{"id":5255,"date":"2025-07-17T17:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksrini.life\/29035f-co-nz\/journal\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:49:12","slug":"the-power-of-reaching-out-showing-up-for-others-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksrini.life\/29035f-co-nz\/journal\/the-power-of-reaching-out-showing-up-for-others-2\/5255\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Reaching Out: Showing Up for Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_title us_custom_f2aeb8a5 entry-title color_link_inherit\">The Power of Reaching Out: Showing Up for Others<\/h1>\n<p><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date us_custom_43ebfa82 has_text_color entry-date published\" title=\"14 June 2018 at 19:34:34 -05:00\" datetime=\"2018-06-14T19:34:34-05:00\"><i class=\"fal fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>7 years ago<\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-post-elm post_content us_custom_aec7dde0\">\n<p>With the recent sudden and shocking suicides of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, there is a lot of talk around the power of reaching out to others and how it relates to mental health. These examples are extreme, as there\u2019s nothing more grave than suicide, but I\u2019ve noticed on television and in print the larger conversation around these two tragic deaths often conclude with advice on how to reach out to someone who may not be doing so great.<\/p>\n<p>Loneliness, isolation, disconnectedness\u2014these are all common underlying challenges for why people may enter therapy. Perhaps now more than ever, these feelings are more widespread than ever before when so much of our time is spent working around the clock, rushing around from one obligation to the next, even spending hours and hours staring at a computer screen. Despite living in a world of friend requests and hitting \u201clike\u201d buttons, our lives can seem more disconnected. The emotional consequences from this modern day predicament leads many clients to turn to therapy for the tools and techniques to turn this universal disengagement inside out. However, it\u2019s important not to discard the power of reaching out to others and showing up for them.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s incredibly gratifying to reach out to a friend to check in, connect and offer support when they need it. When someone is in need of compassion and kindness, this is a unique opportunity for us to be our most loving self. This, in turn, can lead to making it easier to show compassion for ourselves. Reaching out to others creates more intimacy, it helps us to connect; ultimately, it allows us to have a deeper friendship to turn to when we need encouragement and a meaningful boost.<\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s world of demanding work schedules and commitments, showing up for someone can seem daunting, exhausting, even seemingly impossible. Because we live in survival mode a lot of the time, reaching out and checking in with a friend can feel uncomfortable. I get that stopping for a minute or so throughout your day to make a call or send a text or email, asking, \u201cHey, how have you been?\u201d or \u201cI just wanted to let you know that I\u2019m thinking about you,\u201d can feel uncomfortable or seems like one more thing to do. If you\u2019re able to move past the initial awkwardness, though, it\u2019s worth doing.<\/p>\n<p>There are all sorts of minimal ways to reach out to friends or strangers who may be in need of communication or checking in. If the act of reaching out to someone you know seems too unnerving, I always suggest trying to smile at one or two people in line with you at the drug store or the grocery, allowing you to dip your toes into the pool and test the waters. You\u2019d be surprised the lift this can provide others, but also the lift it can give you, how inherently good it can feel to stop midday and carve out a modicum of time to reach out to someone else.<\/p>\n<p>Therapy is an encouraged and safe place to practice connecting and receiving support, a place to build, shape and flex that connectedness muscle. However, the power of showing up for someone else cannot be underestimated or undervalued. To create connection and community with others, a great way to do so is by being that connection and community with others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Power of Reaching Out: Showing Up for Others 7 years ago With the recent sudden and shocking suicides of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, there is a lot of talk around the power of reaching out to others and how it relates to mental health. 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