh, things really suck right now.
00:12:58.540 --> 00:13:02.750 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And they're like, oh, I'm so sorry, is there anything I can do? And they try and fix it.
00:13:03.340 --> 00:13:10.070 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We don't really need people to fix anything, we just need to be heard and validated and accepted.
00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:15.780 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so we don't say how we really feel.
00:13:17.920 --> 00:13:21.310 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And when we don't say how we really feel.
00:13:22.770 --> 00:13:25.989 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That causes us to feel separation.
00:13:26.330 --> 00:13:28.080 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That causes us.
00:13:28.760 --> 00:13:32.140 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To lose that sense of connection with other people.
00:13:35.140 --> 00:13:40.179 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now, the thing is, it's not their fault that we don't share.
00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:42.180 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That's on us.
00:13:43.500 --> 00:13:48.669 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now, how they respond and how they react may encourage us or not encourage us.
00:13:48.880 --> 00:13:51.289 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To share what's truly going on.
00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:00.599 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But if we find ourselves… In that place.
00:14:02.750 --> 00:14:04.539 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We were truly in pain.
00:14:05.610 --> 00:14:11.420 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Where we really… Need to share what's going on with us.
00:14:12.690 --> 00:14:14.210 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And we don't.
00:14:16.210 --> 00:14:19.439 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Then we are contributing to our own isolation.
00:14:24.510 --> 00:14:30.460 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: you see, I… I almost always try and come from a point of…
00:14:30.830 --> 00:14:33.100 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We're the creators of our life.
00:14:36.790 --> 00:14:39.259 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And since we created our life.
00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:44.889 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: When there's something in our life, That doesn't feel right.
00:14:45.180 --> 00:14:47.279 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That's not serving us.
00:14:50.590 --> 00:14:52.839 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We have the power to change it.
00:14:54.030 --> 00:14:57.540 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We first have to become aware of how we're showing up.
00:15:00.640 --> 00:15:02.939 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We have to be cognizant of it.
00:15:03.880 --> 00:15:05.870 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And then we take action.
00:15:06.780 --> 00:15:13.459 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We first have to be present to it, and then we can take action around it, so then we can shift how we feel.
00:15:14.380 --> 00:15:18.760 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Doesn't mean we ignore our feelings. Doesn't mean we avoid our feelings.
00:15:22.090 --> 00:15:24.340 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We honor how we feel.
00:15:26.190 --> 00:15:31.849 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And if we want to… Make that load a little lighter.
00:15:34.410 --> 00:15:36.810 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Than sharing how we feel.
00:15:37.170 --> 00:15:40.979 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Is one of the most important things we can do.
00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:47.940 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And that's why… Sharing our pain.
00:15:48.490 --> 00:15:49.809 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: is so important.
00:15:51.520 --> 00:15:54.290 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Because there are lots of people all around us.
00:15:55.440 --> 00:16:02.769 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We might walk by them on the street, they might be neighbors, they might be just acquaintances.
00:16:04.780 --> 00:16:09.560 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And if we don't share… Truly what's going on with us.
00:16:09.810 --> 00:16:13.660 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We don't give them an opportunity to share what's going on with them.
00:16:18.250 --> 00:16:25.670 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And sharing what is truly going on with us, and hearing what is truly going on with them. That's how we connect.
00:16:28.270 --> 00:16:33.039 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: One way is by sharing our pain. It is not the only way.
00:16:34.970 --> 00:16:36.879 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But it's an important way.
00:16:37.770 --> 00:16:40.129 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And that's why I wrote this blog post.
00:16:40.380 --> 00:16:50.039 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So again, this blog post is entitled, When We Share Our Pain, We Find Others Who Feel As We Do.
00:16:50.870 --> 00:16:56.919 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And of course, you can always find my blog posts on theconsciousconsultant.com.
00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:02.609 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And if you like my blog post, you know, check out my book, Everyday Awakening.
00:17:03.130 --> 00:17:10.439 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Which you can find at everydayawakeningbook.com, and at all the major booksellers.
00:17:12.369 --> 00:17:21.839 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it really feeds into, sort of, our topic today. Again, inspired by my loyal listener, Neil.
00:17:21.930 --> 00:17:34.679 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And listen, if you're listening to this, and you have questions around this, or you feel differently about it, or you want to know something, post your comments right now in the live streams, and I'll be more than happy to answer it.
00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:43.400 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so, Neil… is someone who's retired down in Florida, And…
00:17:44.760 --> 00:17:49.580 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And he asked me to talk about
00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:53.049 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: The experience of loneliness and isolation.
00:17:55.750 --> 00:17:59.669 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And I felt like… You know, this is a good topic.
00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:07.339 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Because ever since the pandemic, More and more people are feeling lonely and isolated.
00:18:09.100 --> 00:18:13.950 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That… that… Social isolation we felt.
00:18:14.330 --> 00:18:17.839 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: During the pandemic kind of carried over.
