# 35. Remote Work Loneliness: Why You Feel More Isolated Than Ever (And What Actually Helps) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602/35-remote-work-loneliness-why-you-feel-more-isolated-than-ever-and-what-actually-helps Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602/35-remote-work-loneliness-why-you-feel-more-isolated-than-ever-and-what-actually-helps.md Podcast: [Workplace Therapy with Dr. Abby Medcalf](https://stenobird.com/podcast/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602) Published: 2026-07-15T23:00:46+00:00 Episode link: https://abbymedcalf.com/remote-work-loneliness Audio file: https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/25e1f418-b97c-4814-a958-17f07635fcd1/stream.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602/episodes/35-remote-work-loneliness-why-you-feel-more-isolated-than-ever-and-what-actually-helps Duration seconds: 1113 ## Resource You have more flexibility than you've ever had. You're saving hours on a commute. You can work in your pajamas, and nobody knows. And somehow, despite all of that, you feel more isolated, more disconnected, and lonelier at work than you did when you were sitting in an office surrounded by people you didn't even necessarily like. Remote work loneliness is one of the most underreported costs of the modern way of working, and it's affecting far more people than will admit it. Today, I want to tell you what's actually driving it, because it's not what most people think, and what the research says actually helps, as opposed to the advice that sounds good but doesn't move the needle. ____________________________ Full blog and show notes: https://abbymedcalf.com/remote-work-loneliness Grab the Remote Connection Plan, your one-page guide to building the kind of connection that actually addresses remote work loneliness rather than just filling the silence: https://abbymedcalf.com/remote-connection-plan Join my online community, One Love Collective, on Substack: https://abbymedcalf.com/substack . You'll get... ✨ Early drops + ad-free podcast episodes ✨ Worksheets, journal prompts, downloads, and guided visualizations ✨ Community chats and live Q&A calls with Abby _________ πŸ‘‰ Subscribe to the Love Letter and get my little messages each week! https://abbymedcalf.com/loveletter-opt-in/ πŸ‘‰ Pick up a copy of my new book, Boundaries Made Easy: Your Roadmap to Connection, Ease and Joy: https://abbymedcalf.com/boundaries πŸ‘‰ Pick up The Workbook: Boundaries Made Easier to use as a companion to the book or as a standalone masterclass: https://abbymedcalf.com/boundaries-workbook πŸ‘‰ Buy my #1 bestselling book on Amazon, Be Happily Married: Even If Your Partner Won’t Do a Thing: https://abb… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602/episodes/35-remote-work-loneliness-why-you-feel-more-isolated-than-ever-and-what-actually-helps/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/workplace-therapy-with-dr-abby-medcalf-7529602/35-remote-work-loneliness-why-you-feel-more-isolated-than-ever-and-what-actually-helps.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.