'We take life too seriously. We forget how weak, needy and broken we are.'

In this episode of ‘Connection over Coffee with The Loneliness Guy’, Ed Wilson and I talk about how loneliness can make him feel weak, needy and broken, but also strong, courageous and complete.

Come and join us for a coffee and a life-affirming and soul-nourishing conversation now. Warning: my face hurt from laughing.

About Ed

Ed is the founder of Brown Bear Coaching, and helps gay men become the most well-adjusted, self-loving and effective people on the planet.

Instagram: @brownbearcoaching

Website: www.brownbearcoaching.com

You need my help through your loneliness: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices

Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: bit.ly/3nDMrZm

Links

Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com

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Read ‘Ed Wilson: my loneliness’: www.thelonelinessguy.com/blog

Join us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SUhlxdCrywY

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Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

STOP PUSHING THROUGH YOUR LONELINESS

What do you do when you’re experiencing one of life’s challenges? Do you acknowledge it and work through it or do you just push through? When it comes to loneliness, just pushing through comes at a terrible cost and you’re paying it blindly.

Join me now for Connection Espresso 12 and let’s start you on the way to feeling connected.

Come and get that quick shot of connection goodness.

Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com

Get my help through your loneliness: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices

Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm

Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe

Join me on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3l35iMh

Contact me: [email protected]

Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

COMING OUT AS GAY, COMING OUT AS LONELY

If it’s not already clear: I’m Phil. I’m gay and I get lonely. Like many of you, I come out as gay all the time. I also come out as lonely all the time. It’s far easier for me to come out as gay than it is to come out as lonely. Let’s have a quick chat about that.

Join me now for Connection Espresso 11 and let’s start you on the way to feeling connected.

Come and get that quick shot of connection goodness.

Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com

Get my help through your loneliness: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices

Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm

Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe

Join me on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3l35iMh

Contact me: [email protected]

Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

If you’ve ever edited yourself to fit in, be accepted and feel that you belong with others, this episode of ‘Connection over Coffee with The Loneliness Guy’ is for you.

Craig Cassey and I talk about how he did this as an athlete – and many other things – in this episode.

Perhaps – like Craig – you were tired of being alone. Perhaps – like me – you’re afraid of judgement.

Come and join us for a coffee and a life-affirming and soul-nourishing conversation now.

About Craig

Craig’s an intuitive life, business and sex coach whose mission is to empower you to get out of your own way and on track to create a life you love.

Instagram: @craigcasseyjr

Website: www.craigcassey.com

You need my help through your loneliness: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices

Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: bit.ly/3nDMrZm

Links

Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com

Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe

Join the premium connection group on FB (it’s free!): www.facebook.com/groups/824068758013990

Read ‘The loneliness of success’: https://bit.ly/3B5yBFA

Join us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jKOAjvc9WHw

Contact me: [email protected]

Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

WAITING FOR PRINCE CHARMING

If you’re waiting for Prince Charming to sweep you off your feet and take you away on his horse towards a sunset and a happily ever after to save you from your loneliness, I’ve got some good news for you. It’s time to saddle up, cowboy.

Join me now for Connection Espresso 10 and let’s start you on the way to feeling connected.

Come and get that quick shot of connection goodness.

Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com

Get my help through your loneliness: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices

Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm

Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe

Join me on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3l35iMh

Contact me: [email protected]

Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

DENYING LONELINESS DENIES CONNECTION

This sounds perverse, but the connection you need and deserve: the soul-nourishing, toe-curling connection you need and deserve is waiting for you. All you need to do is to accept your loneliness and learn from it. Easy, right?

Join me now for Connection Espresso 9 and let’s start you on the way to feeling connected.

Sometimes, we just don’t have time to linger over a coffee and a chat. I get it. So, I’m thrilled to serve up these Connection Espressos: short, sharp episodes of my podcast to give your heart, mind and soul a quick connection boost as you go about your day.

Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com

Get me right by your side as your connection mentor:

www.thelonelinessguy.com/mentoring

Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm

Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe

Join me on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3l35iMh

Get my help through your loneliness: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices

Contact me: [email protected]

Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you were free to date other men when you were a teenager?