00:18:18.570 --> 00:18:20.420 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it stuck with us.
00:18:20.770 --> 00:18:26.790 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And we continue… To feel isolated, even though
00:18:27.590 --> 00:18:30.979 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We actually don't need to feel isolated anymore.
00:18:31.350 --> 00:18:40.310 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: gotten vaccinated, we're… we're… or we're just healthy, and it's… and COVID's not around that much anymore. It's still around, but not that much.
00:18:44.430 --> 00:18:50.470 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But it's more than just… the physical isolation. It's more than just
00:18:51.040 --> 00:18:53.219 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: you know, I couldn't go out.
00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:01.280 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I would call it a spiritual isolation, or an emotional isolation.
00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:12.010 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Because I'm sure you've heard lots of people talk about how the world is getting more and more divided every day.
00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:21.169 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: If you don't believe exactly the way someone else believes, then you're wrong, and they're right.
00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:30.240 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And there's no room for compromise anymore, and people just can't get along with other people who think differently than them.
00:19:33.410 --> 00:19:36.600 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so when we start cutting ourselves off.
00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:39.940 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: From people who think differently than us.
00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:49.000 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Then we start… Cutting ourselves off from one person, and then another person, then another person, then another person.
00:19:49.270 --> 00:19:52.520 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And then pretty soon, there's not too many people around.
00:19:54.110 --> 00:19:57.439 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And we've literally isolated ourselves.
00:20:04.670 --> 00:20:14.719 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so… There's really a pandemic right now of disconnection, isolation, alienation.
00:20:17.280 --> 00:20:19.339 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We don't trust each other anymore.
00:20:19.490 --> 00:20:22.270 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We don't talk to each other anymore.
00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:26.239 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Everybody's on their phones and their screens.
00:20:27.090 --> 00:20:30.590 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And we're not having these face-to-face conversations.
00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:39.719 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And that's… where this… Sense of loneliness and isolation.
00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:42.510 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Sort of… is bred from.
00:20:43.370 --> 00:20:45.729 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Gives it very fertile ground.
00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:57.999 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And of course, you know, as we age, there are different challenges.
00:20:58.670 --> 00:21:06.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: especially once we retire, and if we're not working, we're not in the workforce. I mean, a lot of our socialization happens at work.
00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:09.770 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Because that's where we spend the majority of our time.
00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:12.949 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We spend more time working.
00:21:13.350 --> 00:21:18.580 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And then… then relaxing, socializing, Doing other things.
00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:22.730 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so once we stop working.
00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:30.530 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: There's this huge chunk of time that we used to be around other people, that we're not around other people anymore.
00:21:33.710 --> 00:21:35.160 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And when we…
00:21:35.970 --> 00:21:48.800 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And especially since the pandemic, where so much has gone virtual and hybrid, and people don't even work in the same office space anymore. I mean, some people do, but they're trying to bring people back.
00:21:49.440 --> 00:22:02.330 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But still, there's so many digital nomads, and there's so many companies set up to operate virtually, so they don't have to have a corporate office, so they can save money, and there are all these things going on.
00:22:04.300 --> 00:22:09.160 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So we're not spending time face-to-face with other human beings.
00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:16.639 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So when we have all these different factors affecting us.
00:22:17.290 --> 00:22:26.489 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That are causing us to spend more and more time at home without other people, then we really have to do something to counteract that.
00:22:28.230 --> 00:22:31.359 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That's when it becomes more and more important
00:22:33.470 --> 00:22:40.110 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To go out and find groups and clubs and people that do something that we like to do.
00:22:42.670 --> 00:22:46.940 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I live in New York City, very populous city.
00:22:47.370 --> 00:22:49.899 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And people still say it's hard to meet people here.
00:22:51.070 --> 00:22:55.420 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And my wife and I, when we live close to Central Park, we see
00:22:55.470 --> 00:23:12.559 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: how much running clubs, like, people just running together to stay physically active and get in shape, how popular they've become. It's become a social thing, not just an exercise thing. Biking clubs, you know, groups of people biking together.
00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:17.959 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: They're, they're, there, you know, all kinds of sports, there's…
00:23:18.210 --> 00:23:25.050 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: hiking clubs, there's dance clubs, I mean, there's just all kinds of things.
00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:35.640 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But to avail ourselves of this, we really have to make an effort. We have to go out and look for it. It's not gonna just fall in our lap.
00:23:40.230 --> 00:23:45.750 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so… If you have some kind of interest.
00:23:46.030 --> 00:23:50.869 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Do you have something that, you know, you would love… you love to do?
00:23:51.220 --> 00:24:09.949 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You know, I remember back when I was in college, and I was taking some fine arts classes, I was taking life drawing, and painting, and printmaking and stuff. There were many, not many, I would say… about a third of the class were retired people who were taking classes, because
00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:14.799 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: They just enjoyed, and they wanted to learn how to draw, or paint, or do something.
