INTRODUCING CONNECTION ESPRESSOS! Sometimes, we just don’t have time to linger over a coffee and a chat. I get it. So, I’m thrilled to serve up these Connection Espressos: short, sharp episodes of my podcast to give your heart, mind and soul a quick connection boost as you go about your day. Join me for Connection Espresso 1 where I answer the question that I’m often asked by people who are new to the service I provide here at The Loneliness Guy: “Why loneliness? Why me?” Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Get me right by your side as your connection mentor: www.thelonelinessguy.com/mentoring Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER: SELF-CONFIDENCE OR SELF-BELIEF? Sometimes, we just don’t have time to linger over a coffee and a chat. I get it. So, I’m thrilled to serve up these Connection Espressos: short, sharp episodes of my podcast to give your heart, mind and soul a quick connection boost as you go about your day. Join me now for Connection Espresso 2 where I ask you what you would rather have to help you move beyond your loneliness: self-confidence or self-belief? Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Get me right by your side as your connection mentor: www.thelonelinessguy.com/mentoring Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com

DESPITE WHAT YOU FEEL, YOU’RE NOT ALONE Sometimes, we just don’t have time to linger over a coffee and a chat. I get it. So, I’m thrilled to serve up these Connection Espressos: short, sharp episodes of my podcast to give your heart, mind and soul a quick connection boost as you go about your day. Join me now for Connection Espresso 3 where I provide you with some love through sharing an absolute truth: you are not alone in thinking the thoughts and feeling the feelings of loneliness. Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Get me right by your side as your connection mentor: www.thelonelinessguy.com/mentoring Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

BEWARE THE LONELINESS VOMIT Join me now for Connection Espresso 4 and let’s talk about what can happen when we – as a human experiencing loneliness – find someone or a space where we feel seen, heard and we belong, but others aren’t ready to receive our loneliness story. Sometimes, we just don’t have time to linger over a coffee and a chat. I get it. So, I’m thrilled to serve up these Connection Espressos: short, sharp episodes of my podcast to give your heart, mind and soul a quick connection boost as you go about your day. Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Get me right by your side as your connection mentor: www.thelonelinessguy.com/mentoring Buy me a coffee to say thanks for the episode: https://bit.ly/3nDMrZm Join the mailing list: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/myservices Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com

Something amazing often happens when we decide to start showing up in the world as our authentic selves. We can feel seen. We can feel heard. We can feel like we belong.It’s exhilarating. It’s the feeling of being alive. Taking a first step is as scary as f*ck. And it’s this fear that holds us back. The world needs you as you are. Join me and Michael DiIorio from Wellismo Coach for a coffee on this episode of my podcast for gay men. I’m working to de-stigmatise loneliness and promote authentic connection for gay men globally, one coffee and a chat at a time. You’re not alone anymore. About Michael Michael is a certified life & wellness coach and founder of Wellismo, a wellness blog that intersects personal development and sexuality. As a coach, he enables clients to achieve their goals and create a future they're excited for. Website: www.wellismo.com Instagram: @wellismo_coach Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the discussion in the premium subscriber lounge. Subscribe and stay connected: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read the blog: bit.ly/2Q576na Michael’s coaching services: www.thelonelinessguy.com/coaching-michael-diiorio Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com

I struggle to think of a better example of courage than what it takes for us to come out – and keep coming out – as gay men. It requires us to be real and authentic. How we are received when we do come out can really define us. A ‘good’ coming out can inspire us to be ourselves more. A ‘bad’ coming out – being outed before we’re ready – can be harmful for us. Join me and Alexander Gerard (founder of the Proud to be Out podcast) for the last part of our chat about how we can own our coming out stories on this episode of my podcast for gay men . I’m working to de-stigmatise loneliness and promote authentic connection for gay men globally, one coffee at a time. You’re not alone anymore. About Alexander Alexander is the host of ‘Proud to be Out’, a new podcast for gay men in their 30s. The podcast focuses on having real conversations with real gay men about the things that matter. Check it out on Spotify (link below). Alexander’s Instagram: @proudtobeout Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the discussion in the premium subscriber lounge. Subscribe and stay connected: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read the blog: bit.ly/34A4WEK My interview on Proud to be Out: spoti.fi/34EBPAl When you need help through your loneliness, go to: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

