How Giving to Others Can Help You Feel Less Alone | Insights From Teresa Corbitt
You can be surrounded by people and still feel completely alone.
In this episode of the PSI Podcast, hosts Tim Bowen and Mackenzie O’Kelley sit down with longtime PSI leader and mentor Teresa Corbitt to explore loneliness, connection and the PSI principle of Givers Gain.
The holidays often bring expectations of joy, family and togetherness. Yet they can also magnify feelings of loneliness, especially when you feel responsible for making everything work for everyone else.
Teresa explains how comfort and routine can quietly lead to disconnection. You may stop pursuing meaningful experiences, communicating what you need or making time for the people who matter to you. Eventually, it can feel as though you are watching your life instead of fully living it.
Changing that experience requires a willingness to do something different. That might mean accepting an invitation, having an honest conversation, returning to an activity you enjoy, asking someone you trust for support or joining a volunteer project.
Teresa also explains why people cannot support needs you have never communicated. The people who love you may have no idea that you feel lonely, overwhelmed or disconnected until you tell them.
One of the most powerful ways to shift loneliness is to become outward focused. Contributing to another person, volunteering, offering encouragement or performing a small act of kindness can interrupt isolation and reconnect you with a sense of meaning.
When in doubt, focus out. The smallest act of contribution can change someone else’s day and transform your own experience at the same time.
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