00:24:20.330 --> 00:24:22.029 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What are your interests?
00:24:23.150 --> 00:24:24.779 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What do you love to do?
00:24:27.270 --> 00:24:30.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Meetup.com is a great resource.
00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:38.800 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Eventbrite. I mean, there's so many online websites now where people post events.
00:24:40.090 --> 00:24:41.020 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Go out.
00:24:41.190 --> 00:24:45.540 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And find… A group that you can relate to.
00:24:49.210 --> 00:25:02.300 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You know, if you're a mom, find my mom's group. If you're a grandparent, find a grandparent group. If you're a widower, find a widower group. I mean, there are all kinds of groups out there.
00:25:06.050 --> 00:25:08.090 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Just make the effort.
00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.989 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Speaking of groups…
00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:19.230 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: My wife and I, a friend recommended it to us, and I believe that the movie's now on Amazon.
00:25:20.230 --> 00:25:24.580 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We went to see this movie called Group, The Schopenhauer Effect.
00:25:24.870 --> 00:25:27.270 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it was all about,
00:25:28.050 --> 00:25:33.240 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: A therapy group, group therapy, that this one psychiatrist was running.
00:25:33.690 --> 00:25:38.509 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And, and sort of… Showing, like, several group sessions.
00:25:39.110 --> 00:25:43.099 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And the interaction between the people, and it was really good.
00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:51.569 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And seeing how these… People connected, and how that group therapy became so important to everyone in the group.
00:25:56.090 --> 00:26:09.919 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And, you know, If you're experiencing challenges, if you're having real difficulty with depression and loneliness and isolation.
00:26:11.630 --> 00:26:16.439 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Maybe, it might just be worth your while.
00:26:16.790 --> 00:26:20.770 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To find a therapy group that you can go and talk to it about.
00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:22.560 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How are you feeling?
00:26:26.850 --> 00:26:33.260 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And if therapy ain't your jam, find another kind of healing group. There are all kinds of healing circles. There's…
00:26:33.290 --> 00:26:48.149 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: energy healing, there's emotional healing, there's a million different healing techniques out there that people hold groups about. Family constellations and psychodynamic stuff. I mean, there's so much now.
00:26:49.560 --> 00:26:51.910 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I mean, God, when I was growing up.
00:26:52.110 --> 00:26:55.720 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: There was so little compared to what there is now.
00:26:56.670 --> 00:27:00.329 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: There is an abundance of opportunity
00:27:01.150 --> 00:27:05.200 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To find ways to connect with people that they had never been before.
00:27:07.890 --> 00:27:20.959 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it's easier than ever to find it. I mean, back before the internet, how did you find groups? You know, you had to know somebody who knew somebody, you know, you had to see an ad in a paper or something.
00:27:21.170 --> 00:27:23.629 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It is so much easier.
00:27:24.990 --> 00:27:31.039 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: everything is listed online. It's so much easier to find something that
00:27:31.530 --> 00:27:35.810 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That… that you can have some connection to other people with.
00:27:41.930 --> 00:27:44.610 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So you don't have to remain isolated.
00:27:45.850 --> 00:27:50.090 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You don't have to feel lonely all the time.
00:27:50.870 --> 00:27:55.340 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now, keep in mind, being alone and feeling lonely are two different things.
00:27:57.060 --> 00:28:01.839 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We can really enjoy our own company and be with ourselves and not feel lonely at all.
00:28:02.080 --> 00:28:05.609 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And we can be in the middle of a group of people and still feel lonely.
00:28:07.110 --> 00:28:08.790 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Because of that connection.
00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:11.500 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Loneliness is an internal feeling.
00:28:13.130 --> 00:28:18.280 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But if what you're doing is Craving connection.
00:28:18.490 --> 00:28:20.389 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: With other human beings.
00:28:21.870 --> 00:28:28.579 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Find a group. Find a way to connect with others who have similar interests.
00:28:30.990 --> 00:28:33.230 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: May not be that easy.
00:28:33.370 --> 00:28:36.289 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But if you make the effort, it will pay off.
00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.860 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You see, here's the thing.
00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:44.650 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Do we sit and we wallow in our loneliness?
00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:50.210 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And do we accept our loneliness as just a fact of life?
00:28:51.150 --> 00:28:53.580 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Or do we look at it as a challenge?
00:28:53.850 --> 00:29:00.499 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I'm feeling lonely, it doesn't feel good, I've got to find a way to get out there and find other people.
00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:11.430 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: This episode is my… Encouragement to you.
00:29:11.910 --> 00:29:15.780 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To not just stay home behind a computer screen.
00:29:16.510 --> 00:29:23.010 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I mean, if you're homebound, that's one thing, find online groups, but if you're not homebound, Go out.
00:29:26.250 --> 00:29:33.189 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Check your local library if you're not too far from one. Do they have lectures? Do they have reading groups?
