Charlotte Donlon: The Privilege of Shared Loneliness Part 1 [Eps 29]
There should be no only in lonely. Author, spiritual director, and podcast host, Charlotte Donlon believes its a privilege to share our stories of loneliness, including her own. She joins the podcast as artist of the month. We chat about her first book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Other things we talk about include:
Becoming a writer later in life.
Paying attention to God during spiritual conversation.
When rejection launched her deeper into her own loneliness.
Her decision to live authentically with bipolar disorder.
How gratitude helps us grieve well.
Charlotte’s thoughts on becoming a writer:
I do have regrets sometimes that I didn’t write earlier in life, but I’m trying to trust God with that and know that a lot of what I write now wouldn’t be written if I hadn’t had the journey that I’ve had.
On writing and spiritual direction:
When I wrote I was healthier. I was more of who God made me to be, and that’s still true for me now. The same with spiritual direction. When I practice spiritual direction with clients, I have this, you know, wholeness that I experience that I don’t always experience.
On loneliness:
I believe when we talk about it, it loses some of its power over us, and that’s what we want. We don’t want to be oppressed by loneliness.
Links:
Charlotte’s book: The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other.
Find her at charlottedonlon.com and on Twitter and Instagram.
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