After an unintentionally long break, we’re BACK and plunging immediately into the darkness. Kidding, but only kind of. This week on Honest to God, we’re dealing with loneliness: thief of light and maker of pain. I open up about my own wrestle with loneliness throughout the college years, but also reach back in time to understand how the nature of my childhood created voids in my adult self that lured me into destructive situations. From desperately wanting “someone to brush my teeth with,” to eventually learning how painful it can be to protect your peace, I talk through every unspoken and often embarrassing facet of navigating isolation.

We’ll get candid about struggling to get out of bed, the difference between company and companionship, throwing away our safety blankets, running from catastrophic temptation, and not hurting our own feelings. In calling out the obvious (people in college rarely look how they feel), we’ll discuss the desire to be hotter, smarter, nicer—a better friend—and ultimately learn how to use stretches of isolation to heal and grow tremendously. On today’s episode, we’re turning aloneness into both a construction site and a playground, a place to rebuild and (just maybe) have genuine fun.

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