00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:46.860 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I mean, what do you like? Do you like reading? Do you like music? Do you like performances? Do you like culture? Do you like food? Do you like politics? I mean, just pick a topic, any topic.
00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:50.760 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And go out there, and find other people.
00:29:50.930 --> 00:29:54.640 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You can share some time with who also like that same topic.
00:29:55.280 --> 00:30:05.079 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I guarantee you, if you just keep looking hard enough, you will find someone. Now, again, I live in a big city, there are groups for everything here in New York.
00:30:05.270 --> 00:30:10.680 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: In other places where it's not as populated, hmm, it might be a little tougher.
00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:13.160 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You might have to go a little further.
00:30:14.490 --> 00:30:19.470 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You know, there might not be quite as many groups around or available to you.
00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:28.150 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And maybe it's just about getting out and doing what you enjoy, and seeing who you bump into along the way.
00:30:30.870 --> 00:30:40.570 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You know, maybe you like nature, you go to a park, you find other people in the park doing stuff, and you just happen to sit next to someone and you strike up a conversation.
00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:46.669 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: There are all sorts of ways.
00:30:48.710 --> 00:30:56.350 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So, it's time for us to take a break. When we come back, Actually gonna talk about…
00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:59.510 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: A very special person in my life.
00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:03.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And how they dealt.
00:31:04.090 --> 00:31:07.020 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: With their loneliness and isolation.
00:31:07.540 --> 00:31:12.600 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And how they became… For me, a true model
00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:15.130 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Of how not to give up.
00:31:15.550 --> 00:31:28.030 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So, I will tell you all about that when we come back. You are listening to The Conscious Consultant Hour, Awakening Humanity. Please post your comments and questions in the livestreams.
00:31:28.230 --> 00:31:41.620 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We do this every Wednesday now, 12 noon to 1pm Eastern Time, right here on Talk Radio, Data NYC, and all over social media. And we will be right back to continue the conversation in just a moment.
00:32:58.020 --> 00:33:03.090 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And welcome back to the Conscious Consultant Hour, Awakening Humanity.
00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:17.149 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I'm talking this hour, again, this episode is inspired by Neil, a loyal listener from Florida, who wrote in asking if I would talk about isolation and loneliness.
00:33:17.770 --> 00:33:19.570 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And,
00:33:20.550 --> 00:33:27.819 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so I talk a lot about, you know, how do we get there? My blog post about sharing our pain is a great way to overcome loneliness.
00:33:31.800 --> 00:33:43.100 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And… And so I'd like to… to… to talk about Sort of someone who… I think,
00:33:43.590 --> 00:33:47.349 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Really dealt with their own loneliness in an amazing way.
00:33:47.990 --> 00:33:51.349 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And that's my mom. And God bless her soul.
00:33:52.110 --> 00:33:57.469 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: My mom was someone who… she loved…
00:33:58.130 --> 00:34:12.129 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: to talk to people. She loved to connect with people. If she was lying anywhere on some line, you would be sure to see her talking to the person in front of her or behind her.
00:34:14.290 --> 00:34:22.430 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And… When my mom retired, and she moved to Riverdale, and she started going to the Riverdale Senior Center.
00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:28.479 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: She made several friends there, because she was a very social person.
00:34:30.770 --> 00:34:34.759 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But my mom ended up living a really long time.
00:34:37.449 --> 00:34:43.819 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And the challenge… and she was pretty active, and everyone always thought she was younger than her age for most of her life.
00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:54.619 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And she met these two guys at the senior center, Marty and Izzy, and the three of them used to go on cruises together, and she really had the time of her life with them.
00:34:57.030 --> 00:35:01.060 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But then… First mom got sick.
00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.689 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And die.
00:35:03.850 --> 00:35:06.570 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And then Izzy got sick and died.
00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:15.169 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And my mom went from her 80s to being 90 years old to 91.
00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:21.189 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And she basically outlived all her friends.
00:35:21.630 --> 00:35:25.890 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: She outlived the relatives who were of her generation.
00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:34.759 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And this is something that we don't often talk about Which is that…
00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:41.569 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You know, longevity is a blessing and a curse.
00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:45.950 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That living a long time, that's what everyone wants.
00:35:47.450 --> 00:35:50.719 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But we don't realize the consequences of it sometime.
00:35:52.550 --> 00:36:02.730 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That if we don't find a way to stay connected, and to find people to connect with, living a long time can be really lonely.
00:36:04.570 --> 00:36:07.299 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Because you outlive everyone you know.
00:36:11.050 --> 00:36:15.919 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it all depends, like, is your family close to you or not? Living close to you?
00:36:17.290 --> 00:36:36.610 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now, my mom, up until she was 91, lived up in Riverdale. I'm in Manhattan, it wasn't too far away, but, you know, my wife and I are working, and we're doing stuff, and she's retired, and, you know, we talk on the phone, but we didn't see each other that much. And my sister was in Israel, and she had her family in Israel, and my brother's down in Virginia Beach.
