Why Am I So Lonely? with Jennie Allen

Stay True with Madison Prewett Troutt

Madison Prewett Troutt

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to Stay True Podcast! We are living in a time when connection has never been more accessible, yet so many of us still feel painfully alone. In today’s episode, Madi sits down with her mentor, author, speaker, and founder of IF:Gathering, Jennie Allen, to answer: how do we truly defeat loneliness? If you’ve ever felt isolated, stuck in surface-level relationships, or have struggled to build meaningful community, this episode is for you. Jennie and Madi share practical wisdom and biblical truth that will encourage you to stop waiting for connection and start building it. Let’s explore how God designed us for relationships and why strong, godly friendships are essential for a joy-filled life. This conversation will remind you that in Christ, you are never truly alone.
Always remember to stay you and stay true!

Questions/topics discussed and answered:
- How to make friends
- Why we feel so lonely
- Practical ways to fight loneliness
- How to go from surface level friendships to deep friendships
-What to do when your friends say they are Christians but aren’t acting like it
- How to be the friend you want to have
- Practical ways to start building a circle of people who can actually make you better and push you toward Jesus
AND SO MUCH MORE!
Helpful Resources:

Find Your People by Jennie Allen: https://a.co/d/4AWcKlU

The Love Everybody Wants by Madison Prewett Troutt: https://a.co/d/36EkEhT

Stay True Website: https://www.staytruepodcast.com

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💙 Follow Jennie | @jennieallen

Transcript

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0:00.0	What would be your advice on how do you fight loneliness?
0:04.0	This is about to be controversial.
0:06.0	Good.
0:07.0	This is going to be confrontational to a lot of you.
0:09.0	What do you do when you're passionate about living life as a Christian,
0:14.0	but you have friends that would call themselves Christian, but they don't live like Christians?
0:18.0	I really prayed for five friends in five miles. Can we stop gossiping?
0:22.1	Can we just draw the line and stop?
0:23.7	Do you understand how unsafe gossipy friendships are?
0:27.9	Oftentimes, the right thing is the hard thing.
0:30.8	And so do the hard thing.
0:32.5	People that you need and people that need you.
0:34.9	And if they're not in one of those categories, I don't have time.
0:44.4	What's up, guys? I'll come back to another episode of Stay True Podcast. I'm your host, Madison
0:49.3	Pruitt Trout, here with my lovely, lovely friend who's been on the podcast before, Ginny Allen,
0:56.2	author, speaker, writer, all the things. She does everything. And she's my mentor and friend.
1:01.3	And I'm so happy. I love hanging out. I'm glad we have an excuse just to talk for an hour.
1:06.6	We're both like very busy. But when we have like our time together, it's like I can feel the earth shake. Like I'm like, very busy, but when we have, like, our time together, it's like,
1:11.6	I can feel the Earth's shake.
1:13.5	Like, I'm like, we are the most just passionate, excited.
1:17.3	I know.
1:18.1	We just love each other like, I think.
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