Making New Friends as an Adult Woman? Yep, It’s Weird (But WORTH It) - 1194

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Chalene Johnson

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Chalene Johnson gets real about why female friendships feel harder in midlife—and why they're more important than ever for a woman’s health and happiness. In this episode, she opens up about the science-backed benefits of meaningful connection, including lowered risk of depression, boosted mood, and even increased longevity. Chalene shares surprisingly simple strategies she recommends for finding your people even after moving to a new city - no matter your age or stage of life.

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✅ What You Will Learn:

Why friendship matters more to your health than workouts or clean eating
How to change the story you're telling yourself about making friends
The impact of hormones, life transitions, and COVID on your social life
Where to meet women you truly vibe with (yes, even online counts!)
Practical tips to reconnect, make new friends, and deepen your circle
Why strong social ties cut depression risk by 60%

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🤓 Research:

U.S. Surgeon General Advisory on Loneliness and Isolation (2023)

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Social Rejection and Physical Pain – Neuroscience Study (2018)

https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/13/5/501/4995994

Harvard Study of Adult Development (1938–Present)

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/

TED Talk by Dr. Robert Waldinger (Director of the Study)

https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness

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0:00.0	Do you ever feel like your circle of friends just keeps getting smaller and smaller?
0:04.4	Like you're wondering if you're the only person who really cares about planning things.
0:08.7	Maybe you're somebody who doesn't exactly enjoy putting yourself out there.
0:13.8	Nonetheless, you wish that people would invite you to do things.
0:16.4	Like, you really enjoyed that time when it seemed like you had more friends.
0:20.3	And now it feels like
0:22.1	friends are hard to find especially in this stage of your life does it seem like everybody's too
0:28.1	busy and too distant sometimes including yourself maybe you'd love to have some people you
0:33.0	could connect with that you vibe with you like who they are you want to hang out with them you can go
0:36.7	deep with them but at the same time you're wondering do I even have the time or the energy? Maybe you've
0:41.5	even wondered if you're just at a stage in your life where you don't need as many friends. Or
0:47.1	maybe you just move to a new area and you realize, I don't have any friends. And I don't
0:52.9	know if I know how to make friends at this age.
0:56.1	Perfect.
0:56.6	You are in luck because in this episode of the Shalene show, I'm going to talk to you a little
1:00.9	bit about why, first of all, it's so important that we do have friends and how to actually
1:06.1	go about making friends in this season without giving you the typical super cheesy, like nobody does
1:12.7	that and there's no way I'm going to do it kind of strategies.
1:15.4	I'm going to give you things that legitimately work because you actually do need those
1:19.9	connections.
1:20.9	All right, let's get to it.
1:22.9	I don't know about you, but I feel like COVID had a lot to do with the way that I viewed
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