00:36:36.610 --> 00:36:42.339 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And we didn't really have any other relatives around here, so there weren't that many people for her to talk to.
00:36:47.080 --> 00:36:54.350 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And then after Izzy died, And… My sister and I…
00:36:54.820 --> 00:37:00.869 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Kept trying to convince her to first, like, get a live-in aid, which she would not have.
00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:07.380 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And then… Trying to convince her to go into an assisted living facility.
00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:15.799 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And she didn't like any of the assisted living facilities around here.
00:37:16.550 --> 00:37:22.619 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And she didn't want to go into them. She felt they were too expensive, they weren't very nice.
00:37:24.010 --> 00:37:29.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And then my sister was smart. See, my sister has kids, I don't have kids, and she had her daughters.
00:37:29.610 --> 00:37:31.229 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Talked to my mom.
00:37:31.580 --> 00:37:33.660 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You know, her group… their grandma.
00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:39.780 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And say, hey, Grandma, why don't you come to Israel? Then we can see you every week.
00:37:42.230 --> 00:37:50.550 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so on her next trip to Israel, my sister took her around to see several different assisted living facilities, and she found one she liked.
00:37:51.620 --> 00:37:56.009 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so, at the age of 91, she decided to…
00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:59.569 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Has she said, I'll just give it a try for a few months.
00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:12.280 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Which me and my sister were like, no, it's not gonna be a few months, this is gonna be permanent. But… but, you know, there was no telling my mom that.
00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:23.110 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so… She moved to this assisted living facility in Israel.
00:38:24.490 --> 00:38:32.439 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it's kind of funny, because even though she'd gone to visit my sister many times to see the grandkids, she never actually learned Hebrew. She spoke Yiddish.
00:38:32.630 --> 00:38:36.759 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so she would use Yiddish with people in her generation.
00:38:37.020 --> 00:38:40.589 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But she didn't speak Hebra, so she had to find a lot of English speakers.
00:38:43.030 --> 00:38:45.640 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And an interesting thing happened.
00:38:46.260 --> 00:38:52.359 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: My mom, being my mom, She would talk to people. She would meet people.
00:38:52.750 --> 00:39:00.570 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: She got invited over to people's homes for dinner. She created… she created a whole new set of friends
00:39:02.100 --> 00:39:08.150 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Through… through her assisted living facility, my… my sister's synagogue.
00:39:11.450 --> 00:39:13.490 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Through a lot of different things.
00:39:17.550 --> 00:39:18.460 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And…
00:39:22.630 --> 00:39:24.899 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And it was so funny, because…
00:39:26.200 --> 00:39:29.090 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It, like, gave her a new lease on life.
00:39:32.580 --> 00:39:46.269 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: because she refused to just sit in her little room or her apartment in the assisted living facility, and just exist, she had to be around and talk to people, she met new people. She made new friends.
00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:54.900 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And by making new friends, I really feel it gave her a new lease on life.
00:39:55.150 --> 00:40:02.100 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now, how many people do you know would change countries At the age of 91.
00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:09.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Not too many. I actually, other than my mom, I don't know anybody who's done that at that age.
00:40:11.520 --> 00:40:15.149 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And you know what happened? She lived until she was 99.
00:40:17.660 --> 00:40:23.550 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And if you look at… The studies around longevity
00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:29.180 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And these quote-unquote so-called Blue Zones, and what does it take to really live a long time?
00:40:29.370 --> 00:40:35.470 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: The number one factor, not the only factor, but the number one factor is community.
00:40:36.280 --> 00:40:39.100 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Being connected to a community of people.
00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:45.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Why is this important when it comes to the topic of isolation and loneliness?
00:40:47.080 --> 00:40:47.860 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Well…
00:40:52.830 --> 00:40:55.319 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Feeling isolated and lonely?
00:40:59.540 --> 00:41:01.939 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Is the exact thing.
00:41:03.060 --> 00:41:07.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That takes us away from our vitality.
00:41:08.350 --> 00:41:13.780 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Human beings are social creatures. We are meant to be with other people.
00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:15.660 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now look.
00:41:15.850 --> 00:41:22.539 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: There are some people like my mom who are very social, and then there are people on the other end of the spectrum who are very unsocial.
00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:26.980 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And who don't need to be around people, and don't like to be around people.
00:41:27.580 --> 00:41:30.700 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And that's okay. We're human beings, we're all different.
00:41:32.650 --> 00:41:35.679 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But if you want to live a joyful life.
00:41:36.670 --> 00:41:39.440 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: If you want to live a long life.
00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:46.220 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: If you just want to live a… A more connected life.
00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:52.030 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Then, finding a community.
00:41:52.140 --> 00:41:55.119 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Finding a group of people that you can
00:41:55.600 --> 00:41:58.719 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Spend time with, talk with, share with.
00:41:59.130 --> 00:42:00.539 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: is so important.