Have you ever wondered how your inability to date men when you were first interested in guys feeds your loneliness today?

Audience member Angello Floresco from Vancouver wonders about these, too. He wants to be part of a conversation about how this affects so many of us gay men.

Come and join us now.

About Angello

Angello is an audience member living in Vancouver who’s gotten curious about the sources of loneliness for a little while. He’s done some work within himself and is keen to start – and be part of – a conversation about how issues in the past affect the loneliness we can feel in middle age.

Instagram: @aj_eff

Share in the vision for The Loneliness Guy: www.thelonelinessguy.com/invest

Get me right by your side as your connection mentor:

www.thelonelinessguy.com/mentoring

Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: bit.ly/3nDMrZm

Links

Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com

Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe

Join the premium connection group on FB (it’s free!): www.facebook.com/groups/824068758013990

Read ‘Dating and loneliness’: https://bit.ly/3JZZde0

Join us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Js2q6dezIzc

Need my help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices

Contact me: [email protected]

Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

STOP COMPARING YOUR LONELINESS

Stop competing against other people’s loneliness. Or, in other words, stop comparing your loneliness to anyone else’s. All you’re doing is manufacturing evidence that the loneliness you’re experiencing isn’t THAT bad and you can go on figuring it out by yourself.

That belief is stopping you from getting the soul-nourishing connection you need and deserve.

Join me now for Connection Espresso 8 and let’s start you on the way to feeling connected.

Sometimes, we just don’t have time to linger over a coffee and a chat. I get it. So, I’m thrilled to serve up these Connection Espressos: short, sharp episodes of my podcast to give your heart, mind and soul a quick connection boost as you go about your day.

Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com

Get me right by your side as your connection mentor:

www.thelonelinessguy.com/mentoring

Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm

Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe

Join me on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3l35iMh

Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices

Contact me: [email protected]

Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

YOU’RE NOT BROKEN. YOU’RE HUMAN

The thoughts and feelings of loneliness can make you feel awful. You can question your worthiness of love and belonging. You can feel broken and unfit to be around others. Dear awesome gay man experiencing loneliness, you’re not broken. You’re human.

Join me now for Connection Espresso 7 and let me remind you how beautifully human you are.

Sometimes, we just don’t have time to linger over a coffee and a chat. I get it. So, I’m thrilled to serve up these Connection Espressos: short, sharp episodes of my podcast to give your heart, mind and soul a quick connection boost as you go about your day.

Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com

Get me right by your side as your connection mentor:

www.thelonelinessguy.com/mentoring

Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm

Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe

Join me on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3l35iMh

Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices

Contact me: [email protected]

Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

Gay loneliness needs de-stigmatising. YOUR loneliness needs to be de-stigmatised.

De-stigmatising gay loneliness requires us to share our experiences of loneliness to normalise it and get the support and connection we need.

My friend Jesse Elkins, Founder and CEO of Full Sun Fitness has shared his experience of loneliness.

Come and join us for a coffee and a life-altering conversation in this episode of my podcast for gay men experiencing loneliness.

About Jesse

Jesse is the founder and owner of Full Sun Fitness and Nutrition in Charlotte. It’s a personal training and nutrition coaching service for Queer and ally communities near and far. It was born after too many years of experiencing and witnessing wellness challenges and access gaps for Queer Folx. He decided that if he didn’t feel safe or comfortable in many wellness settings, others might not either. Turns out, he was right!

Website: www.fullsunfitness.com

Instagram: @fullsunfitness

Website: www.mykonosactive.com

Instagram: @mykonosactive.gayretreats

Share in the vision for The Loneliness Guy: www.thelonelinessguy.com/invest

Get me right by your side as your connection mentor:

www.thelonelinessguy.com/mentoring

Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm

Links

Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com

Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe

Join the premium connection group on FB (it’s free!): www.facebook.com/groups/824068758013990

Read ‘Jesse Elkins: my loneliness’: https://bit.ly/3RPTr2f

Join us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uxE9HLn7vSI

Need my help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices

Contact me: [email protected]

Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz