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How to Ditch Loneliness & Build Real Friendship with Justin Whitmel Early| 355

Dad Tired

Jerrad Lopes

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

 Jerrad sits down with Justin Whitmel Earley to talk about why men often drift into isolation and how to push back against it. Justin shares the biblical and personal reasons friendship matters, and how to build deep, life-giving relationships even in a fast-paced and lonely culture. This episode is for every guy who feels alone, overwhelmed, or just unsure how to form lasting friendships.

What You’ll Hear:

  • Why loneliness is a spiritual issue, not just a social one
  • How friendship shapes your walk with Jesus
  • What the Bible says about being made for people
  • Why secrets and isolation wear you down
  • How to find friends who know and love the real you
  • Why commitment, honesty, and vulnerability matter
  • What it looks like to build a rhythm of friendship
  • How your family benefits when you choose real connection

Episode Resources:

  1. Made for People by Justin Whitmel Earley 
  2. Habits of the Household
  3. Learn more at https://justinwhitmelearley.com
  4. Dad Tired Family Leadership Program – https://www.dadtired.com
  5. Invite Jerrad to speak – https://www.jerradlopes.com
  6. Read The Dad Tired Book – https://amzn.to/3YTz4GB







Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome back to the Dad Tired podcast. I'm really glad that you're here with us today. On today's

0:04.4

episode, I sit down with my friend Justin to talk about why men drift into loneliness and how to

0:09.5

fight for a life of friendship. It's an incredibly powerful, encouraging, and even convicting

0:14.7

conversation. I know you're going to get a ton out of it. Before we jump into all that, I do want to

0:19.4

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1:00.0

Justin, super excited to be hanging out with you today, man.

1:02.6

Last time, you've been on the podcast before a couple years ago.

1:06.0

And you had a book just releasing back then called Habits of the Household, which is so good, dude.

1:12.7

I'm still recommending that book to this day.

1:15.2

That podcast interview was helpful for a ton of people in the dad tired community, and the book was really,

1:21.0

really helpful, and I recommend it all the time.

1:24.1

Big fan of it.

1:24.9

And then you just are now getting ready to release a second book,

1:28.5

or your third book, but second book that we will talk about on this podcast. It's called

1:32.4

Made for People Why We Drift into Loneliness and How We Fight for a Life of Friendship.

1:36.8

When I read the subtitle to that, dude, the first thing that came to mind was the really

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