{"id":3428,"date":"2022-11-21T10:35:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T10:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coaching-expats.org\/en\/?p=3428"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:25:58","slug":"loneliness-as-a-resource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coaching-expats.org\/en\/loneliness-as-a-resource\/","title":{"rendered":"Loneliness as a Resource"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Many of you may know this: After a stressful preparation and arrival, you are welcomed warmly in a country that is still unknown to you. The impressions of the first day of the workshop are still on your mind on the way to the hotel. While you don’t really feel like it, you go to the joint dinner with the donor which lasts much longer than planned. You arrive very tired at your hotel, and very suddenly the power goes off. You are sitting in the dark and you are cold. And all of a sudden, a deep and penetrating feeling of loneliness rises inside of you.<\/p>

\u00a0How do you deal with this phenomenon? I know this feeling from clients and my own experience. Over the years I have found a resource in loneliness that has enabled me to learn more about my needs. Most of the time, while it may feel like coming totally out of the blue, there is always a history to the sudden feeling of loneliness. Often one\u2019s own boundaries and needs were not taken seriously or were ignored.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Loneliness invites …<\/h3>

Looking back, feeling lonely helped me to learn<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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