Learning how to enjoy your own company is one of the most overlooked forms of self-love.

In this episode of Notes to Her: The Daily Pep Talk, Yaya explores why being alone feels uncomfortable for so many women, how loneliness is different from solitude, and why your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship in your life.

If you’ve ever stayed busy to avoid your thoughts, felt uneasy in silence, or relied on external validation to feel okay, this note is for you.

Inside this episode, we talk about:

1. Why being alone can feel awkward or unsafe
2. The difference between loneliness and solitude
3. How avoiding yourself impacts your relationships
4. Small ways to build a better relationship with yourself
5. Why enjoying your own company is a form of self-trust

Listen to the next episode: Your Daily Habits Are Snitching on Your Self-Love, where we talk about the everyday practices that quietly reveal how deeply you’re choosing yourself.

Join Yaya, February 23-27, in the Her Era: The Self-Love Reset — a free 5-day experience to help you stop shrinking and start choosing yourself. Learn more here.