Hi, I'm Monica Packer, and you're listening to about progress that maybe we are all in the Truman show and our real lives are being recorded and documented and disseminated

throughout the entire world and I definitely have that weird feeling

here and there but never did I worry about that so much than when I had my first

few public conversations after the pandemic. The reason why I was so worried like oh my goodness did other people see did

other people here is because not only was I so awkward I routinely stuck my foot in my mouth in ways that I still cannot get past. It is so hard to get back into being social after you've been in an isolating season of your life.

Maybe that's because you've had young children,

you've done a big bout with a health issue,

or just in general you were struggling and you didn't get out much or maybe it's a

pandemic I mean knock on wood let's hope that doesn't come around the corner again

regardless of what the situation is for you when you were getting back into

wanting friends and seeking friendships and doing that in social settings where you need to have conversations.

It is a difficult transition and one that I think so many of us have struggled with and think we are the only ones and that everyone else is not only watching and hearing how terrible we aren't making friends, they also don't relate to this at all

because they're all good at it.

Today I'm going to be sharing with you a coaching call I did with a progressive from our community named Kim. She has been through a couple really

isolating years, mainly due to having three children quite close together and also during the pandemic and now she's ready to branch out

and she is really seeking some connection and friendships people who are there

for her that she can be there for them to people who make her feel

that she is more than quote unquote just a mom and her first situation of trying

this out at a Christmas party did not go well in ways that are making

her second-guess not only her capacity to be social but also herself like who is she now

and is she even worth being a friend to someone else? This is so layered. I think all of us deal

with that with friendship in general and I think this coaching call is going to help you really

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