You can make friends

 Listen to this episode if you are going through the transition of motherhood, or any other big life transition. Just do it - there is so much beautiful wisdom here! More about Jessie: Jessie Harrold is a doula and coach who has been supporting people through the rite of passage into motherhood for over a decade. She is the founder of MotherSHIFT, the internationally acclaimed program that supports mothers with the identity shift into motherhood, as well as The Village, its’ sister program for postpartum professionals. Jessie is the author of the forthcoming title, Mothershift: Reclaiming Motherhood as a Rite of Passage. Jessie’s work on matrescence and other rites of passage has been featured in Spirituality & Health, Today’s Parent, mother.ly, Green Parent, and Expectful. She is also the host of The Becoming Podcast. Jessie lives on the east coast of Canada where she mothers her two children, writes and tends to her land.Find her on Instagram @ jessie.es.harroldPlease follow @youcanmakefriends on IG for more friendship content. I would love to hear any feedback or input from you there as well! Be a friend and leave us a rating or a review or share this with your community today.

Listen to this episode if you are looking to build an in person community, especially if you are looking for more support in your motherhood journey. About Lauren: One of the women behind the food blog Six Sisters' Stuff, and the Table Talk for Moms podcast. Lauren, her sisters, and her mom are passionate about helping women see their true potential, feel their very best, and simplify their lives! As moms they know how important it is to have a group of women standing behind you, and they hope to provide women with just that! Find more about her podcast by visiting @TableTalkforMomsPlease follow @youcanmakefriends on IG for more friendship content. I would love to hear any feedback or input from you there as well! Be a friend and leave us a rating or a review or share this with your community today.

Listen to this episode if you identify as a people pleaser, have difficult setting boundaries, or find yourself putting everyone else first in your friendships.Resources: Vicki's Ebook: Unleashing the Authentic Self About Vicki: Vicki Smith is a licensed psychotherapist and a coach who specializes in people pleasing and perfectionism. She enjoys working with these issues because she loves seeing people discover their true nature and then share it with the world. Vicki brings both her personal and professional experience into her work with clients. Blending her experience as a mindfulness meditation teacher with her background in body-centered yoga therapy to help clients get to know the whole of their being. Her mission is to help folks not just TALK ABOUT but LIVE OUT the life they’ve always wanted. When she isn’t working, she is hiking in the woods with her husband and two dogs or traveling to National Parks to explore outside her hometown of Atlanta Ga. Find her on Istagram at: @Power.to.the.pleasersPlease follow @youcanmakefriends on IG for more friendship content. I would love to hear any feedback or input from you there as well! Be a friend and leave us a rating or a review or share this with your community today.

Listen to this episode if you want to learn to connect more authentically with your friends. More about Nikki: Raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Nikki LaCroce spent most of her life in the northeast before making a long desired move to the west coast in 2017. Shortly after arriving in Seattle, Nikki found herself lacking a sense of fulfillment and made the decision to start therapy in an effort to unearth her purpose. It didn’t take long for Nikki to realize that her passion for connecting with people was definitively her purpose. So, in 2019, after a year of therapy and the much needed introspection that came with it, Nikki created Who The F*ck? - a podcast designed to create connection, fuel compassion, and activate meaningful change through vulnerable conversations with guests of the show.Since then, Nikki has shared the mic with a variety of guests from all different walks of life, including painters, musicians, life coaches, abuse survivors, disability advocates, athletes, and more. Through these conversations, Nikki realized that the common thread tying all of our stories together is the resilience of the human spirit and the profound growth we can experience when we commit to prioritizing ourselves. After recording the first two seasons of her podcast, Nikki faced what she now refers to as her “personal Armageddon” at the start of 2021. In less than six months, Nikki made the decision to leave a decade-long, abusive relationship - during which time her mom and fiercest advocate, Deb, passed away unexpectedly. At the time the pain felt insurmountable, but Nikki was able to draw from her time spent with family, friends, and conversations with podcast guests to redefine her path. This included an unanticipated cross-border love story, which ultimately led Nikki to leave her full-time tech career to pursue her podcast and other business ventures in Vancouver, BC with her partner, Nicole and their two dogs, Eddie & Moxy. Find her at her website:Whothefck.comPlease follow @youcanmakefriends on IG for more friendship content. I would love to hear any feedback or input from you there as well! Be a friend and leave us a rating or a review or share this with your community today.

Listen to this episode if you want to grow and heal through your friendships by examining and shifting your own patterns. Resources: Healing Developmental TraumaEden's Must Have Book and Podcasts ListEden's Podcast: Field Notes from the Spiritual JourneyAbout Eden: Eden Garcia Thaler is a shadow alchemist guiding highly sensitive beings through the process of liberating their true selves and manifesting their desires by integrating their shadows and blocks. She's also the host of Field Notes From the Spiritual Journey podcast where she explores topics like how to do shadow work, the anatomy of feedback loops, shares her personal manifestation stories and interviews experts in personal development and spirituality. Eden holds a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus on Human Spirituality & Well-being and studied spiritual tantra at The Shakti School, studying methodologies that include meditation and visualization, techniques for regulating the nervous system, emotional processing and manifestation.​​Follow her on IG @edengarciathaler Please follow @youcanmakefriends on IG for more friendship content. I would love to hear any feedback or input from you there as well! Be a friend and leave us a rating or a review or share this with your community today.

