Episode 9: How to Make Friends

How do adults make new friends? And how do you deepen a connection from acquaintance to a friendship? Where can we find friends, and how do we prepare emotionally? If you are self-conscious, how can you overcome it? All of this, plus a report on the Canadian moth invasion and Chris's Smashmouth encounter. This episode is Jeff approved.

 

#friendship #socialanxiety #vulnerability #awkward #jeff

 

Rejection = physical pain: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/04/rejection

Harriet Lerner rejection cure exercise: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-dance-connection/201003/the-fear-rejection-one-day-cure-part-i

Chris's band story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_jWHffIx5E