How to Build Closer Friendships & Get Rid Of Loneliness

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 10.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Why is adult friendship so hard? Today, Mel is finally having the conversation on how to find your people, have more fun, and create meaningful friendships as an adult. In this deeply relatable episode, you’ll learn the 5 lies that you tell yourself about friendship that are keeping you from having the best relationships of your life—and the truths you must know. If you’ve been feeling lonely, left out, or just like your friendships are not as strong as they used to be, you’ll feel empowered and encouraged by the time you finish listening. Mel is giving you her exact 3-step playbook for finding, making, and strengthening your relationships. This is an encore episode with new and exciting insights from Mel at the top of the episode, that is packed with tools, tips, and scripts to create more meaningful friendships. For more resources, including links to the studies mentioned in the episode, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this episode, especially the last 10 minutes of it (you’ll have to listen to know what I’m talking about!) you’ll love this one next: This One Hack Will Unlock Your Happier Life Connect with Mel: Watch the episodes on YouTube Go deeper with Mel’s free video course, Make It Happen Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Sign up for Mel’s personal letter Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:04.0	Yeah, I'm going to start by admitting something to you.
0:10.0	I'm not really proud of this, but I think you're going to relate to it. This morning I went down a little bit of a rabbit hole and
0:19.0	it just was kind of one of these moments that wasn't that big of a deal but it became one you know you
0:25.0	know it just started off like any other morning I had my coffee and I pick up my phone
0:29.3	and so naturally of course I hop on social media.
0:34.0	And it seemed like every single post in my feed
0:39.4	was of people having an amazing time.
0:41.4	They were like at reunions and weddings and birthday parties
0:44.8	and concerts and bachelorette weekends and dinners out and girls weekends
0:49.7	and I just started to feel. Like, does everybody have plans with me? I know my daughters
0:57.4	complain a lot about this and I also know that you know it's not just women,
1:02.4	it's guys too that feel like oh wait a minute is everybody else
1:06.0	getting together and I'm the one that is left out and you've probably had this same
1:11.5	experience right where you're sitting there you're probably had this same experience, right?
1:12.6	Where you're sitting there, you're scrolling on Instagram,
1:15.2	and you're like, oh my God, I don't feel like I have any friends anymore.
1:20.5	Am I the only one in the planet who doesn't have plans to do something cool this weekend?
1:27.0	What the heck?
1:28.0	And before I went any further, I knew that I needed to get up here above my garage and get on the
1:34.4	microphone and talk to you about this because I know I'm not the only one. And this is a
1:39.8	topic, adult friendship, that everybody is thinking about and talking about from
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