00:42:04.060 --> 00:42:08.659 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I mean… Community truly is the answer.
00:42:09.450 --> 00:42:12.710 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To most of the things that hails society.
00:42:16.170 --> 00:42:28.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: For some people, community is a triggering word. Community, because they were brought up in a community that had a lot of issues, a lot of traumas, a lot of challenges.
00:42:28.970 --> 00:42:36.509 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So, for some people, you talk about community, like, oh, no, no, no, I don't want anything to do with community. I was in this community, and it was awful.
00:42:38.510 --> 00:42:40.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And look, I get it.
00:42:41.310 --> 00:42:46.429 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You know, the communities we're born into are not necessarily the bright communities for us.
00:42:52.450 --> 00:42:54.540 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But if you want to…
00:42:57.790 --> 00:43:02.080 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: overcome… those feelings.
00:43:02.900 --> 00:43:05.510 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Of loneliness and isolation.
00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:11.280 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: The surest way is to find a community of people.
00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:16.420 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And sometimes that community might not be the community you expect.
00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:23.049 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Sometimes that community might come from very unusual places.
00:43:28.620 --> 00:43:38.190 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And sometimes it can be difficult to find that community. It can take time. It can take a lot of effort. And maybe you find one community and you think that's it, and then it's not.
00:43:41.510 --> 00:43:42.400 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Oops.
00:43:42.510 --> 00:43:50.290 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's so funny, when I look back over my own life, there were so many ways in which I was trying to create community in different parts in my life.
00:43:50.930 --> 00:43:54.290 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But it wasn't with the right people, so it always fell apart.
00:43:58.930 --> 00:44:00.940 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But the thing is not to give up.
00:44:03.480 --> 00:44:07.270 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And now I've found a community of fellow seekers.
00:44:08.240 --> 00:44:10.520 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: who I feel so connected with.
00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:16.240 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And you give me a real sense of belonging.
00:44:19.070 --> 00:44:24.269 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And I've talked about it before, at the end of last year, I went out to
00:44:24.650 --> 00:44:29.710 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: California to, to, an intense, a three-day retreat.
00:44:30.130 --> 00:44:32.460 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And there were several people there.
00:44:33.110 --> 00:44:36.759 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: that I knew that either I hadn't seen them in years.
00:44:38.370 --> 00:44:43.440 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Or I'd only seen them online. And there were a bunch of people, also, I'd never met before.
00:44:44.830 --> 00:44:48.529 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But being in that retreat, being with those people.
00:44:49.660 --> 00:44:54.369 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I had such a sense of community, such a sense of belonging.
00:44:56.100 --> 00:44:59.830 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It really nourished me and filled up my soul.
00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:10.539 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It truly was healing to feel… to deeply feel that sense of belonging, like, yes, this is where I'm meant to be.
00:45:20.650 --> 00:45:30.570 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And I didn't really expect that. I mean, I knew I would kind of like seeing all these people, and that, you know, there were going to be people there I hadn't seen in a long time. I knew I was looking forward to that.
00:45:33.320 --> 00:45:39.160 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But that… Feeling from that sense of belonging, it really caught me by surprise.
00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:41.670 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I wasn't expecting that.
00:45:44.310 --> 00:45:52.599 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And so, for me, that lesson… is that…
00:45:53.050 --> 00:45:57.539 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Community sometimes pops up in the most unexpected places.
00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:04.440 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And that sometimes we have to travel to find community.
00:46:05.610 --> 00:46:09.989 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Sometimes it's in our backyard. And sometimes we have to create it.
00:46:11.510 --> 00:46:16.160 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Maybe there's not a group in your backyard.
00:46:17.410 --> 00:46:23.580 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Like, you know, I see my engineers talking about joining a book club, but it's 20 miles away from
00:46:24.700 --> 00:46:26.060 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: From where they live.
00:46:27.190 --> 00:46:30.149 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Yeah, sometimes you have to travel a little distance.
00:46:30.860 --> 00:46:34.739 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And maybe you're the one who needs to start the book club.
00:46:35.030 --> 00:46:42.559 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Or the gaming club, or the chess club, or the whatever club, or the language club, or whatever kind of club you want.
00:46:44.900 --> 00:46:49.429 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: If you can't find the one you want, why don't you create it?
00:46:49.720 --> 00:46:52.789 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And let people know about it, and see who shows up.
00:46:54.270 --> 00:46:55.560 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: See again.
00:46:56.080 --> 00:47:08.590 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I truly believe we create our life. We create our life through so many ways, through our energy, through our choices, our decisions, through how we show up in the world, through our conversations, the words we use.
00:47:09.210 --> 00:47:11.310 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We create our life.
00:47:15.130 --> 00:47:17.479 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So create the life you want.
00:47:20.230 --> 00:47:24.259 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: The cure for isolation and loneliness is connection.
00:47:28.990 --> 00:47:33.820 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Create the connection for others, and you'll find the connection for yourself.
