Loneliness

There’s a kind of loneliness that doesn’t come from being alone…

It comes from feeling unseen, even when you’re surrounded by people.

I hear this more and more from the women I work with—and honestly, it’s something I’ve felt too.

So many women are the ones who give the most. The ones who show up, support, listen, and pour into others… yet don’t always receive that same depth in return. And at the end of the day, there’s this quiet feeling of being alone.

Friendship, especially healthy and meaningful friendship, can feel so hard to find as we get older.

One of my clients once asked me, “Am I supposed to just go up to another woman and ask her to be my friend?”
We both laughed… but underneath that question was something so real. Because where do you meet women? How do you even begin?

And then there’s the other layer trust.

Many of us carry wounds from past friendships. Times we felt judged, excluded, betrayed, or not chosen. Those experiences don’t just disappear. They shape how we show up now. We want connection… but we’re also afraid of choosing the wrong people again.

So we end up in this in-between space:
Wanting deep friendships, but guarded.
Longing for connection, but unsure how to get there.

It’s a quiet struggle that so many women carry—but don’t talk about enough.

If you’ve been feeling this way, you’re not alone in it 🤍