Friendship in adulthood is not like friendship in childhood.

You cannot rely on the same set of assumptions.

Friendship in adulthood does not happen organically.

I'm going to repeat that.

It does not happen organically. You have to try, right? And I think people are so

afraid of rejection. But the reality is people are less likely to reject you than you think. Like we have

this whole culture of lonely people looking for connection,

you know, and I think sometimes we assume everybody has their friends

when, you know, the data is telling us, no, they do not.

So friendship, it is one of those things where we all know deep down how important it is.

And there's even a ton of research showing it's about the most important thing when it comes

to living good life.

And yet once we're adults all too often,

those chosen family-level friends,

they tend to drift away, and we get so wrapped up in life,

we kind of forget or become nervous about trying to make new like summer camp

level friends so we pretend oh it really just doesn't matter as much as it does except

it does and we end up swirling and loneliness and disconnecting and drift and longing for deeper

bonds.

We crave spaces where we can drop our armor and be seen and known and supported.

Well, if you want to transform how you show up for others and

invite more reciprocity and care and belonging and love into your life, this is the

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