What does your relationship with yourself have to do with being lonely? When you think about loneliness it’s easy to focus on how many friends you have, how connected you are with the outside world. But loneliness isn’t that simple - you can feel lonely in the company of others and you can feel content alone. In this episode our participants and their mentors take a moment to look inwards and work out who they are, and who they want to be.

This question of self discovery, of understanding our place in the world, is part of why we can feel particularly disconnected in our twenties. We’re trying to find the answers to those questions - Who am I? Where do I fit? Where do I want to be? Who are my people? And at the same time we’re sorting out the practicalities of living in the world outside of our family.

It can be exhausting, and it can be isolating. 

Host: Jemma Sbeg

Participants: Charity, Holly, Aleks and Tim

Mentors: Dr Deidre Anderson, Barry Conrad, Sean Szeps and Tessa Blencowe

Experts: Professor Ian Hickie and Dr Lisa Mundy