00:47:35.230 --> 00:47:40.990 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Sometimes when we get too focused on ourselves, and our own pain, and our own challenges.
00:47:42.140 --> 00:47:47.540 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: We forget that there are other people out there who also have pain and challenges, who also
00:47:48.370 --> 00:47:51.030 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Are feeling lonely and disconnected.
00:47:52.730 --> 00:47:54.810 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Start a Lonely Hearts Club.
00:47:55.240 --> 00:47:57.149 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: See who shows up.
00:47:59.180 --> 00:48:04.040 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You have the power. It's easier now than it's ever been before.
00:48:04.370 --> 00:48:06.219 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To do something like it.
00:48:11.770 --> 00:48:25.660 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Now, look, I know there are some people out there that there are physical limitations, some people are wheelchair-bound, some people don't have the ability to go out and be a little more physical.
00:48:25.870 --> 00:48:30.870 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Sophie, you're… In that position, then maybe you need to create
00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:35.060 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Some kind of group online for other people like yourself.
00:48:38.360 --> 00:48:47.029 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: The thing is, if you feel the calling for something, and you can't find that something, maybe that calling is for you to start that something.
00:48:50.670 --> 00:48:58.539 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Does it take time? Does it take energy? Does it take effort? Yes, absolutely. But wouldn't the rewards be worth it?
00:49:03.820 --> 00:49:06.120 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: our discomfort.
00:49:06.540 --> 00:49:09.540 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: In whatever our current situation is.
00:49:10.260 --> 00:49:13.339 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Is a sign for us to do something differently.
00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:20.539 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So what do you need to do differently?
00:49:20.910 --> 00:49:22.850 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To relieve that discomfort.
00:49:23.930 --> 00:49:26.839 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Where can you find that sense of belonging?
00:49:27.000 --> 00:49:29.510 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I'm not saying you have to move to another country.
00:49:29.870 --> 00:49:43.350 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Although, you know, I've heard, like, in Europe and other countries, things are much more community-oriented, and people come by your house without invitation, say, hey, come on, let's go, we're going to the pub, we're going to get dinner, come.
00:49:44.410 --> 00:49:46.470 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You know, it's not like that here.
00:49:47.090 --> 00:49:48.920 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Other countries, it is.
00:49:52.450 --> 00:49:54.700 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: But you don't have to go that extreme.
00:49:55.210 --> 00:50:08.559 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Start with what you have, where you are, put some effort into it, let people know about it, ask them to let other people, even if they're not interested, ask them to let other people they know, know about it.
00:50:10.260 --> 00:50:12.020 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And see what develops.
00:50:15.590 --> 00:50:21.069 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And if… The effort doesn't yield any fruit, then try something else.
00:50:22.420 --> 00:50:28.240 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And keep trying some… a different thing, and a different thing, and a different thing, until you find the thing
00:50:28.660 --> 00:50:30.209 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That works for you.
00:50:35.350 --> 00:50:37.930 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Because as long as you still have breath.
00:50:39.560 --> 00:50:47.140 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: As long as you still wake up in the morning, and you have the ability to do something.
00:50:47.350 --> 00:50:55.770 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You can change. You can change your situation, you can change how you feel, you can change how much connection you do or do not have.
00:50:57.930 --> 00:51:02.289 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: As the old saying goes, any day above ground is a good day.
00:51:04.140 --> 00:51:06.609 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What are you going to do with this day?
00:51:08.080 --> 00:51:12.069 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How are you going to find belonging in a disconnected world?
00:51:16.990 --> 00:51:20.250 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: just because… the world.
00:51:22.680 --> 00:51:26.590 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Fosters disconnection. Doesn't mean we have to play that game.
00:51:27.330 --> 00:51:29.889 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Doesn't mean we have to show up in a way.
00:51:30.090 --> 00:51:34.049 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That causes more disconnection, for ourselves or others.
00:51:37.300 --> 00:51:39.489 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How about we do the opposite?
00:51:40.300 --> 00:51:42.839 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How about we make an effort?
00:51:44.130 --> 00:51:46.010 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To bring people together.
00:51:47.730 --> 00:51:54.999 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Why don't we focus on the commonalities we have with other people, Instead of the differences.
00:51:57.310 --> 00:52:03.380 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: How about we find the things that we like, that other people like, that we can do together?
00:52:04.530 --> 00:52:10.020 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And leave the things that we disagree on outside.
00:52:10.570 --> 00:52:13.550 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And maybe that can be one of the rules of your club.
00:52:14.330 --> 00:52:20.309 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: If politics always gets in the way of things, say one of the rules of this club is we don't discuss politics.
00:52:20.910 --> 00:52:25.140 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And if somebody wants to just discuss politics, they can go somewhere else.
00:52:28.560 --> 00:52:31.830 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: See, it doesn't have to look like any one thing.