No man is an island, so why do we act like we are? When did becoming a man involve having to have it all figured out and be all things to everyone all the time? It’s ridiculous. We KNOW it’s ridiculous, but why can we still find it so hard to ask for help, to take a step, even when we know it’s needed? Join me and my friend Mike Campbell for a chat about why we men – and why I – can find it so hard to ask for help on this episode of my podcast for gay men ‘Connection over Coffee with The Loneliness Guy’. I’m working to de-stigmatise loneliness and promote authentic connection for gay men globally, one coffee at a time. You’re not alone anymore. About Mike Mike Campbell, Husband, Father, Man Coach, Podcaster, Writer, StoneFruit Eater Helping men build legendary integrity and live better lives with loving straight talk. Mike’s Instagram: @mickecampbellmc Mike’s new podcast: https://spoti.fi/3gLUdJR Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the discussion in the premium subscriber lounge. Subscribe and stay connected: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read the blog: https://bit.ly/2Dg6oAS Want to know more about Mike and his services? Let me introduce you: www.thelonelinessguy.com/coaching-mike-campbell When you need help through your loneliness, go to: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com

As a human emotion, loneliness affects everyone. But the stigma of loneliness prevents us from talking about it. It prevents us from doing the things that our loneliness is telling us to do: take steps to get meaningful connection in our lives. It doesn’t have to be this way. Join me for a conversation with Matt Landsiedel from Matt Landsiedel Coaching and Inspired to be Authentic in my next episode of my podcast for gay men ‘Connection over Coffee with The Loneliness Guy’ and let’s talk about the stigma of loneliness and moving beyond it. I’m working to de-stigmatise loneliness and promote authentic connection for gay men globally, one coffee at a time. You’re not alone anymore. About Matt Matt’s story is uplifting, inspiring and eminently relatable. A reforming perfectionist and recovering addict, he’s spent the last few years working through his sources of shame and practices ‘healthy vulnerability’ and knows that this is both the way through shame, our shame-induced behaviours and getting the connection we need. Matt’s Instagram: @inspiredtobeauthentic Matt’s website: www.mattlandsiedel.com Matt’s podcast: https://spoti.fi/3hdH7VT Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the discussion in the premium subscriber lounge. Subscribe and stay connected: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read the blog: https://bit.ly/2Re5fgt When you need help through your loneliness, go to: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

As a gay man, can casual sex satisfy your human need for connection? Or do you leave a hook-up feeling that a physical itch has been scratched but emotionally and mentally empty? Is the thrill you get connection or validation? Are you using casual sex in a way that’s like putting a band aid on a broken arm? Don’t worry, that comment will make sense shortly… Join Michael DiIorio from Wellismo Coaching and me for a chat about connection and casual sex in this episode of my podcast for gay men. About Michael Michael is a certified life & wellness coach and founder of Wellismo, a wellness blog that intersects personal development and sexuality. As a coach, he enables clients to achieve their goals and create a future they're excited for. Website: www.wellismo.com Instagram: @wellismo_coach Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the discussion in the premium subscriber lounge. Subscribe and stay connected: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read the blog: https://bit.ly/2EnEaok Michael’s coaching services: www.thelonelinessguy.com/coaching-michael-diiorio Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

As a society – as a gay community – we’re constantly comparing ourselves to each other, to those who are successful and to celebrities. For the gay man who’s experiencing loneliness and a lack of authentic connection, this can make us feel even more alone and that we don’t belong. It can make us feel like we need to work harder to project an image to the world so we’re also accepted. Comparison really is the thief of joy. Or is it? Join me and Jesse Elkins from Full Sun Fitness and Nutrition for a coffee and join our thought-provoking and inspiring chat about how we can turn these comparisons into sources of inspiration, joy and connection. About Jesse Jesse is the founder and owner of Full Sun Fitness and Nutrition in Charlotte. It’s a personal training and nutrition coaching service for Queer and ally communities near and far. It was born after too many years of experiencing and witnessing wellness challenges and access gaps for Queer Folx. He decided that if he didn’t feel safe or comfortable in many wellness settings, others might not either. Turns out, he was right! Website: www.fullsunfitness.com Instagram: @fullsunfitness Donate to help Trans and BIPOC folx access wellness services: www.fullsunfitness.com/donate Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the discussion in the premium subscriber lounge. Subscribe and stay connected: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read the blog: https://bit.ly/2GsoII7 Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com

We know that it’s important that we speak our loneliness story aloud with someone who’s earned the right to hear it and who we know will respond with empathy and without judgement. But how to do it? I got you. Join me for a coffee and let’s get you some steps to help you speak about your loneliness aloud. It’s scary, but it’s the only way to start getting the authentic connection you need. Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the discussion in the premium subscriber lounge. Subscribe and stay connected: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read the blog: https://bit.ly/3j12Lxz Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com

