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  • The Anatomy of Loneliness

  • How to Find Your Way Back to Connection
  • By: Teal Swan
  • Narrated by: Teal Swan
  • Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (184 ratings)

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Summary

Following in the footsteps of the success of The Completion Process, best-selling author and modern spiritual leader Teal Swan offers an in-depth exploration and understanding of loneliness. Drawing on her extraordinary healing technique, the Connection Process, Teal offers a way to experience connection once again.

Loneliness is reaching endemic proportions in our society, reflected by rising suicide rates and increased mental illness. Now, more than ever, we need to find a way to connect. Loneliness is a feeling of separation or isolation; it is not necessarily the same as the physical state of being alone. This book is for people who suffer from loneliness, the kind that cannot be solved by simply being around other people. Their aloneness is a deeply embedded pattern that is both negative and painful; it is often fueled by trauma, loss, addiction, grief, and a lack of self-esteem and insecurity.

In The Anatomy of Loneliness, Teal identifies the three pillars or qualities of loneliness: separation, shame, and fear, and goes on to share her revolutionary technique, the Connection Process, a form of intuitive journeying, usually involving two people, a "receiver" and a "journeyer". Through a series of exercises, each person experiences "walls" and "blockages"; as they move through the process, both participants face their fears, learning from these to reach a place of unconditional love and acceptance.

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great summation of teals teachings

it's a great book.....also as a long-term follower of teal Swans teachings I think it's a great summary of teals teachings.....but if you watch her videos on YouTube or attend her workshops then you don't really need to buy this book as she mostly talks in this book everything she teaches in her videos......
having said that I think it's good to have all these teachings in one place 💓💓💓

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Had a lightbulb moment!

This is one of the best books I’ve ever listened to on audible. I was on the train to Scotland and had the most amazing light bulb moments which explained so much of why I feel/felt towards a personal matter as a parent!
This book really makes you questions why you make the decisions you do and brings a profound awareness as to why! I am super passionate about loneliness and this book has really helped me to delve deep into my own and how I can help others with theirs! Thank you sooo much Teal Swan xxx

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brilliant

loved it. really depth understanding of how things are and why we need to be kind to ourselves

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teal swan is amazing!!!

the best book I have listened in my life 💖 very accurate and clear, the best !!!!

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transformational, like catharsis

Teal was reading it and her voice was touching me so deeply. It was like guiding me through a labyrinth of loneliness and understanding all perspectives, all my parts, factors and conditions of loneliness - bringing light to darkness that you feel when you're lonely. Audiobook recommended especially for those who don't believe there is exit from this and are not able to read a book cause would give up...here you can lay in the bed for 7 hours and listen.

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All the wounds have been brought to the surface

Rarely do you find a book that speaks to your heart like this one.

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Deep work and transformational if you do the work

Teal has an amazing ability to express the underlying reasons for loneliness, and the reality of the universe. It went deep, sometimes made me sad, confronted me with my shadows and the reasons for the deep loneliness i am facing at this time in my life and found lots of healing! Thank you!!!

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Must hear by every human.

Very profound and enlightening book. very needed, very well put together, and pleasurable to listen to

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Absolute breakthrough thank you Teal

I have been an avid follower of Teal on her YouTube channel for a long time and have learned so much from all the carefully constructed videos on single subjects and linking them onto other ones helping me follow breadcrumbs of self-development. My biggest struggle has been dealing with my fear of abandonment, fear of rejection and not feeling worthy of love due to childhood traumas. As a result I have been running from intimacy and true closeness with others. Well that's NO MORE! Thank you Teal for helping me to meet my wounded inner twins and connecting to my shadow selves with love, acceptance and compassion. Once I have made the connection my blockages have cleared and I can look at others with compassion also rather than projecting my wounds of shame and self-rejection. This book is a MUST and I will be revisiting it over and over.

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Amazing

What a book! This book as made my realise so many things I personally can relate too and I now understand the “why” I felt and behaved the way I did. Thank you for writing this book. Its given me and will give others knowledge and inner peace.

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