3 Habits of Strong Adult Friendships
3/10/202619 min
Adult friendships are hard — not because you’re bad at them, but because life pulls you in a thousand directions. Work, family, responsibilities… and somewhere along the way, connection gets shallow. In this episode, I share how to stop waiting to be chosen, how to build rhythm into your relationships, and how to move past small talk into something meaningful. If you want deeper friendships, you have to go first.
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Jefferson Fisher· Host0:27
You don't need acquaintances. You need friends, and not more friends. You need good ones. A few people in your life that will be there for you no matter what you do. This is a podcast that is gonna be different than most, and it's something that I... that's been on my heart for a while, and because it's on my heart, I thought I'd share it with you. Making friends as an adult later in life, in your 30s, 40s, 50s, is not easy, and it used to be, didn't it? I watch my kids at the park, and it's no problem for them to just go up and say, "Hey, you wanna start playing?" And they play. I heard my daughter go, "Hey, you wanna be my friend?" And the other kid goes, "Yeah." [chuckles] And they go play.