Episode 89: 5 Friendship Tips + Carlos Whittaker

The Jess Connolly Podcast

Jess Connolly

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 813 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to the Jess Connolly Podcast. Today, Jess is getting real about friendships and shares five unfiltered truths about what makes friendships thrive. Then she’s joined by Carlos Whittaker to talk about digital distraction, wonder, and the heart behind his book Reconnected. From bold online shifts to tech-free living with monks and the Amish, Carlos shares powerful wisdom for staying present, grounded, and fully awake.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jess Connolly podcast, where we talk about living fully awake, spiritually, mentally,
0:08.8	physically, and emotionally. Here, we don't strive for perfection. We pursue wholeness. And we believe that
0:17.0	women who are awake to the goodness of God cannot help but bring light to the world around
0:22.8	them. This summer, we're mixing things up with summer with friends, a special season full of
0:29.7	life-giving conversations and encouragement. Each episode is starting with a short chat or coaching
0:35.7	session, just you and me,
0:41.0	and then we'll head into an honest, hope-filled interview with one of my friends.
0:43.1	Whether you're listening on a walk,
0:44.7	on the way to work,
0:45.7	or from a beach chair,
0:46.7	I hope this time leaves you more grounded,
0:49.7	more joyful,
0:50.7	and more fully awake in Jesus' name.
0:55.2	Let's go.
1:03.9	Hi, friends, it's summer on the Jess Connolly podcast, which means we have a summer with friends episode for you. We've got an interview coming up with Carlos Whitaker, but before
1:10.4	that, we're doing a fun
1:11.5	little light intro session.
1:13.2	And so today, we're diving in with this prompt.
1:16.3	Someone asked me recently, what would be your top five friendship tips for thriving friendships?
1:23.7	And I'm giving them to you right now as it stands in my heart and in my soul.
1:29.6	Number one, good friendships never, never, never, never look like movies, TV shows or even
1:37.9	our perception of how friendships should look based on social media. I just can't say it loudly enough.
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