In this must-listen episode, I chat with Calan Breckon from Discovering Your Truth about how we can turn our shame into our ally. We all have shame and it's a POWERFUL behavioural driver for us gay men. Think about it: what would you do to stop the thing your most ashamed of from being discussed and judged freely on social media? Shame can be a key factor in our loneliness. We work so hard to hide it from the world that we never fully show up in our interactions with other humans. But we can turn our shame into our ally and use it to get the real connection we need in life. How? Get a coffee, settle in, press play and listen. About Calan Calan is an award-winning certified Personal Development Coach, writer, and educator based in Toronto. His focus is teaching people how to go from feeling lost, overwhelmed and exhausted by life to being an empowered and confident decision maker and experience what it’s like to finally feel in control without the stress and shame of trying to figure it all out alone. Website: www.discoveringyourtruth.com Facebook: Discovering Your Truth Instagram: @CatchCal Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the discussion in the premium subscriber lounge. Subscribe and stay connected: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read ‘Shame and loneliness’: https://bit.ly/3jIPsSY Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

For the gay man who’s experiencing loneliness, knowing and living your values is the way to get the real, authentic connection you know you need in life. But what are values and how do you find yours? Don’t worry. Michael DiIorio from Wellismo Coaching and I have got you. How? Get a coffee, settle in, press play and let’s chat about how your values are the key to feeling the connection you need. About Michael Michael is a certified life & wellness coach and founder of Wellismo, a wellness blog that intersects personal development and sexuality. As a coach, he enables clients to achieve their goals and create a future they're excited for. Website: www.wellismo.com Instagram: @wellismo_coach Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the discussion in the premium subscriber lounge. Subscribe and stay connected: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read ‘Who are you?’: https://bit.ly/3kntx3Z Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

As a gay man, you know that friendship is an important source of connection in your life. Are your real, close friends seeing and hearing the authentic you? Do you feel like you belong with your friends? Do you feel that you must hustle to get and keep their attention? Join me for an important chat in the next episode of my podcast for gay men ‘Connection over Coffee with The Loneliness Guy’ and let’s chat about how your our friendships are at once so important and a great place to see if we’re showing up in the world in a real, authentic way. Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the discussion in the premium subscriber lounge. Subscribe and stay connected: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read ‘What is friendship?’: https://bit.ly/33hQe3X Join me on YouTube: https://youtu.be/I32qf5H8C1g Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

Are you ready to move beyond your loneliness and join me in doing authentic connection in 2021? In 2020, much of my work focused on loneliness: what it is, what it physically, mentally and emotionally does to us gay men, how it makes us behave and how to recognise and accept it. Loneliness is an emotion we’re meant to feel for a short time. It’s not meant to be a permanent state, but so many gay men say that they’re almost always lonely. Join me in this episode of Connection over Coffee with The Loneliness Guy and let’s get you that authentic connection you need and deserve. Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the community: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read ‘2021: Your year of authentic connection’: https://bit.ly/2Ls3tZs Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com

Why does everything about connection in the gay world seem to involve money? How do you do connection when you don’t have much money? Join me in this episode of Connection over Coffee with The Loneliness Guy and let’s have a chat about how we connect when money is scarce. Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the community: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read ‘Connection on a budget’: https://bit.ly/2Mdl1Jx Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz

It’s hard to describe this must-listen episode. It’s soul-nourishing. It’s funny. It’s ripe and delicious. It’s so, well, Reno. Join me and Reno for a coffee and a chat in this episode of Connection over Coffee with The Loneliness Guy. Get settled in for a deep, real chat about courage and how we need to be courageous to be who we are and get the authentic connection we need. It’s a beautiful thing. About Reno Reno occasionally refers to himself as a “Star”, an “Inspirer”, “Community Leader”, and a “Spiritual Life & Business Facilitator” – if Oprah, Lewis Howes, and Ru Paul had a baby, he’d be it. It’s his way of owning the fact trying to box and label himself just doesn’t work for him. It’s also his way of painting a picture of what he does… In a way, he gets paid to play, and to be him. Find Reno at: Website: www.itjustgotreno.com Email: itjustgotreno@gmail.com Instagram: @itjustgotreno Links Website: www.thelonelinessguy.com Join the community: www.thelonelinessguy.com/subscribe Read ‘[BLOG]’: [LINK] Need some help through your loneliness?: www.thelonelinessguy.com/help Contact me: connect@thelonelinessguy.com Sounds recorded with permission at Prefab Eatery, Wellington: www.pre-fab.co.nz