00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:40.109 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Maybe you like Italian food, or Chinese food, or Japanese food, so find… create a…
00:52:40.610 --> 00:52:45.829 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: A food club, and go to different restaurants once a month, once a week, whatever you can do.
00:52:48.330 --> 00:52:51.580 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Start a picnic club, start a birdwatching club.
00:52:51.870 --> 00:52:55.410 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Start a beach club, a mountain club, whatever.
00:52:56.800 --> 00:53:01.370 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: There's so many possibilities. There's so many possibilities.
00:53:02.470 --> 00:53:06.990 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: The challenge is, when we don't feel good, it's hard to see the possibilities.
00:53:08.820 --> 00:53:15.869 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So that's when you need to ask someone like me, or someone else, another coach, consultant, another therapist, someone else.
00:53:18.460 --> 00:53:23.610 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Who can see things maybe a little more clearly than we can, because we're not feeling so good today.
00:53:31.810 --> 00:53:32.860 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So, look.
00:53:34.870 --> 00:53:43.269 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: If you're feeling lonely, if you're feeling disconnected, if you're feeling like there's nobody in the world who feels the way you do.
00:53:44.600 --> 00:53:45.960 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: This is me.
00:53:46.610 --> 00:53:48.090 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Letting you know.
00:53:48.570 --> 00:53:55.260 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That absolutely there are other people in the world who feel exactly the way you do.
00:53:55.640 --> 00:53:57.379 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: You just have to find them.
00:54:00.140 --> 00:54:04.060 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And that feeling lonely and isolated is not a permanent state.
00:54:04.620 --> 00:54:08.229 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Does not have to be how you live the rest of your life.
00:54:09.790 --> 00:54:12.950 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It is not the only way to be.
00:54:15.830 --> 00:54:20.620 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And my invitation to you is to find… Away.
00:54:21.130 --> 00:54:22.170 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: for you.
00:54:23.180 --> 00:54:26.499 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To move past the loneliness and the disconnection.
00:54:27.090 --> 00:54:29.220 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And find connection.
00:54:31.130 --> 00:54:35.650 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And sometimes, like my blog post said at the beginning of the show.
00:54:36.240 --> 00:54:40.359 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: One of the simplest ways to find connection.
00:54:41.170 --> 00:54:44.800 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Is to share our struggles with someone else.
00:54:45.890 --> 00:54:48.139 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And listen to their struggles.
00:54:48.790 --> 00:54:55.099 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And maybe we just might find that us human beings have a lot more in common
00:54:55.590 --> 00:54:57.220 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Than we thought we did.
00:55:01.880 --> 00:55:07.219 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So… I would love to hear from you.
00:55:08.460 --> 00:55:13.369 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: This is what I talked about, did what I say during the show, did it resonate with you?
00:55:13.530 --> 00:55:20.950 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Did it land? Did you feel it in your body? Did it encourage you to do something different?
00:55:21.260 --> 00:55:22.870 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: What are you gonna do?
00:55:23.000 --> 00:55:25.130 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: This week, this month.
00:55:25.510 --> 00:55:28.089 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: The rest of this year, what are you gonna do?
00:55:29.040 --> 00:55:34.580 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: To feel a little more connected, to find more people who feel the same way you do.
00:55:35.720 --> 00:55:38.160 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I would love to hear about it from you.
00:55:40.980 --> 00:55:45.320 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Please comment on the videos, on the livestreams, send me an email.
00:55:46.030 --> 00:55:51.539 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: It's easy to get in touch with me, sam at theconsciousconsultant.com.
00:55:53.110 --> 00:55:58.640 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: I really wanted to thank Neil for giving me this week's topic.
00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:06.159 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: If you have your own struggle, your own topic that you would want me to chat about, talk about.
00:56:06.530 --> 00:56:09.990 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Let me know. I would love to hear about it.
00:56:11.730 --> 00:56:17.649 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: And I do these me-only shows about once a month, once every other month sometimes.
00:56:18.090 --> 00:56:27.739 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Let me know. I'd be happy to talk about the topics that mean something to you, and maybe I just might talk about them in a way
00:56:28.000 --> 00:56:30.190 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: That you didn't expect.
00:56:30.670 --> 00:56:31.850 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: So…
00:56:31.890 --> 00:56:46.000 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Thank you all for tuning in. I so appreciate you, my loyal listeners, whether you're listening to the video, the podcast, whatever. And don't forget, if you did miss any part of today's show, you can always catch the replay.
00:56:46.010 --> 00:57:03.700 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: on talkradio.nyc, on all the social media platforms, and of course, you can always listen to our show on your favorite podcasting apps, Apple, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Amazon, wherever you listen to podcasts, you can find the Conscious Consultant Hour.
00:57:04.710 --> 00:57:16.390 Sam Liebowitz | The Conscious Consultant: Well, thank you all for tuning in. I so appreciate you. Next week, I will have a fascinating guest, so make sure to tune in. Take care, everyone. We will talk to you all next week.
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