Listen to this episode to learn how to use your astrological chart to better understand how you relate to others and how your friends and close ones relate to you. Links:Sidereal Natal Chart from Cafe Astrology Vanessa's Astrology GuideVanessa's WebsiteMore about Vanessa Sophie: Vanessa is an astrologist who uses a unique combination of intuitive tools, including Western Astrology, Vedic Astrology, Numerology, Psychology and Philosophy, to guide and support her clients to rise to their ultimate potential in all areas of life. This means feeling more aligned and confident within themselves, improving and deepening their relationships, and getting better results in achieving their goals and desires. Find her on Instagram @iamvanessasophie  Please follow @youcanmakefriends on IG for more friendship content. I would love to hear any feedback or input from you there as well! Be a friend and leave us a rating or a review or share this with your community today.

Have you ever thought of using a site like Meetup to make new friends? My guest today Bex Beltran shares her experiences and success doing just that! If attending a Meetup where you don't know anyone sounds super intimidating, I totally get that. Bex has a super positive approach to it that she shares today that might just give you that boost of confidence. We talk about: How to work on your own resistance around making friends Doing a "risk/benefit" analysis when getting out of your comfort zone Bex's experience using Meetup to find and build community Virtual vs in person meet ups Structure ideas for running your own meetup Finding other online community groups More About Bex: Bex Beltran is an artist, journal creator, resistance coach and podcast host. She believes the only thing that holds us back in our lives is our own resistance, so her work is to help people recognize resistance that is holding them back and release it so they can have what they want. Bex attained her Life Coach Certification in 2019. Prior to that she enjoyed a long and varied career, mostly in Adult Education, with a sprinkling in some other areas including Real Estate, Training and Tutoring. Bex lives in Gilbert AZ with her husband. Her passions include journaling, podcasts, personal development and dogs!Find her on: InstagramHer WebsiteOr- try one of her meetup groups! Please follow @youcanmakefriends on IG for more friendship content. I would love to hear any feedback or input from you there as well! Be a friend and leave us a rating or a review or share this with your community today.

I read Nick Gray's book The 2-Hour Cocktail Party and was so inspired, I hosted my own party! If that sounds scary to you, I promise, Nick has a system that makes it very straightforward and less intimidating. He's been hosting and helping people to host cocktail parties and perfected a process that will help set you up for success in your hosting. Nick talks through his system including: Why hosting a party can be so effectiveThe building blocks of hosting your own partyAdjustments to make for special circumstances (for example, if you are completely new to town) How the system applied for the party that I hosted including adjustments I made for my own circumstances, and what went well and what I want to do in the future Why bringing structure as a host helps your guests to feel more comfortable More resources from Nick to help you plan your own party: How to Host a Party Website3 Tips on How to Plan a Networking EventHow to Host a Clothing Swap: The Easy Way  Planning a Happy Hour? Read this How-to Guide from Nick Gray  Nick Gray's personal website  Invite platforms to use for your party: Mixily Partiful More about Nick: Nick Gray is an entrepreneur and author living in Austin, Texas. He started and sold two successful companies: Flight Display Systems and Museum Hack. Nick is the author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, a step-by-step handbook that teaches you how to build big relationships by hosting small gatherings. Over 75,000 people have watched his TEDx talk about why he hates most museums. He’s been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and New York Magazine called him a host of “culturally significant parties.” Find him on: Instagram TwitterLinkedIn Please follow @youcanmakefriends on IG for more friendship content. I would love to hear any feedback or input from you there as well! Be a friend and leave us a rating or a review or share this with your community today.

Today's guest, Kari O'Driscoll, shares some potentially counterintuitive approaches to building friendship that I found so empowering and approachable. We talk about: The transformational nature of solid, healthy relationships How relationships help us to meet our psychological needs Why going slow in friendships mattersHow to repair and grow in friendships Lowering expectations in friendships Vulnerability and co-creating as an approach to building friendships Finding your own comfort zone in friendships to be your authentic self About Kari: Kari O’Driscoll is a writer with a background in biology and medical ethics and has worked in medical and mental health settings. She is the founder of The SELF Project, an organization dedicated to enhancing the social-emotional health of adolescents and building stronger communities. Her work has been published in Ms. Magazine, Mommyish, ParentMap, Healthline and other outlets and she is the author of “One Teenager at a Time: Developing Critical Thinking and Self Awareness in Adolescents” and a memoir entitled “Truth Has a Different Shape”. Her book “Happy, Healthy Teens: Why Focusing on Relationship Works” was released by Rowman & Littlefield in January 2022. You can find her at www.theselfproject.com and www.kariodriscollwriter.comPlease follow @youcanmakefriends on IG for more friendship content. I would love to hear any feedback or input from you there as well! Be a friend and leave us a rating or a review or share this with your community today.

My guest today is Emily Cornell. Emily is someone who travels the world for her family's work. Through those experiences, she has learned the skills to build deep and meaningful friendships that anyone who wants to be intentional about building friendships can use. Listen to this episode to learn about: Why relationships matter to Emily Life as a "trailing spouse" of a diplomat Making new relationships in different countriesNavigating social anxiety when making relationships One simple open ended question to ask to get closer to others How to tend to relationships overtime How storytelling can deepen relationships And more! Visit emilycornell.com to learn more about Emily and her work with others who want to show up courageously and authentically.   Please follow @youcanmakefriends on IG for more friendship content. I would love to hear any feedback or input from you there as well! Be a friend and leave us a rating or a review or share this with your community today.